Elliott Silverstein

Director, Government Relations, Insurance · CAA Club Group

Elliott manages and executes key elements of CAA’s provincial advocacy role, and overseeing municipal advocacy efforts.

Government Relations & Public Affairs Issues Management Legislation Policy Analysis Strategic Advocacy

Janine Davis

Assistant Professor of Education · University of Mary Washington

Dr. Davis' research focuses on teacher persona development.

Educational and Research Policy Curriculum Development Instructional Design Student Development

Victoria Russell

Assistant Professor, College of Education · University of Mary Washington

Assistant Professor in the Foundations, Leadership, and Special Populations department at the College of Education

Early Childhood Education Special Education Curriculum Development History

Andréa Livi Smith

Professor · University of Mary Washington

Dr. Smith is an urban planner, preservationist and architectural historian whose research focuses on urban design and preservation.

Gamification Graves and Burial Sites Walkability Preservation Urban Design

Amy Gorin, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences · University of Connecticut

Professor focused on long-term weight loss.

Weight Loss Maintenance Behavioral Weight Management Obesity Social Support

Sean Valles

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

I study the interplay of ethics and scientific evidence in population health, including race and migration issues and climate change issues.

Philosophy of Population Health Race in Science Health Justice Climate Change Philosophy Population Health Ethics

Carol Ritter

Nurse Manager · ChristianaCare

Carol Ritter leads the nurses at arguably the nation’s preeminent intensive care unit.

Nursing

Kaushik Sengupta

Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Associate Dean for Graduate Education · Hofstra University

Kaushik Sengupta specializes in supply chain management analysis.

High-tech Industry Quality Management Business Processes Supply Chain Management Operations Management

Jeffrey Bennett

Associate Professor of Communication Studies · Vanderbilt University

Medical humanities expert who specializes in health, citizenship, LGBT/queer studies, cultural studies and rhetorical theory and criticism.

Queer Healthcare Queer vernacular LGBTQ Health HIV Prevention HIV & AIDS

Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne

Professor of Intellectual Disability and Palliative Care · Kingston University

Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne's research explores end of life care for people with learning disabilities and how to manage their conditions.

Bereavement Palliative Care People with Learning Disabilities End of Life Care Learning Disabilities

Robert Darden, M.A.

Professor, Journalism, Public Relations and New Media · Baylor University

Darden is a professor in the department of journalism, PR & new media. He directs Baylor's Black Gospel Music Restoration Project.

African-American Gospel Music Civil Rights Movement Music on B Sides of Gospel Recordings African American Museum in D.C. Black Gospel Music Restoration Project Journalism

Dave Mawhinney

Associate Teaching Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Dave Mawhinney is the executive director of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship and the Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship Advertising Startup Businesses Healthcare Information Technology Startups

Matthew Daum

Director, School of Packaging; Interim CANR Dean · Michigan State University

Matthew Daum is the Interim Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR).

Sustainable Packaging Packaging

John Jiang

Eli Broad Endowed Professor in Accounting · Michigan State University

John (Xuefeng) Jiang collects novel data to address public policy questions at the interface of accounting and finance.

Corporate Finance Healthcare Management Corporate Governance Public Policy Information Technology Systems

Kim Walsh-Childers

Professor/Chair · University of Florida

Kim Walsh-Childers' research focuses include news coverage of health issues and mass media effects on individual health and health policy.

Science Communication Health Communication Ethics Editing Professional Responsibility

Ahmed Sayed, Ph.D

Associate Professor · Milwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Ahmed Sayed is an associate professor in the biomedical engineering department at Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Biomechanics Biomedical Instrumentation Forensics Biomedical Engineering Medical Image Processing and Segmentation Ultrasound Elastography

Professor Imran Awan

Professor of Criminology · Birmingham City University

He is one of the UK’s leading criminologists and experts on Islamophobia and countering extremism.

Conspiracy Theories of Lockdown Bigotry Extremism Islamaphobia Crime

Thomas Ryden

Executive Director · MassRobotics

Thomas Ryden is an expert in creating businesses based on technology and has overseen the development of leading mobile robotics products.

Start-Ups Project Mangement Product Development Robotics Software Development

Valerie Earnshaw

Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences · University of Delaware

Prof. Earnshaw examines associations between stigma and health inequities.

Health Inequities Health Outcomes HIV Stigma AIDS Stigma Stigmatized Conditions‎

Weiai (Wayne) Xu

Associate Professor of Communication and Affiliated Faculty at Computational Social Science Institute · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Wayne Xu studies what he calls the "three Ds" on internet platforms: discord, distrust and dishonesty.

Disinformation on social media plaforms China’s Digital Public Diplomacy Operations during the COVID-19 Crisis. Disinformation Dishonesty on internet platforms Computational communication