Rick Relyea
Director, Darrin Fresh Water Institute; Director, Jefferson Project; & David M. Darrin ’40 Senior Endowed Chair · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Researches community ecology, ecotoxicology, phenotypic plasticity, forest inputs to wetlands, disease ecology, and invasive species
Aquatic Ecosystems Animal Disease Ecology Animal Behavior Evolution Ecology
David Steffens, M.D., M.H.S.
Professor and Chair, Psychiatry · University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Dr. Steffens' research focuses on late-life mood and cognitive disorders.
Dementia Late-Life Depression
Michael Okun
Distinguished Professor | Director · University of Florida
Dr. Michael Okun is a neurologist, neuroscientist, and expert in Parkinson's, movement disorders, and deep brain stimulation.
Alzheimer's Parkinson's Tourette Deep Brain Stimulation Dystonia
John R. Gerdy
Founder and President of Music For Everyone · Archway Publishing
Founder and Executive Director of Music For Everyone
Education Music Arts and Education Activism College Athletic Reform Role and History of Sports in American Education and American Society
Amy J. Williams
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Amy J. Williams is searching for habitable environments and microbial life on Mars and outer world moons.
Space Persverance Rover NASA Mars Missions Mars Missions Mars
L. Todd Wood
Editor-in-Chief · Creative Destruction Media/Tsarizm.com
Specialist in the National Security Threat from Economic Weakness and Sovereign Debt/The Russian Situation
National Debt Bond Market Russian Issues
Keith Gaddie
Hoffman Chair of the American Ideal and Professor · Texas Christian University
Dr. Gaddie's writes about the American South in architecture, politics, sports, and history.
Southern Politics Politics and Architecture Democracy Voting Rights
Christopher J. Cormier
Associate Professor · Loyola Marymount University
christopher.cormier@lmu.edu
Education Policy Equity in Education History of Education International and Comparative Education Psychchology
Leslie Martin
Associate Professor of Sociology · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Martin specializes in urban sociology, race/ethnic relations, welfare and poverty issues.
Urban Sociology Race / Ethnic Relations Welfare and Poverty Sociology of Education Public Housing
Barry Joyner
Dean and Professor of Exercise Science · Georgia Southern University
Barry Joyner is an expert in physical activity, exercise science, teaching/learning, and outcome assessment.
Outcome Assessment Exercise Science Physical Activity
Russell Johnson
MSU Foundation Professorship · Michigan State University
Russell Johnson's research examines the roles of leadership-based processes that underlie work attitudes and behaviors.
Organizational Behavior Consumer Behavior Human Resource Management Attitudes, Emotions & Personality Leadership & Motivation
Allison Karpyn
Associate Professor, Education; Senior Associate Director, Center for Research in Education and Social Policy · University of Delaware
Prof. Karpyn can speak to topics such as obesity, food policy and community nutrition.
Farmer’s Markets Supermarket Access Obesity Food Insecurity Public Health
Channa R. De Silva
Associate Professor · Western Carolina University
Channa De Silva teaches chemistry and carries out research in the areas of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and computational chemistry.
General Chemistry Computational Chemistry Nanotechnology Biotechnology Inorganic Chemistry
Carma Bylund
Professor · University of Florida
Carma Bylund is a behavioral scientist with international expertise in healthcare communication across the cancer continuum and in dementia.
Doctor-Patient Communication on Telemedicine Communication Skills Training for Residents and Fellows Cancer Caregiving Healthcare Communication Doctor-Patient Communication
Gina Rippon
Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging · Aston University
Professor Rippon has been at the forefront of the study of the brain and gender for many years.
Cognitive Neuroimaging Electroencephalography Magnetoencephalography Psychophysiology Neuroscience
Elise King, MID, M.A.
Associate Professor of Interior Design, Interim Chair · Baylor University
Interior designer, historian & researcher who explores community relationships with built environments, architectural history & sleep
Frank Lloyd Wright Interior Design and Architectural History Digital Humanities
Regula (Reggie) Modlich
Urban Planner · Toronto Women's City Alliance
Urban planner, focusing on gender issues, active in the Toronto Women's City Alliance
Community Outreach Women's Rights Equality Rights Sociology Institutional Development
Sandra M. Chafouleas
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology · University of Connecticut
Professor Chafouleas is an expert on whole child, school mental health, behavioral assessment, and K12 tiered systems of support.
Multi-Tiered Frameworks Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model Social-Emotional-Behavioral Assessment School Mental Health Trauma-Informed Schools
Sanjeev Kumar
Associate Professor | Director | M.D. · University of Florida
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar's goal is to help people who suffer from chronic pain and strives to get to the bottom of why they are hurting.
Cancer Related Pain Nerve Pain Intervertebral Disc Herniation Cervical Spinal Stenosis Pudendal Neuralgia
Cedric de Leon
Professor of Sociology and Labor Studies · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Cedric de Leon's research focuses on labor, race, and party politics in the United States, India and Turkey.
Race and Ethnicity Political Sociology Comparative Historical Sociology Race and Race Relations Labor Unions