IT Experts

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Prof. Ruffin’s work focuses on contemporary Southern fiction, speculative storytelling, and explorations of race, identity, and inequality.

Burcu Akinci

Dean, College of EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University

Burcu Akinci focuses on emerging energy technologies and using AI to monitor energy use.

Edward M. Feasel, PhD

Vice President for Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, Professor of EconomicsSoka University

Professor Feasel is responsible for academic affairs at Soka University.

Don Zhang

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Zhang studies risk and decision making.

Alma Stevenson

Professor of LiteracyGeorgia Southern University

Alma Stevenson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in critical literacy, strategies, assessment and literacy in the content areas.

Saad Bhamla

Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular EngineeringGeorgia Tech - COE

The Bhamla Lab explores fundamental and applied research questions through the development of new experimental tools and techniques.

Jack Downey

John Henry Newman Professor of Roman Catholic Studies, Professor of Religion and ClassicsUniversity of Rochester

Downey studies self-immolation as reistance, forms of protest, Roman Catholicism

Mark Sheplak

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Mark Sheplak's research focuses on the development of high-performance, instrumentation-grade, MEMS-based sensors aerospace applications.

Shirlee Sharkey

CEOSaint Elizabeth

Health executive and social innovator

Charles Vance, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University