class Experts

Marie Coppola, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychological SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences focused on language acquisition, ASL, deaf culture, and cognitive science.

Lynn Salsi

Author, Storyteller, Teacher, Historian, SpeakerLynn Salsi Consulting

With boundless enthusiasm, Southern history and folktales come alive with this Pulitzer Prize Nominated author & storyteller

Paulo Verardi, Ph.D.

Department Head and Associate Professor of Virology and VaccinologyUniversity of Connecticut

Expert on vaccine development & virology (Smallpox, Rinderpest, Zika, coronaviruses, Rift Valley, Powassan, SFTSV, Heartland, & more)

Ryan Hamilton

Associate Professor of MarketingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Kelly Welch, PhD

Professor of Sociology and Criminology; Program Director, Criminology | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Kelly Welch, PhD, is an expert on racial and ethnic profiling, racial disparities in school discipline and public punitiveness toward crime.

Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD

Associate Professor | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of NursingVillanova University

Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC, is an expert in human milk and lactation, neonatal care and children’s health policy.

Bruce Armitage

Professor and Co-DirectorCarnegie Mellon University

Bruce Armitage’s current research interests include the use of PNA for sequence-specific recognition of DNA and RNA.

Marie Shanahan

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Shanahan is an expert in the intersection of journalism and digital communication technology, online news and digital discourse.

Ashraf Badir, Ph.D., P.E.

Expert in concrete and steel structuresFlorida Gulf Coast University

Ashraf Badir's research focuses on structural engineering as well as engineering education.

Manoj Viswanathan

Associate Professor of LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: viswanathanm@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4694 / Office 314-200