class Experts

Christianne Wilhelmson

Executive Director Georgia Strait Alliance

Non-profit leader in ocean conservation in urban British Columbia, where 75 per cent of the province's population lives, works and plays.

Muneeza Sheikh

PartnerLevitt LLP

Muneeza Sheikh practices in the area of labour and employment law

John David N. Dionisio

Chair and Professor of Computer ScienceLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

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

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.

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.

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.