science Experts

Erasmus Kersting, PhD

Professor and Department Chair, EconomicsVillanova University

Erasmus Kersting, PhD, is an expert on monetary policy, inflation and economic policy.

Leni Schwendinger

Owner/PrincipalLeni Schwendinger Light Projects, NightSeeing™

"Fun, moving, exciting! Is how I would describe Leni's Talk and LightWalk."

Reshma Shah

Professor in the Practice of MarketingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Danielle Ofri

Associate ProfessorNew York University School of Medicine

Front-line doctor who speaks to current issues in healthcare and brings back the humanity to medicine

Deborah Bolnick, Ph.D.

ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Bolnick is an expert on genetic ancestry testing and how sociopolitical forces & history shape human genomic diversity.

Leslie Kern

Director, Women's and Gender Studies ProgramMount Allison University

Expert in urban social issues, including gentrification, gender, and inequalities.

Jeremy Jamieson

Professor of PsychologyUniversity of Rochester

Jeremy Jamieson is a national expert on stress, our responses to it, and how it's not always a bad thing.

Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD

Co-Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment; Professor Emerita | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of NursingVillanova University

Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is an expert in environmental health, global health, and public health nursing.

Samantha Chapman, PhD

Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Samantha Chapman, PhD, is an expert on global change in coastal ecosystems and invasive plant species.

Kathryn L. Humphreys

Associate Professor of Psychology and Human DevelopmentVanderbilt University

A clinical psychologist with expertise in infant mental health.