excellence Experts

Marie Coppola, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychological SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences focused on language acquisition, ASL, deaf culture, and cognitive science.

Rima Taher

Senior University LecturerNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Taher focuses on structural technology, stability of structures, architectural cognizance and engineering standards

Billie Murray, PhD

Associate Professor of Communication; Assistant Director for Academics, Center for Peace and Justice Education | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Billie Murray, PhD, explores the timely territory of community responses to hate speech and on issues of rhetoric and social justice.

Jill Perry-Smith

Professor of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Xiuchun (Cindy) Tian, Ph.D.

Interim Department Head and ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Tian is an expert in animal biotechnology.

David Lewis

Rebecca Webb Wilson University Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Political ScienceVanderbilt University

Expert in federal bureaucracy, including agency performance, agency oversight and the political appointment process.

Cheryl Carleton, PhD

Associate Professor of Economics; Director of the Villanova Women's Professional Network| Villanova School of BusinessVillanova University

Cheryl Carleton, PhD, is an expert in labor economics and women in the workforce.

Steven Huege, M.D., MS.Ed

Swank Foundation Endowed Chair in Memory Care and GeriatricsChristianaCare

Expert in memory care and geriactrics

Brit McKay

Associate Dean of Students & External AffairsGeorgia Southern University

Professor McKay's research focuses on the use of expert systems in designing decision aids and recent developments in taxation

Christopher Meyer

Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Experienced speaker in all areas of negotiation and motivation in an organizational context