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Professor of DanceLoyola Marymount University

Professor

Dance PedagogyDance PerformanceChoreographyProducingFilming Dance

Associate Professor of SociologyLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Social InequalityRace and EthnicityLatino ImmigrationAfrican American and Latino RelationsQualitative Research Methods

InstructorPortland State University

Experienced, energetic speaker who builds organizational success through the well-being of its members

Stress ManagementOptimal PerformanceWeight Management

Chair, LiteratureGeorgia Southern University

Beth chairs the Literature Department & her research areas are 19th century British Literature, women's literature, & rhetoric and writing

19th Century British LiteratureGender and Women’s StudiesWritingRhetoricComposition Studies

Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures - SpanishLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Early Modern Spanish Peninsular LiteratureSpanish cinemaMedieval Spanish Literature

Chief Executive OfficerYBCA

Deborah is a leading advocate on the pivotal role artists & cultural organizations play in shaping our social & political landscape.

Nonprofit ManagementCivic EngagementCOVID RecoveryUnemploymentPhilanthropy

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

AfricaFood PolicyAgriculturePovertyTransmedia

Professor, HistoryUC Irvine

Yong Chen is Professor of Hist. He also served as the Associate Dean of Curricular and Student Services in the School of Humanities.

Chinese American ExperienceImmigration HistoryFoodAsian-American HistoryCultural History

Senior Lecturer of EnglishLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

PoetryCreative Non-fictionMythological StudiesDrama

Associate Professor of JournalismUniversity of Connecticut

Scott Wallace is a bestselling author, photojournalist and educator who covers the environment and vanishing cultures worldwide.

Central AmericaAmazon RainforestBrazilIndigenous CulturesUncontacted Tribes

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