college Experts

Matthew Coles

Professor of PracticeUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: colesm@uchastings.edu

Matthew Hiatt

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Hiatt’s research investigates hydrology and hydrodynamics in coastal systems using numerical modeling and field measurements.

Richard Starnes

Provost/Vice Chancellor for Academic AffairsWestern Carolina University

William Whittaker

Founders University Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

A field robotics pioneer, William "Red" Whittaker's research interests centers on mobile robots in unpredictable environments.

Giovanna Mingarelli

Chief Executive Officer and Co-FounderM&C Consulting and Mcrowdsourcing Canada (MC2) Inc.

Giovanna Mingarelli is an entrepreneur, crowdsourcing expert, public speaker and writer

Jieun Shin

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Jieun Shin teaches and researches social media dynamics with a focus on the spread of misinformation and fact-checking.

Amy Fagan

Assistant ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Amy Fagan studies NASA’s planetary geology, with a focus on petrology, mineralogy, and lunar geology.

Christopher McKinney

Associate Vice-President, Office of Innovation CommercializationAugusta University

Dr. Christopher McKinney specializes in marketing and commercializing innovative new technologies.

Mary Lusk

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Mary Lusk focuses her research on well water and septic system.

Christian Appy

Professor of History and Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and DemocracyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Christian Appy has written three books on the Vietnam War and heads the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy