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