rural Experts

Eric Jackson, Ph.D.

Executive Director, CTI, and Director, CTSRCUniversity of Connecticut

Eric Jackson researches driver behavior and vehicle impacts on transportation safety

Cindy Ott

Associate Professor | Director, Graduate StudiesUniversity of Delaware

Expert in American food and culture, history and memory, material and visual culture, and race and ethnicity studies

Roger Thurow

Senior Fellow The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Pulitzer prize finalist with a wealth of experience writing about global food issues, hunger, poverty and international affairs

Ashwini Tiwari Pandey, PhD

Assistant Professor, School of Public HealthAugusta University

Julie Brigham-Grette

Professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Julie Brigham-Grette is an internationally-renowned expert on the Arctic’s climate history and sea-level rise.

Maya Israel

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Maya Israel researches how to support academically diverse learners’ meaningful engagement in computer science education.

Charmion B. Rush

Associate Professor of Inclusive and Special EducationWestern Carolina University

Charmion Rush's areas of research include culture relevant pedagogy, disproportionate representation, implicit bias and literacy practices.

Frank H. Wu

Distinguished Professor of LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Email: wuf@uchastings.edu | Phone: 415-565-4830 | Office: 390-200

Jeremy Everett, D.Min.

Founder and Executive Director, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and PovertyBaylor University

National voice on scalable solutions to end hunger through partnerships, research, innovative models & collaboration

Loretta Davis, MD

Department Chair and Professor in Medical College of GeorgiaAugusta University

Dr. Davis has clinical interests in cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease, autoimmune skin diseases, and medical dermatology.