university Experts

Jim Finkelstein

President and CEOFutureSense, LLC

A contrarian who is a stimulating speaker; an expert in people and organization strategy and a "millennial in boomer clothing"

Howie Choset

Kavcic-Moura Professor of Computer Science in RoboticsCarnegie Mellon University

Howie Choset's groups builds & deploys robots where they matter: from operating rooms and factories to disaster zones & space.

Giacomo Negro

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Organization & Management and Professor of Sociology (by courtesy); Vice Provost for Faculty AffairsEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Katherine Whitaker

Associate Professor of AstronomyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Kate Whitaker is an observational extragalactic astronomer who studies galaxy formation and evolution at the very edges of the universe.

Marina Cooley

Assistant Professor in the Practice of MarketingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Amir AghaKouchak

Professor of Civil & Environmental EngineeringUC Irvine

Amir AghaKouchak studies how climate change and variability influence extreme events (flood/drought/heatwaves) and compound hazards.

Mike Langford

Director of AdmissionsWestern Carolina University

Mike Langford is a experienced director of admissions with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry.

Jeff Schneider

Research Professor, Robotics InstituteCarnegie Mellon University

Jeff Schneider's work is on ML, AI, Autonomy, robotics, self-driving cars, nuclear fusion, and national defense.

Francis Beckwith, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies, Affiliate Professor of Political ScienceBaylor University

Nationally recognized philosopher & legal expert in the areas of religion, jurisprudence, politics & ethics

Blake McGee, PhD, MPH, RN

Associate ProfessorAugusta University, College of Nursing

Blake McGee studies the impacts of federal and state policy choices on economically or socially marginalized people.