Willie D. Spears Jr.
Speaker, Author, Teacher, Coach, Story Teller · The Willie Spears Experience
Willie has talked to youth & adults about Leadership, Life Choices, Teacher Inservice. Charismatic speaker. www.williespears.com .
Life Choices/Management Health and Fitness Leadership/Motivation Building the Team/Relationships Diversity
Stuart Jones
Vice President for Advancement and Enrollment Management · Southern Utah University
An administrator who specializes in donor relations, fundraising and student enrollment
Higher Education Alumni Relations Advancement Enrollment Management Fundraising
Holly Lane
Associate Professor/Director · University of Florida
Holly Lane leads the UF Literacy Institute, which works to improve literacy outcomes for students who struggle to learn to read and write.
Teacher Preparation Reading and Literacy Phonics
David O. Prevatt
Professor · University of Florida
David O. Prevatt researches the performance of residential structures in high wind events such as tornadoes and hurricanes.
Hurricane and Tornado Damage Mitigation Hurricane Damage Structural Load Paths Structural Engineering Wind Engineering
Dan Work
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Vanderbilt University
Expert in self-driving cars and traffic management.
Adaptive Cruise Control Traffic Inverse modeling Connected and autonomous vehicles Traffic estimation and control
Mariann Piano
Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor of Nursing · Vanderbilt University
Expert in substance abuse and cardiac disease, particularly binge drinking by young adults.
Unhealthy Alcohol Consumption Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease Alcohol and Young Adults Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease Cardiac Risk Factors
Rich Lenski
Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics · Michigan State University
“The Man Who Bottled Evolution”
Experimental Evolution Bacteria Digital Organisms Dynamics of Evolution Microbiology
Jasmine Kerrissey
Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Labor Center · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jasmine Kerrissey is an expert on labor movements, work and inequality
Worker Strikes Labor Studies Labor Movements Social Movements and Collective Behavior Political Sociology of Health
Steve Hein
Director · Georgia Southern University
Steve Hein utilizes his artistic talent, business skills and a tremendous sense of fun to his work at the Center for Wildlife Education.
Wildlife Art Falconry Georgia Wildlife
Kelli R. Brown
Chancellor · Western Carolina University
Kelli R. Brown is the chancellor of Western Carolina University, serving more than 11,000 students with a wide range of bachelor’s degrees.
Institutional Planning Community Engagement Leadership Higher Education Management
Cheryl Carleton, PhD
Associate Professor of Economics; Director of the Villanova Women's Professional Network| Villanova School of Business · Villanova University
Cheryl Carleton, PhD, is an expert in labor economics and women in the workforce
Business Unemployment Women in the Workforce Labor Economics Microeconomics
Christopher McCarty
Professor · University of Florida
Christopher McCarty has expertise in social network analysis with an emphasis on personal networks.
Social Networks Survey Research Methods
Forrest Masters
Professor · University of Florida
Forrest Masters studies tropical cyclone wind and wind-driven rain effects on the built environment as a wind engineer.
Wind Tunnel Modeling Wind Engineering Tropical Cyclones Hurricanes Destructive Testing
Won-Ki Moon
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Won-Ki's work explores how emerging technologies, especially AI and artificial humans, intersect with human decisions and behaviors.
Responsible Innovation Human-AI Interaction Misinformation Artificial Intelligence Science and Risk Communication
Robert T. Fahey, Ph.D.
George F. Cloutier Professor in Forestry · University of Connecticut
Robert Fahey is interested in understanding linkages between the composition, structure, and functioning of forest ecosystems.
Forestry Natural Resources Forest Ecology Forest Ecosystems
Joy Lu
Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Joy Lu's research utilizes mathematical models to examine consumer behavior and psychology.
Media Consumption Consumer Behavior Consumer Psychology Information Processing Bounded Rationality
Gregg Stull
Professor and Chair · University of Mary Washington
Gregg Stull is the Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at University of Mary Washington.
Theater Dance Music Performing Arts Funding Policy and First Amendment Issues and the arts
Ganesh Sitaraman
New York Alumni Chancellor's Chair in Law · Vanderbilt University
Expert in constitutional law, the regulatory state, economic policy, democracy and foreign affairs.
Public Option Institutional design Regulation Foreign Relations Law Constitutional Law
Gerald Kauffman
Project Director, Water Resources Center, Institute for Public Administration; Assistant Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration · University of Delaware
Prof. Kauffman focuses on drinking water: water supply, water quality, policy, handling droughts and floods.
Public Policy Water Policy Water Supply Water Quality Watershed Planning
David Julian McClements
Distinguished Professor of Food Science · University of Massachusetts Amherst
D. Julian McClements is the most highly cited food scientist in the world, known for his leading research on plant-based food.
Plant-based Food Food Science Food Nanotechnology Food Architecture