voices Experts

Jeremy Everett, D.Min.

Founder and Executive Director, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and PovertyBaylor University

National voice on scalable solutions to end hunger through partnerships, research, innovative models & collaboration

Barbara Roche Rico

Professor EmeritusLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Helen A. Regis

Richard J. Russell Louisiana Studies ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Regis has been involved in urban, public, collaborative, and applied anthropology for over two decades.

Parshati Patel

Science CommunicationStellar Dreams

An astrophysicist turned science communicator, space educator, author and space artist with a passion to bring space to the public!

Jasmine McNealy

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Jasmine McNealy studies information, communication and technology with a view toward influencing law and policy.

Mia Moody, Ph.D.

Professor & Past Department ChairBaylor University

Nationally recognized expert on mass media representations of people of color, women & other underrepresented groups

Adriana Lacy

Lecturer of JournalismLoyola Marymount University

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Prof. Ruffin’s work focuses on contemporary Southern fiction, speculative storytelling, and explorations of race, identity, and inequality.

Idris Jeelani

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Idris Jeelanis's research focuses on construction safety, visual data analytics and cognitive sciences.

Won-Ki Moon

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Won-Ki Moon studies sociotechnical decision-making, public trust in AI and how systems shape consumer, organizational and societal behavior.