conversation Experts

Narayana Kocherlakota

Louis and Henry Epstein Professor of Business Administration at the Simon School of BusinessUniversity of Rochester

Kocherlakota's economics expertise includes the Federal Reserve Bank and monetary policy

Stephen Zhang, Ph.D.

Terry L. Maness Chair of Entrepreneurship | Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Research investigates how entrepreneurs and top executives make strategic decisions under uncertainty.

Arthur Gross-Schaefer, J.D.

Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Business Law, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Hawley Almstedt

Professor of Health and Human SciencesLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Deborah Fein, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychological SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Distinguished Professor focused on autism spectrum disorders and behavioral therapy for autism.

Deborah Bolnick, Ph.D.

ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Bolnick is an expert on genetic ancestry testing and how sociopolitical forces & history shape human genomic diversity.

Kyle Haden

Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Kyle Haden is an artistic leader, director, educator, and Equity actor.

Jafari Allen

Assistant Professor of African American Studies and AnthropologyYale University

Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Anthropology at Yale University

Sandra M. Chafouleas

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Educational PsychologyUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Chafouleas is an expert on whole child, school mental health, behavioral assessment, and K12 tiered systems of support.

Gordon Coonfield, PhD

Associate Professor of Communication | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Gordon Coonfield, PhD, has expertise in visual communication, popular culture, philosophy of technology and new media.