Julian Chambliss
Professor of English · Michigan State University
Julian Chambliss' research interests focus on race, culture, and power in real and imagined spaces.
Afrofuturism Black Digital Humanities Comics and Culture Comic Book Adaptations Space, Place, and Identity
Keivan Stassun
Stevenson Professor of Physics · Vanderbilt University
Expert in the search for Earth-like planets across the galaxy and an advocate for diversity, including neurodiversity, in the academy.
Astronomical Phenomena
Jerusha Conner, PhD
Professor of Education; Program Coordinator, Graduate Education | Department of Education and Counseling · Villanova University
Jerusha Conner, PhD, is an expert on student engagement, student voice, youth activism and education policy.
Student Engagement Student Voice Youth Activism Urban Education Education Policy
Erica Frantz
Associate Professor of Comparative Politics · Michigan State University
Authoritarian politics, aristocratic rule and policy, democratization, conflict
Dictatorship Conflict Authoritarian Politics Democratization Development
Melissa Bemiller, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Sciences · Augusta University
Dr. Bemiller's research focuses on violent victimization: homicide, sex crimes, and portrayals of violence in mass media.
Sex Crimes Child Abuse Homicide Violent Victimization Portrayals of Violence in Mass Media
Shea Rhodes, JD
Director, Villanova Law Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation | Charles Widger School of Law · Villanova University
Shea Rhodes' expertise involves supporting survivors of human trafficking by fighting for prosecution of the purchaser of sex.
Prostitution Criminal Law Human Trafficking Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Mia Moody-Ramirez, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor · Baylor University
Dr. Moody-Ramirez is a nationally known expert on mass media representations of minorities, women and other underrepresented groups
Race, Class, and Culture Pop Culture New Media Writing for Media Markets Historical Stereotypes in Social Media
Rich Milner
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning · Vanderbilt University
Expert on urban education and teacher education, centering on equity and diversity.
Achievement Gap Urban Education Teacher effectiveness in urban schools Social Context of Education Urban Teacher Education
L. Todd Wood
Editor-in-Chief · Creative Destruction Media/Tsarizm.com
Specialist in the National Security Threat from Economic Weakness and Sovereign Debt/The Russian Situation
National Debt Bond Market Russian Issues
Kate Bloch
Professor of Law, Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: blochk@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4867 / Office 336-200
Criminal Law Criminal Practice Legal Ethics Legal Education Criminal Procedure
Nathan Kar Ming Chan
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Race/Ethnicity Public Opinion American Politics Political Methodology Political Participation
Brianne Gilbert
Managing Director, StudyLA; Senior Lecturer, Political Science; Senior Lecturer, Urban & Environmental Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Social Science Research Public Opinion Research Survey Methodology Geospatial Data Mapping
Mical Raz
Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and Health · University of Rochester
Author of "What's Wrong with the Poor? Psychiatry, Race and the War on Poverty."
Foster Care and Adoptions Child Welfare Psychiatry Education Policy Race Culture and Ethnicity
Tomeka Robinson
Senior Associate Dean, Professor of Writing Studies and Rhetoric · Hofstra University
Dr. Robinson is an expert on effective public debate as well as health communication. She directs Hofstra's award-winning forensics team.
Public/Social Advocacy Rhetoric Health Communications Argumentation and Debate Intercultural Communication
Aashish Kumar
Professor of Radio, Television, Film · Hofstra University
Prof. Kumar is a social action scholar and a documentary filmmaker.
Filmmaking democratic discourse Civic Engagement grassroots advocacy
Simon Garnier
Assistant Professor, College of Science and Liberal Arts · New Jersey Institute of Technology
Professor Garnier focuses on the study of collective behaviors and swarm intelligence in natural and artificial systems
Biological Sciences Swarm Robotics Interdisciplinary Education Collective Behavior Swarm Intelligence
John L. Diamond
The Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contact: diamondj@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4628 / Office M202-198
Tort Law Criminal Law Mass Media Law Defamation Law
Sarah Wolfe
Professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability · University of Waterloo
Assistant Professor
Geography Water Decision Making and Governance Water Research Environmental and Social Psychology Sociology
Michael S. Rogers
Senior Advisor, Washington, D.C. · Brunswick Group
Michael Rogers advises in the areas of cyber security, privacy, geopolitics, technology and intelligence as well as crisis management.
National Security Crisis Management Telecommuncations Cyber Security Intelligence and Counter Intelligence
Patrick Oliver, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice · Cedarville University
Dr. Oliver serves as Director of the Criminal Justice Program.
Community-based Policing Improper / Proper Use of Force Recruiting Hiring Retaining Police Officers