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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.

Ernesto Colín

Associate ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

Department of Teaching and Learning

Carlos Castano, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Professor Castano specializes in tailoring surface properties of materials for applications in energy, transportation, and manufacturing.

Sandro R. P. da Rocha, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Sciences EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Dr. da Rocha specializes in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and nanotechnology.

Kathleen M. Brennan

Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Kathleen M. Brennan's research interests include mental health, medical sociology and social psychology.

Christopher A. Cooper

Madison Distinguished Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs and Director of the Haire Institute for Public PolicyWestern Carolina University

Christopher A. Cooper's research is on N.C. politics, southern politics, political behavior and behavioral public administration.

Edward Lopez

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Edward Lopez is Professor of Economics and founding director of Western Carolina University's Center for the Study of Free Enterprise.

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.

Ronald Rash

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestseller Serena and Above the Waterfall.

Munene Mwaniki

Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University