university Experts

Derek Bowden, MA, CIP, CHRC

Director of Institutional Review BoardChristianaCare

Derek Bowden is the director of ChristianaCare’s Institutional Review Board and oversees the Human Research Protection Office.

Michael Stewart

Community Relations ConsultantCAA South Central Ontario

Michael oversees CAA South Central Ontario's traffic safety outreach efforts.

Michael Connolly, DO

Chief Medical and Quality OfficerCARF International

Dr. Connolly provides medical leadership across CARF’s accreditation areas and oversite of quality standards, partnerships, and analytics.

Charmaine Smith Wright, M.D., MSHP

Director of the Center for Special Health Care NeedsChristianaCare

Dr. Charmaine Smith Wright is director of ChristianaCare's Center for Special Health Care Needs.

Mahsa Ebrahim

Associate Professor of Mechanical EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Charles Vance, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Mitra Fakhrashrafi

Curator and ArchivistMiddlebrook Prize Winners

Mitra Fakhrashrafi (she/her) is an independent curator and librarian interested in sanctuary and indebted to border abolition organizing.

Gina Jarman Hill

Professor & Department ChairTexas Christian University

Dr. Hill's interests include food security, sustainability, urban agriculture and community nutrition education.

Kenzo Sung

Associate ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

Department of Teaching and Learning

Bryan Wisch

Rhetorical Arts InstructorLoyola Marymount University