David Berri

Department Chair and Professor of Economics · Southern Utah University

Specializing in evaluations of players and coaches in sports, gender issues in sports, and competitive balance in sports

Distrubution of Wealth and Power Unpaid Athletes in the NCAA NBA Salary Caps Sports Economics NCAA

Kholoud Al-Qubbaj

Associate Professor of Humanities · Southern Utah University

Specializing in diversity and inclusion in higher education, transnationalism, and middle eastern studies

Diversity & Inclusion in Higher Education English as A Second Language Diversity and Inclusion in Utah Global Diversity Social Justice

Sarah Neville

Director · Open Line Communications

A speaker, educator and diversity & inclusion specialist. Sarah helps people bridge difference through powerful, authentic communication.

Diversity and Inclusion Intercultural Communication Presentation Skills Training Leadership Training Communication

Richard A. Boswell

Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: boswellr@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4633 / Office 350-200

Statutory Interpretation Immigration Law Immigrants' Rights Clinic Refugee Law & Policy

Alberto Cano, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Cano specializes in machine learning, data mining, classification, big data, data streams, and high-performance computing.

High Performance Computing Machine Learning Data Mining Big Data Classification

Preston Green, J.D., Ed.D.

John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education · University of Connecticut

Professor focused on charter school regulation and industry oversight.

School Choice Educational Equity Industry Oversight Charter School Regulation Educational Leadership

Kate Ratliff

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Kate Ratliff’s research investigates implicit biases and other barriers to diversity and inclusion.

Race Attitudes Implicit Bias Diversity & Inclusion Gender Attitudes Prejudice & Stereotyping

Bryant Keith Alexander

Dean, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Dean, College of Communication and Fine Arts

Race Gender & Sexuality Communication & Culture Performance & Culture Higher Education Speech Communication

Jeffrey McCune, Jr.

Frederick Douglass Professor · University of Rochester

McCune is founding chair of the Department of Black Studies, and an expert on matters of race, gender, and equality.

Race Black Studies Queer Theory Contemporary African-American Literature & Drama Popular Culture and Media Communication

Priya Rehal

MA in Communication and Culture, Fan Studies Researcher · Independent

Montreal and Toronto based researcher and educator

Race Race Culture and Ethnicity Race Gender and Class in Organization Processes Race Gender and Sexuality Sexual and Gender Identity

Stella Oh

Professor of Women's and Gender Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Human Trafficking Graphic Narratives Contemporary Literature Representations of Race, Gender and War Critical Theory

Jonathan M. Metzl

Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society · Vanderbilt University

World-renowned expert on gun violence and mental illness, white identity politics and race and health.

Mass shootings Mental Health Guns in America Guns and Mental Illness Race, Gender and Social Justice in Healthcare

Mia Moody-Ramirez, Ph.D.

Department Chair and Professor · Baylor University

Dr. Moody-Ramirez is a nationally known expert on mass media representations of minorities, women and other underrepresented groups

Race, Class, and Culture Pop Culture New Media Writing for Media Markets Historical Stereotypes in Social Media

Chaya Crowder

Assistant Professor of Political Science & International Relations · Loyola Marymount University

Chaya Crowder is an expert in political behavior, race and ethnicity politics, social media and American politics.

American Politics Race and Politics Political Science Political Behavior Social Media

David Henry Peterzell, Ph.D.

Associate Faculty - Clinical Psychology · Fielding Graduate University

Cognitive Neuroscience; Perceptual, Cognitive, Behavioral, and Developmental Psychology; Clinical Psychology; and Clinical Social Science

Research Designs and Methods Individual Differences and Factor Analytic Modeling Data Visualization and Statistics Multivariate Statistics Quantitative Data Analysis

Nefertiti Walker

Professor of Sport Management · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Nefertiti Walker's research centers on sports culture and developing diverse and inclusive cultures in sports and other organizations.

Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Intercollegiate Sports Gender in organizations Gender in sport Organizational Diversity and inclusion Sexism in Sports

Rachel O'Neill, Ph.D.

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology and Institute for Systems Genomics · University of Connecticut

Dr. O'Neill's research projects use molecular genetic approaches to study centromere function and evolution

Cancer Susceptibility Genomics Genome Stability

Cameron Awkward-Rich

Associate Professor in the Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Program · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Cameron Awkward-Rich is a poet and a scholar of trans theory/expressive culture.

Trans Theory Trans Expressive Culture Trans/Feminist/Queer Theory and Methods Disability Studies Contemporary American Literature

Vanessa Díaz

Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Music oral & life histories Latin America political culture diasporas

Magaela Bethune

Assistant Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Dr. Magaela Bethune is an expert on adolescent socialization, behavior, health, & development at intersections of race, gender, & sexuality.

Black Adolescence African American Studies Race & Health Health Policy & Policy Studies Race