Julian Chambliss
Professor of English · Michigan State University
Julian Chambliss' research interests focus on race, culture, and power in real and imagined spaces.
Afrofuturism Black Digital Humanities Comics and Culture Comic Book Adaptations Space, Place, and Identity
Margaret Galvan
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Margaret Galvan is a scholar of contemporary visual culture interested in how images are used for purposes of social justice.
Women in Print Movement Queercore Riot Grrrl Grassroots Print Culture Digital Humanities
Adilifu Nama
Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Black Representation in Film and Television afrofuturism SciFi Film Prince comics
Rob Salkowitz
Principle/Strategist · MediaPlant, LLC
How is the Young World changing business?
Entrepreneurship Globalization Innovation Youth Emerging Economies
Sonya Atalay
Provost Professor of Anthropology and Director of Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS) · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sonya Atalay explores ways that repatriation and reclaiming of heritage provides lessons for decolonizing and Indigenizing institutions
Indigenous Knowledge Indigenous Studies Native American Studies Cultural Anthropology Critical Heritage Studies
Adam Frank
Professor of astrophysics, science commentator, and popular author · University of Rochester
Frank is a leading expert on how stars form and how they die, as well as civilizations before humans
US Space Program Space Travel Science and Religion Evolution of Stars and Planets Physics and Astronomy
Chris Foss
Professor of English · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Foss specializes in 19th-century British literature, with a secondary expertise in disability studies.
British Victorian Novel Oscar Wilde British Literature Since 1800 British Romantic Literature British Romantic Women Poets
Professor Robert Shail
Director of Research · Leeds Beckett University
Professor Robert Shail's research interests cover postwar British cinema, gender identity in film, comics books, and children's cinema.
Children's Film Foundation British Cinema Film Art Critical Practice Children's Media
Nancy Rose Hunt
Professor · University of Florida
Nancy Rose Hunt’s work focuses on the history and anthropology of medicine in Africa.
Medical History Vernacular Archives Archives Childbirth History and Anthropology of Central Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Priya Rehal
MA in Communication and Culture, Fan Studies Researcher · Independent
Montreal and Toronto based researcher and educator
Race Race Culture and Ethnicity Race Gender and Class in Organization Processes Race Gender and Sexuality Sexual and Gender Identity
Ryan Paul
Assistant Professor of History and Director of A.P.E.X. · Southern Utah University
Specializing in U.S. history, cultural history, and the beginnings of Utah's National Parks.
Utah National Parks History Utah Parks Company American History History Through Film Historic Preservation
Greg Garrett, Ph.D.
Carole Ann McDaniel Hanks Chair of Literature and Culture, Department of English · Baylor University
Theologian and cultural critic, exploring the intersections between film and popular culture, literature, religion and politics.
Public Speaking Media Resource Creative Writing Religion and Culture Popular Culture and Society
Stephen Farnsworth
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Farnsworth has spent decades researching how media and politics intersect. Check out his website at stephenfarnsworth.net.
American Elections American Government The American Presidency Internet Politics Mass Media and Politics
Alyssa Hadley Dunn, Ph.D.
Director of Teacher Education, Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction · University of Connecticut
Dr. Dunn focuses her teaching, research, and service on urban education for social and racial justice.
Teacher Education Sociocultural and Political Contexts of Education Teacher Preparation Racial and Social Justice Educational Equity
Boris Cherniak
president · Hypnotist The Incredible BORIS
Motivational Hypnotist and comedian as seen on Maury, Montel, Howie Mandel Show, Comics, The Vegas Show
Comedy Hypnotism Show Mind Control Comedian Motivational Team Building
Dean Scheibel
Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies · Loyola Marymount University
College of Communication & Fine Arts
Organizational Communication Sororities, Graffiti, Rumors, Faking Identity, Rock Music, and Surfing
Megan Halpern
Associate Professor of Science Communication and Interdisciplinarity · Michigan State University
Interdisciplinary studies
William Henry Pruitt III
Assistant Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Twentieth and Twenty-First Century U.S. Literature Black Radicalism Black Intellectual History Black Performance Studies Black Queer Studies
Zach Whalen
Associate Professor of Digital Studies · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Whalen's research focuses on computer-generated literature, video games, and graphic narrative.
Electronic Literature Video Games Digital Studies Computer-Generated Literature Digital Humanities
Amanda Herring
Associate Professor of Art History, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University
Associate Professor of Art History
Art History Ancient Greek Art & Architecture Ancient Roman Art & Architecture