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Brenda Sims Blackwell

Department Chair, Criminal Justice & CriminologyGeorgia Southern University

Brenda Sims Blackwells' work focuses on how gender can influence crimes and the legal and social issues that arise from it.

Elizabeth Hintz, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of CommunicationUniversity of Connecticut

Elizabeth Hintz’s research examines how individuals manage complex, stigmatized, and poorly understood health conditions.

Kevin Elliot

Associate Professor in Lyman Briggs College and the Department of PhilosophyMichigan State University

Expert on ethical and social values in environmental research

Andrea Odinov

Clinical Assistant Professor of Theatre ArtsLoyola Marymount University

Clinical Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

Carrie Liu Currier

Associate Professor and Department ChairTexas Christian University

Dr. Currier specializes in Chinese politics, East Asia, gender and politics, and Asian Americans in higher education

Mahmoud Nourayi, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Accounting, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Ariel Zetlin-Jones

Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Ariel Zetlin-Jones' research focuses on macroeconomics, business cycles, financial frictions and banking.

R. Ravi

Professor of Business, and Professor of Operations Research and Computer ScienceCarnegie Mellon University

R. Ravi is interested in networks and their effects in business, a subject on which he introduced a new MBA class.

Louie Velocci

Partner, AdvisoryKPMG

Seasoned and accomplished IT professional who has spearheaded forensic reviews of online gaming for both public and private sector clients

Sam Angus

Partner, Corporate GroupFenwick & West LLP

Entrepreneurship and venture financing for start-ups have been long-standing specialties for this lawyer and conference panel moderator