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Jodi Forlizzi

Professor and Associate DeanCarnegie Mellon University

Jodi Forlizzi studies impacts of human interaction with AI systems in front-line service industries including healthcare and hospitality.

Design ResearchHuman-Computer InteractionHuman-AI InteractionResponsible AIAI Innovation
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Yasser Payne

Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice; Africana StudiesUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Payne's research examines gun violence; policing and reentry; and educational inequality in street-identified populations.

Gun ViolenceStreet EthnographySchool Violence and School-To-Prison PipelineExperiences With PoliceEthnographic Field Research‎‎
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C. Nataraj, PhD

Moritz Endowed Professor of Engineered Systems; Director, VCADS Research Center | College of EngineeringVillanova University

C. Nataraj, PhD, is an expert in unmanned vehicles, robotics, and diagnostic healthcare systems.

Autonomous VehiclesDronesMachine LearningUnmanned VehiclesRobotics
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Regula (Reggie) Modlich

Urban PlannerToronto Women's City Alliance

Urban planner, focusing on gender issues, active in the Toronto Women's City Alliance

Community OutreachWomen's RightsEquality RightsSociologyInstitutional Development
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Larisa DeSantis

Associate Professor of Biological SciencesVanderbilt University

Studies mammal teeth and bones to determine how they responded to ancient climate change and reasons why they went extinct.

saber-tooth catsPaleoecologyAncient Australian AnimalsAncient Climate ChangePaleontology
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Aimée Eubanks Davis

Founder and CEOBraven.org

Speaks to higher education outcomes, particularly related to job attainment and quality among first-generation and low-income students.

Social and Economic MobilityHigher EducationFuture of WorkEmployer/Employee RelationsLabor Market
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Wolfgang Messner

Clinical Professor of International BusinessUniversity of South Carolina

International Business, Marketing, and Management | Management Consulting | Data Analysis

Data AnalysisStatisticsMarketingManaging Global TeamsSelling & Marketing
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Alma Stevenson

Professor of LiteracyGeorgia Southern University

Alma Stevenson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in critical literacy, strategies, assessment and literacy in the content areas.

Language and Literacy DevelopmentDiverse Learners and Educational EquityScience Education
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Amilcar Shabazz

Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American StudiesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Amilcar Shabazz has been a prominent voice in the movement to make reparations to descendants of former enslaved Americans.

Reparations for SlaveryJuneteenthAfrican American Educational History and Public PolicyAfro-Americans in the Caribbean, Central and South AmericaAfrican American Biography
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Genevieve Weber

Associate Professor of Counseling and Mental Health ProfessionsHofstra University

Dr. Weber is a licensed mental health counselor, with a specialty in LGBTQ inclusion/cyber-bullying and substance abuse/heroin addiction.

AddictionSubstance AbuseCyberbullyingHomophobiaLGBT Inclusion