academics Experts

Munene Mwaniki

Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Gonzalo Maturana

Professor of FinanceEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Yongsun Paik, Ph.D.

Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Director, Center for International Business Education and Center for Asian Business

Aimée Eubanks Davis

Founder and CEOBraven.org

Speaks to higher education outcomes, particularly related to job attainment and quality among first-generation and low-income students.

Dr Claire Farrow

Professor of Children’s Eating BehaviourAston University

Professor Farrow's interests concern eating behaviour in children: fussy eating, childhood obesity and food refusal.

Andy Naranjo

Professor | ChairUniversity of Florida

Andy Naranjo is an expert in financial technology, including information flows and processing, and international finance.

Daniel Lee

Associate Professor of EntrepreneurshipUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Lee specializes in experimental and behavioral approaches to entrepreneurship and innovation.

Ram B. Gupta, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringVirginia Commonwealth University

Research interest: batteries, electrochemistry, sustainable energy, biofuel, biomaterials, supercritical extraction, manufacturing, lithium

Tia Noelle Pratt, PhD

Special Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Mission Engagement and Strategic Initiatives; Assistant Professor of SociologyVillanova University

Tia Noelle Pratt, PhD, researches Catholicism in the U.S. with emphasis on systemic racism and African American Catholics.

Eric Baumgartner, Ph.D.

PresidentMilwaukee School of Engineering

Prior to joining academia, Dr. Eric Baumgartner spent 10 years at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is an expert in higher ed leadership.