Story Experts

Tamara Franz-Odendaal

Professor, Faculty of Biology, NSERC Chair Women in Science and Engineering- Atlantic Canada; Principal Investigator - Bone Development LaboratoryMount Saint Vincent University

Developmental biologist / Anatomist; Advocate for the Advancement of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Morphology EmbryologyMolecular BiologyAnatomyGenetics

Christopher D. Carothers

Director, Center for Computational Innovations (CCI) & Professor, Computer ScienceRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Researches massively parallel computer systems with a focus on modeling and simulation systems

Information and Computer ScienceParallel Discrete-Event SimulationComputer ScienceMassively Parallel SystemsModeling and Simulation Systems

Parshati Patel

Science CommunicationStellar Dreams

An astrophysicist turned science communicator, space educator, author and space artist with a passion to bring space to the public!

Sci ArtSTEM EducationAstrophyicsAstronomyPlanetary Science

K. Leigh Greathouse, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Nutrition Sciences | Affiliate Professor of BiologyBaylor University

A cancer biologist, epidemiologist, and dietitian focusing on how diet and the microbiome influence cancer development and treatment.

Cancer BiologyMolecular BiologyBiologyNutritionEpidemiology

Bill Torgerson

Assistant ProfessorSt. John's University

Laughs and Lessons: Whether it's on Growing up in the 80s, Overcoming Divorce, or Learning to Write, Smiles are Guaranteed

EducationWritingDigital MediaBloggingCreative Writing

Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, Ph.D.

Board of Trustees Distinguished ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar’s research interests include the 20th century United States, with a focus in African American history.

African American StudiesU.S. Popular CultureBlack NationalismSocial HistoryTwentieth-Century United States

Betty Jo Barrett

Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies ProgramUniversity of Windsor

Research specialization: Gender Based Violence

Gender based violenceViolence against women and childrenDomestic violence in LGBTQ2A+ communitiesDomestic violence against womenDomestic violence and animal abuse