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Ken Catania

Stevenson Professor of Biological SciencesVanderbilt University

Expert on sensory systems' impact on animal behavior, particularly naked mole rats, star-nosed moles, cockroaches and eels.

spatial mapsrodentsBiological Sciencesneural processingmammals
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Linda S. Sprague Martinez, Ph.D.

Director, UConn Health Disparities InstituteUniversity of Connecticut

Linda Sprague Martinez, Ph.D. has expertise in health equity and the social determinants of health.

Participatory ResearchHealth DisparitiesHealth EquityCommunity HealthSocial Determinants of Health
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Leslie E. Martin

Professor of SociologyUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Martin specializes in urban sociology, race/ethnic relations, welfare and poverty issues.

Urban SociologyRace / Ethnic RelationsWelfare and PovertySociology of EducationPublic Housing
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Dr. Mark Ware

Chief Medical OfficerCanopy Growth

Dr. Ware leads Canopy Growth’s medical division, Spectrum Therapeutics including research towards the development of cannabinoid medicines.

Endocannabinoid SystemCannabis ResearchCannabinoidsMedical CannabisClinical Research
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Matt Quade, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Values-Based Leadership | Director, Center for Christian Leadership and Ethics | Kimberly and Aaron P. Graft Professor in Christian Leadership in Business | Associate Professor of ManagementBaylor University

Christian leadership & ethics expert focusing on ethical and servant leadership, bottom-line mentality & pro-adoption workplace policies

Bottom-Line MentalityAmoral ManagementEthical LeadershipOrganizational Support for Adoption
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Leanna C. Giancarlo

Associate Professor of ChemistryUniversity of Mary Washington

Leanna Giancarlo is a Professor of Chemistry and commentator on the portrayal of science in media and popular culture.

STEM EducationScience EducationScience and Popular CultureChemistry
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Brooke Flammang

Assistant Professor, Biological SciencesNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Flammang specializes in functional morphology, biomechanics, and bioinspired technology of fishes, including sharks and remora.

Marine BiologyPhysiologyBiomechanicsBiologyBiomechanics of Animal Locomotion
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Emily D. Crosby

Associate Professor of CommunicationUniversity of Mary Washington

Emily Deering Crosby is a rhetorical critic of popular culture with research concentrations in feminist criticism.

Popular CultureFeminist CriticismCritical Sport StudyDigital RhetoricWomen in Country Music
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Edda L. Fields-Black

Professor of History and Director of The Humanities CenterCarnegie Mellon University

Dr. Fields-Black is a specialist in the trans-national of West African farmers and enslaved laborers on rice plantations.

Higher EducationSlave TradeHistoryAfrican HistoryRice Farmers
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Dimitris Xygalatas, Ph.D.

Professor, AnthropologyUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Xygalatas' research focuses on ritual, sports, bonding, and the things that make us human.

Cognition and CultureSportsRitualCooperation