citizens Experts

Justin Nordin, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Daniel A. Smith

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Daniel A. Smith examines how political institutions affect political behavior across and within the American states.

Amanda J. Crawford

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Crawford is a veteran political reporter, literary journalist, and expert in journalism ethics and misinformation.

Jordan Christopher

Senior Lecturer of Classics and ArchaeologyLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Kevin Asbjornson

Managing Director & Global Executive CoachInspire Imagine Innovate, Pte. Ltd.

Master Facilitator and Global Executive Coach who inspires personal transformation, engages the imagination and evokes engaging leadership.

Andrea Morisette Grazzini

Citizen ProfessionalInterfaith Community Dialogue

Founder at WeTheP.org

Timothy J. Shaffer

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Chair of Civil DiscourseUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Shaffer studies the advancement of democratic practices by focusing on the role of civic professionals in institutional settings.

Dr Katie Tonkiss

Senior Lecturer, Society and PoliticsAston University

Katie researches citizenship, noncitizenship and belonging, focusing on statelessness and the lived experience of noncitizenship.

Iglika Ivanova

Senior Economist and Public Interest ResearcherCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - BC Office

Iglika Ivanova is Senior Economist and Public Interest Researcher at the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Jeffrey Bennett

Associate Professor of Communication StudiesVanderbilt University

Medical humanities expert who specializes in health, citizenship, LGBT/queer studies, cultural studies and rhetorical theory and criticism.