academic Experts

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.

Justin Taillon

Assistant ProfessorCentre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship

Prior to returning joining academia Justin worked for six years in the hotels, two years in F&B, and one year in event management.

Professor Marina Novelli

Professor of Tourism and International DevelopmentUniversity of Brighton

She is committed to generating new knowledge on ways in which tourism can play a key role in sustainable development.

John Allgood II

Instructor of Sports ManagementUniversity of Delaware

Expertise includes professional sport business strategic management, college athletics administration and strategy

Jennifer Necci Dineen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor In-Residence, School of Public Policy | Associate Director, UConn Center for Advancing, Research, Methods, and Scholarship in Gun Injury Prevention (ARMS)University of Connecticut

Jennifer Dineen is a survey methodologist who focuses on stakeholder attitudes as mechanism for intervention uptake and policy change.

John David N. Dionisio

Chair and Professor of Computer ScienceLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Peter Roberts

Professor of Organization & Management; Executive Academic Director, Business & Society InstituteEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Amanda J. Crawford

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Crawford is a veteran political reporter, literary journalist, and expert in journalism ethics and misinformation.

Alma Stevenson

Professor of LiteracyGeorgia Southern University

Alma Stevenson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in critical literacy, strategies, assessment and literacy in the content areas.

Graham Beattie

Associate Professor and Chair of EconomicsLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts