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Adele Lindenmeyr, PhD

William and Julia Moulden Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Professor, Department of HistoryCollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Villanova University

Adele Lindenmeyr, PhD, is an expert in Russian history, specifically the history of charity and social welfare.

Development of Voluntarism and Civil Societies Women's History Environmental HistoryRussian HistoryRussian and Soviet History
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Larisa DeSantis

Associate Professor of Biological SciencesVanderbilt University

Studies mammal teeth and bones to determine how they responded to ancient climate change and reasons why they went extinct.

saber-tooth catsPaleoecologyAncient Australian AnimalsAncient Climate ChangePaleontology
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Whitney Battle-Baptiste

Professor of Anthropology / Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois CenterUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Whitney Battle-Baptiste is a historical archaeologist whose research intersects with Black Studies and history.

Anthropological AdvocacyAfrican American ArchivesHistorically Black Colleges & UniversitiesGender StudiesBlack Studies
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Deena Weisberg, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Deena Weisberg, PhD, studies imaginative cognition and scientific thinking in young children and adults.

Child DevelopmentImaginationPublic Understanding of Science‎Pretend PlayFictional Stories
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Luis Ricardo Fraga

Director, Institute for Latino Studies; Acting Chair, Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Notre Dame

Luis Ricardo Fraga specializes in race, education, ethnicity, and Latino politics, as well as immigration, urban and voting rights policy.

Latino PoliticsPolitics of RacePolitics of EthnicityUrban PoliticsEducational Policy
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Elaine Dewar

Freelance JournalistDewar Productions Inc.

Elaine Dewar aspires to be a happy warrior for the public good.

JournalismPublic SpeakingStorytellingMarketing StrategyEntrepreneurship
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Tom Mills

Lecturer in Sociology and PolicyAston University

Tom Mills is a sociologist with an interest in media and communications, elite institutions and networks, and the use of digital methods.

Corporate PowerElitesBBC ImpartialitySociologyMedia Communications
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Neil Maher

ProfessorNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Neil Maher studies environmental and political history in the 20th century, urban history and the history of environmental justice.

Environmental HistoryHistory of Environmental Justice20th Century US Environmental and Political HistoryUS HistoryUrban History
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Sara Mednick

Professor of Cognitive SciencesUC Irvine

Sara Mednick is an expert in memory consolidation, sleep, aging and brain stimulation and author of “The Power of the Downstate.”

Memory ConsolidationAgingSleepPharmacologyCognitive Science
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Joshua Grill

Director of the Institute for Memory Impairments and Nerological Disorders at UCIUC Irvine

Joshua Grill directs a major Alzheimer's disease research institute helps lead the national strategy for AD clinical trial recruitment.

NeuroscienceClinical TrialsAlzheimer’s DiseaseNeurodegenerative disordersRecruitment and Retention