Andrew J. Bobilya

Professor, Program Director of Experiential and Outdoor Education · Western Carolina University

Andrew Bobilya's background includes serving as a field instructor and program manager for various summer outdoor adventure programs.

Outdoor Programming Human-Nature Relationship Wilderness Solitude Autonomous Student Experiences Spirituality

Norman Garrick, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department · University of Connecticut

Professor with a focus on civil engineering, transportation behaviors, parking, public transit, and bicycle lanes.

Shared Spaces Transit Planning Urban Planning Civil Engineering Urban Street Networks

Amy Murphy-Nugen

Associate Professor · Western Carolina University

Amy Murphy-Nugen has more than 20 years of social work practice and policy experience in housing, community building and engagement.

Community Development and Housing Issues Housing Loss Foreclosure Disenfranchised Grief

Jennifer Trivedi

Assistant Professor, Anthropology; Core Faculty Member, Disaster Research Center · University of Delaware

Prof. Trivedi's research explores disaster vulnerability, response, recovery, resilience and decision-making.

Disaster Resilience‎ Disaster Response Disaster Vulnerability Disaster Recovery Hurricanes

Lillian Guerra

Professor · University of Florida

Lillian Guerra is an expert on Cuban and Caribbean history.

Latino Culture & Politics in the U.S. Caribbean History Latin American Studies Caribbean Diasporas and Caribbean History Central American and Caribbean Immigration

Heather Bittner Fagan, M.D., MPH, FAFFP

Associate Vice Chair of Research and Faculty with ChristianaCare's Department of Family and Community Medicine · ChristianaCare

Dr. Heather Bittner Fagan is a practicing physician, faculty member and researcher in Family & Community Medicine at ChristianaCare.

Family Medicine

Vianne Timmons

President and Vice-Chancellor · University of Regina

Dr. Vianne Timmons, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Regina

Community Affairs Academic Leadership Education and Educational Leadership Innovation Developmental Disability

Sheema Khan

Patent Agent · Shapiro Cohen LLP

Patent Agent. Writer. Speaker (Tedx)

Science and Technology Human Rights Muslim Current Affairs' Muslim Feminism Intellectual Property

Hiba Baroud

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Vanderbilt University

Expert in risk, reliability and resilience of critical infrastructure against climate change and natural disasters, particularly flooding.

Climate Change Flood Mitigation Natural Disasters Resilience modeling Interdependent Systems Data Analytics

James Randerson

Chancellor's Professor Earth System Science · UC Irvine

James Randerson studies the global carbon cycle using remote sensing and in-situ measurements and different types of models.

Climate-Carbon Cycle Feedbacks Forests Wildfires Climate Plants

Daniel Cornfield

Professor of Sociology · Vanderbilt University

Expert in the American labor movement, the creative class, and work and occupation issues generally.

labor & employment Creative Class Unionization Labor Unions Musicians

Wesley Longhofer

Associate Professor of Organization & Management; Executive Academic Director, Business & Society Institute · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Organizational Sociology Business and Society Social Enterprise Philanthropy and Non-Profits Climate Change

Leslie Martin

Associate Professor of Sociology · University of Mary Washington

Dr. Martin specializes in urban sociology, race/ethnic relations, welfare and poverty issues.

Urban Sociology Race / Ethnic Relations Welfare and Poverty Sociology of Education Public Housing

Larisa DeSantis

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences · Vanderbilt University

Studies mammal teeth and bones to determine how they responded to ancient climate change and reasons why they went extinct.

saber-tooth cats Paleoecology Ancient Australian Animals Ancient Climate Change Paleontology

Shobha Gurung

Professor of Sociology · Southern Utah University

Specializes in gender and labor, comparative family and community, migration, globalization, and transnationalism, and civic engagement.

Global Civic Citizenship Human Rights and Social Justice Gender and Labor Studies Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Community Gender and Society

Dr. Adey Nyamathi

Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Nursing · UC Irvine

Dr. Nyamathi conducts studies among vulnerable groups, including homeless, drug-addicted and incarcerated persons and gay/bisexual youth.

Vulnerable Populations Tuberculosis Role of Nursing Hiv/Aids Hepatitis

Barbara Rozgonyi

Transformer, Speaker, Corporate Trainer, Business Development Consultant · CoryWest Media LLC

Motivational Marketing Keynote Speaker| 3D Content Marketing | LinkedIn Training | Social Media Strategy

Media & Communications Innovation & Creativity Social & Digital Media Leadership Branding Communications Sales Marketing Marketing & Corporate Strategy

Vickie Cammack

Social Innovator and Care Activist · A Good Life Consulting

Vickie Cammack is the Founder of Tyze Personal Networks that helps people to care as a network

Social Innovation Social Entrepreneurship Public Speaking Community Development Caregiving

Patricia Edwards

Professor of Teacher Education and Literacy · Michigan State University

Patricia Edwards is an expert in early/emergent/intergenerational literacy, family engagement, diversity issues

ELL Learners Urban Education Literacy Education Family Engagement Family, Community and School Partnerships

Melanie Gainey

STEM Librarian · Carnegie Mellon University

Melanie Gainey is a trained neuroscientist and spent over 10 years studying the plasticity of neural circuits in sensory cortex.

Bioinformatics Library & Information Science Neuroscience Open Science Biology