Jonathon Colman

Senior Design Manager, Keynote Speaker · Intercom

I lead content design at Intercom. I'm a Webby Award winner and keynote speaker who’s appeared at over 80 design & tech events.

Content Content Strategy Writing Product Design User Experience

Michael Brown

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine · Michigan State University

Has expertise teaching evidence-based medicine concepts and engaged in knowledge translation at the national level.

Emergency Medicine Evidence Synthesis and Evaluation Knowledge Translation Epidemiology Meta-Analysis

Peter J. Bergerson, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus · Florida Gulf Coast University

Peter Bergerson focuses on U.S. campaigns and elections, the presidency and congress.

U.S. Census Florida Politics Florida Elections Florida's role in national elections U.S. Politics

Manisha Sinha, Ph.D.

Draper Chair in American History · University of Connecticut

Dr. Sinha is an expert in Civil War and Reconstruction

Feminism Abolition Slavery

Paul Licato

Adjunct Associate Professor · Milwaukee School of Engineering

Paul Licato is an expert in the physics and clinical applications of medical imaging.

Medical Device Clinical Research X-Ray Imaging Computed Tomography Medical Imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Alissa Nolden

Assistant Professor of Food Science · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Alissa Nolden is a sensory scientist whose research focuses on chemosensory perception in humans.

Human Responses to Food Chemosensory Receptor Biology Individual Differences Chemosensory Disorders Sensory Evaluation

Joelle Pineau

Associate Professor, School of Computer Science; Co-director, Reasoning and Learning Lab · McGill University

Machine Learning Researcher; Professor of Computer Science and William Dawson Scholar at McGill University; Senior Fellow at CIFAR

Reinforcement learning and probabilistic inference Deep Learning Natural Language Processing Robotics Adaptive treatment design

Lyle Brenner

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Lyle Brenner's research investigates how consumers and managers make predictions, inferences and decisions.

Consumer and Managerial Decision Making Statistics and Research Methods Consumer Statistical Reasoning Judgment Under Uncertainty Mathematical Psychology

Joseph Hellige

Professor Emeritus | Psychological Science · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Research Methods for Consumers Left- and Right-Handedness Human Cognition Brain Asymmetry Cognitive Neuroscience

Sarah Igo

Andrew Jackson Chair in American History; Professor of Law; Professor of Political Science; Professor of Sociology; Director, American Studies Program · Vanderbilt University

Expert in the history of American privacy, social security, big data, survey data and the public sphere.

Modern U.S. History History of the Public Sphere History of the Human Sciences History of Survey Research Opinion Poll

Kenneth Jackson

Assistant Professor | Psychological Science · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Human Centered Design Human Factors Engineering Usability Augmented Reality Virtual Reality

Allyson Hewitt

Director, SiG@MaRS and Director, Social Entrepreneurship · MaRS Discovery District

Creating the conditions that expand the realm of entrepreneurship so it incorporates a strong social component is what SiG@MaRS achieves

Social Innovation Social Finance Nonprofit Management Fundraising Social Enterprise

Alexeis Garcia Perez

Professor Of Digital Business And Society · Aston University

Garcia Perez researches the relationships between people and technology, cyber security management and data-driven innovation

Cyber Security Management Digital Leadership Digital Transformation Digital Resilience Knowledge Management

Ryan Black

Professor · Michigan State University

US Supreme Court, judicial politics, legal institutions

Legal Institutions US Supreme Court Judicial Politics

Todd Powell-Williams, PhD

Associate Professor of Sociology · Augusta University

Professor Powell-Williams is an expert in social movements, social control, religion, police science and symbolic interactionism.

Social Control Police Science Religion Symbolic Interactionism

John Leshy

Emeritus Harry D. Sunderland Distinguished Professor of Real Property Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: leshyj@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4726 / Office 382-200

Real Property Law State and Federal Constitutional Law Natural Resources Law Public Land Law Water Law

Richard Dees

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics · University of Rochester

Richard Dees' research and teaching interests are in public health ethics, neuroethics, and political philosophy.

Neuroethics Public Health Ethics Political Philosophy

Dr Jane Waite

Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology · Aston University

Dr Waite focuses on understanding the development of mental health difficulties, and improving identification of these difficulties.

Neurodevelopmental Disorders Intellectual Disabilities Mental Health Difficulties Neurodevelopmental Conditions Communication Difficulties

Cynthia Savage

Professor of Professional Practice, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies · Texas Christian University

Cynthia Savage researches initial teacher certification at the undergraduate level.

School Counseling Educational Research and Quantitative Methodology Elementary Education Early Childhood Education Teacher Certification

Anjana Susarla

Omura-Saxena Professor in Responsible AI · Michigan State University

Anjana Susarla's research includes the economics of information systems, social media analytics and economics of artificial intelligence.

Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Digital Transformation Social Media Analytics Machine Learning Causal Inference