women Experts

Melissa Avdeeff

Assistant ProfessorCoventry University

Popular culture, specialising in pop music; music technology and society; social media and fandom.

Jose Vazquez, MD

Infectious DiseasesAugusta University

Dr. Jose Vazquez studies and treats infectious diseases, including COVID-19, antibiotic-resistant superbugs and fungal infections.

E. Eric Gable

Professor of AnthropologyUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Gable is an expert on museum studies, heritage, and the religion and politics of West Africa and of Outer Island Indonesia.

Alice Ba

Associate Chair and Professor, International Relations and Comparative PoliticsUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Ba researches US-China-Southeast Asia relations; institutional cooperation/competition in Asia; and regionalism.

Angélica S. Gutiérrez, Ph.D.

Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Lawrence Levy

Associate Vice President and Executive Dean of the National Center for SurburbanHofstra University

Dean Levy works close with Hofstra’s academic community to shape an innovative agenda for suburban study

Rebecca L. George

Instructor of Anthropology and Assistant Director of Forensic Anthropology FacilitiesWestern Carolina University

Rebecca L. George focuses on the utility of dental morphology and metrics to estimate population affinity within forensic anthropology.

Sophie Bjork-James

Assistant Professor of the Practice in AnthropologyVanderbilt University

Expert on the U.S.-based religious right and the white nationalist movement, particularly online communities.

Maggie Anderson

CEO and Cofounder The Empowerment Experiment Foundation

Sought-after speaker, who has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, C-SPAN, PBS Newshour, and CBS Morning News, among other tv and radio shows

Roger Thurow

Senior Fellow The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Pulitzer prize finalist with a wealth of experience writing about global food issues, hunger, poverty and international affairs