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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

Mary Pearson

Vice President/CFO, Division of Finance & AdministrationSouthern Utah University

Specializing in entrepreneurship in rural communities, financial accounting reporting requirements, and the history of accounting principles

Jon Smith

Professor of CommunicationSouthern Utah University

Specializing in public land issues, television news, and documentary film production

Mark Miller

Professor of HistorySouthern Utah University

Specializing in Native American identity and citizenship, wars of independence, and the economic history of the American midwest

Richard Cozzens

Director of CAD & Professor of Engineering & TechnologySouthern Utah University

Specializing in CATIA, civil engineering design, and aerospace manufacturing research and technology

Michelle Grimes

Associate Professor of Child Clinical PsychologySouthern Utah University

A licensed psychologist specializing in clinical child psychology, principles of phycological assessment, and sibling conflict resolution