community Experts

Dave Mawhinney

Teaching ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Dave Mawhinney is a teaching professor of entrepreneurship and the founding executive director of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship.

Robert Singleton

Associate Professor Emeritus of EconomicsLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Philip McHarris

Assistant Professor of Black StudiesUniversity of Rochester

McHarris is an expert in politics and race, policing, incarceration, housing, racism, and race and inequality.

Andrea Hershatter

Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management; Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate EducationEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Mangalpreet Singh

LecturerAston University

Seasoned pharmacy professional with experience across community, hospital, primary care, prison, pharma industry, and academia.

Adam Frank

Professor of astrophysics, science commentator, and popular authorUniversity of Rochester

Adam Frank is a self-described “evangelist of science,” who writes about intelligent life forms, space exploration, climate change and more.

Andy Horowitz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Connecticut State HistorianUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Horowitz is a public historian, scholar of the modern United States, and Connecticut's State Historian.

Brian Treanor

President's Professor of PhilosophyLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Kristie Bunton

Dean and Professor of JournalismTexas Christian University

Kristie Bunton's expertise lies in media ethics, media accountability, gender, race and class issues.

Andrew Ledbetter

Professor & Chair of Communication StudiesTexas Christian University

Andrew Ledbetter investigates how people use communication technology to maintain close ties with friends, family, and romantic partners.