Washington Experts

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Sharon Wright Austin’s teaching and research interests are in American government, urban politics and African American politics.

Southern PoliticsAfrican American PoliticsUrban Politics

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Chair of Civil DiscourseUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Shaffer studies the advancement of democratic practices by focusing on the role of civic professionals in institutional settings.

Civic EngagementPublic PolicyCivil DiscourseCommunicationDeliberative Democracy

Senior Associate for Contemporary Worship ProgramsBaylor University

Endeavors to find ways to connect contemporary worship research with the practice of the church.

Youth WorshipContemporary Worship MusicContemporary Worship PracticeWorship Theology

Professor of Psychology and Dean's Professor in Arts and SciencesUniversity of Rochester

Professor Harry Reis' research interests involve social interaction and close relationships.

Marriage and Close RelationshipsHealth and Psychological Well BeingSocial interactionIntimacyEmotion Regulation

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Mary Washington

His research has taken him to the mountains of central Vietnam, the concentration camps of WWII, and the house of Rutherford B. Hayes.

HistoryRutherford B. HayesCreative WritingWorld War 2Monuments and Memorials

Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public RelationsHofstra University

Author and award-winning journalist whose work on race, women, culture and social justice has appeared in dozens of media outlets.

JournalismMedia AnalysisSocial Justice IssuesPoliticsRace and Gender Relations

Research Professor / Associate Director of EducationCarnegie Mellon University

George Kantor has been developing robotic technologies to address problems in agriculture and scientific exploration for 15 years.

Underwater RoboticsRobotics in Agriculture and ForestryField & Service RoboticsIntelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)Mining Robotics

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental EngineeringVillanova University

Dr. Xiong conducts AI and big-data research on human mobility and its relation to policy, the environment and public health.

Electric and Hydrogen VehiclesTransportation PlanningTransportation EconomicsTransportation EngineeringTransportation and Environment

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Zachary D. Kaufman is a scholar and practitioner of criminal law, international law, national security law, and transitional justice.

Transnational JusticeInternational LawCriminal LawNational Security Law

Research ProfessorUniversity of Florida

John Lednicky focuses on microbiology and molecular biology, various bacteria, fungi and viruses, including influenza and coronaviruses.

Airborne TransmissionZoonotic DiseasesWest Nile VirusInfectious DiseaseAirborne Disease

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