university Experts

Zara Alavi

Associate Professor of PhysicsLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Katharine Noon

Professor of Theatre ArtsLoyola Marymount University

Professor of Theatre Arts

Vanessa Newell

Professor and Chair of ProductionLoyola Marymount University

Diego Alvarado Karste, Ph.D.

Marketing ProfessorUtah Valley University

Alvarado-Karste is an expert in marketing strategy and consumer behaviour

Michael Starz

Executive Director, Carnegie Mellon University’s Critical Technology InitiativeCarnegie Mellon University

Michael Starz develops assessment capabilities for critical technologies for U.S. competitiveness

Rochelle Webb, MBA

Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Academic Director, MELM

Joseph T. Liu, Ph.D.

Expert in human resources, management and organizational behaviorFlorida Gulf Coast University

Joseph Liu studies the people-related issues in modern industry.

Patricia Wilson, J.D.

Associate Dean & William Boswell Chair of LawBaylor Law School

Expert in family law, employment law & legal ethics and founder of the People’s Law School to make the law user-friendly

Landon Frim, Ph.D.

Expert in politics, philosophy, ethics, and religionFlorida Gulf Coast University

Christina M. Heckman, PhD

Professor of English, Department of English and World LanguagesAugusta University

Professor Heckman focuses on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, history of English language and Anglo-Saxon and middle English literature.