Deborah Cullinan

Chief Executive Officer · YBCA

Deborah is a leading advocate on the pivotal role artists & cultural organizations play in shaping our social & political landscape.

Nonprofit Management Civic Engagement COVID Recovery Unemployment Philanthropy

Zachary Manchester

Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Zachary Manchester is a researcher and aerospace engineer with broad interests in dynamics, control, estimation and optimization.

Legged Robots Robotics Commercial Aerospace Simulation Software Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Aerospace Engineering

Tim O'Donnell

Associate Provost for Academic Engagement and Student Success · University of Mary Washington

Dr. O'Donnell specializes in communication and debate.

Debate Public Speaking Argumentation Rhetorical Theory and Criticism

Regina Rahimi

Professor · Georgia Southern University

Regina Rahimi research is focused on issues of gender and sexuality in education and middle and high school drop outs.

Race and Class in Education Middle and High School Drop Outs Issues of Gender in Education Issues of Sexuality in Education Adolescent Literacy

Dave Kolar

Associate Professor, Psychology · University of Mary Washington

Dave Kolar is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Mary Washington.

Social Psychology Personality Assessment University Teaching Mentoring Program Evaluation

Thomas D. Roper, Ph.D.

Director, Pharmaceutical Engineering| Engineering Foundation Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Roper specializes in efforts to bring engineering and science closer to patients who utilize medicines via novel technologies.

Metabolic Engineering and Biocatalysis 3D Printing of Dose Forms Long Acting Therapy Development Nanomaterials and Particle Sciences Continuous Chemical Reaction Engineering

Myunghee Lee

Professor · Michigan State University

Myunghee Lee's teaching and research interests include authoritarian politics, democratization, protest and foreign policy.

Epidemiology Asian Studies

Eric Simanek

Robert A. Welch Chair of Chemistry · Texas Christian University

Dr. Simanek’s interests include whiskey, science education and basic scientific research aimed at the design of new medicines.

Medicinal Chemistry Whiskey Intellectual Property & Patent Management Expert Witness Interdisciplinary Education

Ana Maria Porras

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Using her background in tissue engineering and infectious disease, Ana Porras creates models of disease to study human-microbe interactions.

Inclusion in STEM Science Art Tissue Engineering Heart Valve Disease Microbiology

Meena Bose

Professor of Political Science, Executive Dean for Public Policy & Public Service Programs · Hofstra University

Dr. Meena Bose is Executive Dean of Hofstra University’s Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs

Presidential Elections Presidential Campaigns Presidential Politics Presidential History

M.J. D'Elia

Learning & Curriculum Support Team Librarian · Centre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship

A librarian with a significant amount of teaching experience.

Information Literacy Collection Development Library Science Virtual Reference Services Curriculum Design

Jeremy Everett, D.Min.

Founder and Executive Director, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty · Baylor University

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

Poverty Hunger Policy National Hunger Issues Food Insecurity Food Policy

Massimo Faggioli, PhD

Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University

Massimo Faggioli, PhD, is an expert on the history and administrative inner workings of the Catholic Church and of the papacy.

Pope Francis Religion Catholicism and World/European Politics Historical Theology and Ecclesiology American Catholicism

Matthew Hughey, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology · University of Connecticut

A scholar of racism and racial inequality in identity formation, organizations, media, politics, science, religion, and public advocacy.

Religion Fraternities and Sororities Organizations Whiteness Media

Priscilla Hwang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Duke University · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Hwang's research focuses on developing 3D microphysiological systems to investigate musculoskeletal pathologies and cancer progression.

tumor microenvironment intervertebral disc microphysiological systems cancer metastasis collective cell migration

Valera Hudson, MD

Professor & Chair · Augusta University

Valera Hudson is a pediatric pulmonologist and treats conditions that affect a child's respiratory system, like severe asthma or bronchitis.

Pediatric Pulmonology Medical Education Reccurent Pneumonia Cystic Fibrosis Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Judith Smetana

Professor of Psychology · University of Rochester

Smetana is an expert on adolescent-parent relationships, moral reasoning, and development in cultural contexts.

Teens and Self-Esteem Cultural Contexts Children's Moral and Social Reasoning Adolescent-Parent Relationships Parenting Beliefs

Curt Smith

Senior Lecturer · University of Rochester

Curt Smith was a speechwriter for George H.W. Bush and is a recognized authority on baseball broadcasting

Rhetoric Baseball broadcasting Presidential speechwriting American Politics

Sergey Klimenko

Professor · University of Florida

Sergey Klimenko’s research interests include detection of gravitational waves, gamma-ray bursts and as-yet-unknown systems.

Gravitational Waves Astrophysics LIGO Black Holes

David Feldman

Professor of Urban Planning & Public Policy and Political Science, Director of Water UCI · UC Irvine

David Feldman specializes in water resources management and policy, global climate change policy, ethics and environmental decisions.

Drought Sustainable Development Ethics and Environmental Decisions Water Resources Management Global climate change policy