author Experts

Sherry Pagoto, Ph.D.

Professor of Allied Health SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Leveraging technology for health promotion and disease prevention

Wesley Longhofer

Associate Professor of Organization & Management; Senior Director, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence; Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty AffairsEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Caitlin Elsaesser, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Elsaesser partners with communities to create health promotion efforts that are empowering, with a focus on youth violence prevention.

Thomas Craemer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Public PolicyUniversity of Connecticut

Thomas Craemer is an expert on slavery reparations, racial bias and the psychology of racism.

Imre Bartos

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Imre Bartos’ research interests include extreme cosmic explosions related to the formation and evolution of black holes.

Elizabeth McRae

Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Elizabeth McRae’s teaching and research interests include the intersection of race, gender and politics in America and in the modern South.

Virginia Parks

Professor of Urban Planning and Public PolicyUC Irvine

Virginia Parks, PhD, is a geographer and urban planner specializing in the study of urban inequality.

Kevin Noonan

Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Kevin Noonan's research is on the synthesis of new compounds possessing main group elements to impact polymer chemistry and catalysis.

James Randerson

Chancellor's Professor Earth System ScienceUC Irvine

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

Larisa DeSantis

Associate Professor of Biological SciencesVanderbilt University

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