Magaela Bethune

Assistant Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Dr. Magaela Bethune is an expert on adolescent socialization, behavior, health, & development at intersections of race, gender, & sexuality.

Black Adolescence African American Studies Race & Health Health Policy & Policy Studies Race

Jean Boreen

Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences · Southern Utah University

Dr. Boreen is a strong advocate for the humanities and social sciences with two decades of higher education service.

Methods of Teaching Literature in Higher Education Methods of Teaching English Female Protagonists in Adolescent Historical Fiction Student Teaching, English Education Teaching Literature to Adolescents

Gary Parsons

Academic Specialist · Michigan State University

Manager of the A.J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection, Director MSU Bug House.

Immature Insects Identification of Arthropods Collection Management Bug House

Ruba Ali Al-Hassani

Postdoctoral Research Associate · Lancaster University

Middle Eastern Affairs Iraqi Affairs Counter-Terrorism Islamophobia Racial Profiling

Todd Royal

Author · Archway Publishing

To educate the public to be more energy literate.

Renewable and Sustainable Biofuels Emissions and Chemistry of Air Pollutants Solar and Wind Energy Fossil Fuels electricity industry

Aaron Mendelsohn

Senior Lecturer of Screenwriting · Loyola Marymount University

Lecturer, Professional Freelance Write, and Content Consultant

Film & Television Development Ancillary Markets & Content Migration Public Relations & Promotion Social Media Strategies Marketing Strategies

Marie E. McAllister

Professor of English · University of Mary Washington

Dr. McAllister currently works on the intersections of literature and medicine.

Literature and Medicine Eighteenth-Century Literature Jane Austen British Literature Health Humanities

Suzanne Bernier, CEM, CBCP, MBCI

Author, Crisis Management Consultant, Instructor, and Speaker · SB Crisis Consulting

Former news anchor & one of the world’s leading emergency management authorities, author of the critically-acclaimed book 'Disaster Heroes'.

Emergency Management Crisis & Emergency Management Crisis and Issues Management Disaster Planning and Recovery Crisis Communications

Véronique Flambard-Weisbart

Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures - French · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Translation Studies French and Francophone Studies Film Studies Women Studies

Michael H. Peters, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Peters conducts experimental and theoretical research in the field of protein engineering.

Peptidyl-Biomimetics Inhibitors for Breast Cancer Targets OpenContact: A Simple Static Protein-Protein Mapping Algorithm Extended Liouville Equation for Open Systems Neuronal Stem Cell Delivery Systems Protein Engineering

Elizabeth McRae

Associate Professor · Western Carolina University

Elizabeth McRae’s teaching and research interests include the intersection of race, gender and politics in America and in the modern South.

American History American South Race and Politics Gender and Politics Modern South

Ronald Rash

Professor · Western Carolina University

Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestseller Serena and Above the Waterfall.

Southern Writing Poetry English Appalachia Novelist

Edward Lopez

Professor · Western Carolina University

Edward Lopez is Professor of Economics and founding director of Western Carolina University's Center for the Study of Free Enterprise.

Economics of Ideas Public Choice Ethics of Capitalism Public Finance Principles of Economics

Munene Mwaniki

Associate Professor · Western Carolina University

Sport Racism Sociology Anthropology Immigration

Gordon K. McIvor, Ph.D.

President · Empire Club Foundation

Distinguished leader in the Canadian public relations and communications industry with a wealth of first hand experience

Strategic Communications Planning Media Relations Government Relations Corporate Public Materials Corporate Social Responsibility

Heather McCauley

Assistant Professor · Michigan State University

Heather McCauley is an expert in the prevention of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and reproductive coercion.

Sexual Violence Gender and Sexuality Intimate Partner Violence LGBTQ Studies Public Health

Peter Gulick, DO FACP, FIDSA, FACOI

Professor of Medicine · Michigan State University

Take care of HIV/AIDS patients as well as Hepatitis C, B patients at 3 sites in Michigan

Hepatitis C Hiv/Aids Hepatitis B

Mary Pearson

Vice President of Finance & Chief Financial Officer · Southern Utah University

Specializing in entrepreneurship in rural communities, financial accounting reporting requirements, and the history of accounting principles

Accounting Ethics History of Accounting Principles Cost-Volume Profit Analysis Financial Analysis and Decision Making Planning and Zoning in Rural Communities

Susan McLennan

President · Reimagine PR

I help leading brands mobilize people through purpose & storytelling. Consultant | speaker | trainer | Emmy Award-winning storyteller

Purpose PR Marketing & Branding Marketing & Corporate Strategy Storytelling & Public Speaking

Susan Mackey-Kallis, PhD

Professor of Communication | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University

Susan Mackey-Kallis, PhD, is an expert in film analysis and commentary, particularly in regard to pop culture.

Communication Political Rhetoric Gender, Media and Pop Culture American Film