People Experts

Jill Perry-Smith

Professor of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

David Schweidel

Professor of Marketing & Roberto C. Goizueta Professor in Business TechnologyEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Marketing analytics expert focused on the opportunities at the intersection of marketing and technology

Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD

Co-Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment; Professor Emerita | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of NursingVillanova University

Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is an expert in environmental health, global health, and public health nursing.

Kathy Roberts Forde

Professor of JournalismUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Kathy Roberts Forde studies the Black freedom struggle and the press, First Amendment, literary journalism and history of book culture.

Jane Caputi, Ph.D.

ProfessorFlorida Atlantic University

Jane Caputi, Ph.D., is an expert in contemporary American cultural studies, including popular culture, gender and violence, and ecofeminism.

Vincent Conitzer

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Vincent Conitzer researches the ethics, safety, and societal consequences of AI.

Deborah Stienstra

Professor University of Manitoba

author, researcher, advocate, speaker on inclusion, accessibility, gender-based analysis, disability policy, and global development

Jim Fruchterman

CEOBenetech

Top social entrepreneur and exciting, experienced keynoter

Erin Westgate

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Erin Westgate studies boredom, interest, and thinking (...and why it's so hard for so many people).

Georgene Troseth

Associate Professor of PsychologyVanderbilt University

An expert in how toddlers' brains process (and learn from) what they see on screens, TV and video chat.