Katherine Kahl
Extension Assistant Professor and Director of the UMass Amherst Gloucester Marine Station · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Katherine Kahl studies sustainable fisheries and coastal resilience needs and is an expert of growing the "blue economy."
Coastal Resilience Coastal Ecosystems Sustainable Fisheries Blue Economy
Cliff Broman
Professor of Sociology · Michigan State University
An expert in substance abuse, drinking among youth, mental health and stress, race and ethnicity, and family studies.
Mental Health Racial Inequality Health & Disease Families Race Culture and Ethnicity
M. Jahi Johnson-Chappell
W. K. Kellogg Foundation Endowed Chair in Food, Society and Sustainability · Michigan State University
M. Jahi Johnson-Chappell is a political agroecologist with training in chemical engineering, ecology and evolutionary biology.
Sustainable Development Food Security Policy Anti-Hunger Efforts Sustainability Right to Food
Elizabeth Dorrance Hall
Associate Professor · Michigan State University
Elizabeth Dorrance Hall has applied and extended interpersonal and family communication theories to explore difficult conversations.
Interpersonal Communication Family Communication Organizational Communication
Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.
Commonwealth Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Professor Bandyopadhyay has authored and co-authored over 400 research publications
Self-assembly of Regimented Nanostructure Arrays Spintronics Quantum Devices Hot Carrier Transport in Nanostructures Nanoelectronics
Joris Claeys
Managing Director - Chief Engagement Officer - Principal Partner · ecoNVERGE – CAPix - ViVaTicA - ecoNOVATE - ARTconnectsLIFE - ARTronomy | PORT[expertise] | eco.AHCIL
Change Cultivator | Think, act & lead WITHOUT the box! Promoting 5P's of sustainable thrivability! Coaching OD-WST-AI-TEAL – ARTconnectsLIFE
Change Facilitation Organizational Development Whole Systems Transition Change Facilitation – Appreciative Inquiry Whole Systems Transformation Organizational development TEAL reorganization Corporate & public sustainability management resilience building to thrivability intellectual- social- & natural capital
Valerie Earnshaw
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences · University of Delaware
Prof. Earnshaw examines associations between stigma and health inequities.
Health Inequities Health Outcomes HIV Stigma AIDS Stigma Stigmatized Conditions
Yasser Payne
Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice; Africana Studies · University of Delaware
Prof. Payne's research examines gun violence; policing and reentry; and educational inequality in street-identified populations.
Gun Violence Street Ethnography School Violence and School-To-Prison Pipeline Experiences With Police Ethnographic Field Research
William Perez
Professor · Loyola Marymount University
Department of Educational Leadership and Administration
Immigration Status & Nationality Race and Ethnicity Diversity Social Identity Motivation
A.R. Siders
Director, Climate Change Science & Policy Hub | Core Faculty, Disaster Research Center | Associate Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration & Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences · University of Delaware
Prof. Siders' research focuses on climate change adaptation policies with an emphasis on relocation and fairness in adaptation.
Decision Modeling Environmental Video Games Climate Change Climate Change Adaptation Policies Climate-related Hazards
Liz Walker
Managing Director · Youth Wellbeing Project
Educator and advocate responding to porn harms. Author and professional speaker.
Pornography Sexual Health Youth Wellbeing Relationships and Sexuality Education Porn & Online Safeguarding Education
Polly Letofsky
Motivational Speaker · Elite Speakers
Mapping the Course Through Your Overwhelm: Lessons in resilience from one woman's walk around the world
Resilience Perseverance Attitude Goal Setting Fear
Donna Thomson
Author, Caregiving Activist · McMaster University
Author and Leader in family caregiving - disability and aging Instructor, McMaster University Vice-Chair, Kids Brain Health Network
Health Care Navigation Family Caregiving Resilience Strategic Advocacy Teaching, Coaching
Staja Booker
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Staja Booker is an expert in racial disparities and health equity in pain management in Black/African American older adults.
Health Equity Black/African American with Chronic Pain Chronic Pain in Older Adults Chronic Pain Osteoarthritis
Ian O. Williamson
Dean of the Paul Merage School of Business · UC Irvine
Ian O. Williamson is a globally recognized expert in the area of human resource management.
Social Networks Organizational Theory Human Resource Management Recruitment Workplace Motivation
Erica Fuchs
Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Erica Fuchs is passionate about building nationally the intellectual foundations and analytic tools to inform National Technology Strategy.
Innovation Policy Technology Development Public Policy Global manufacturing Commercialization
Phillip Warsaw
Assistant Professor of Ecological Economics and Environmental Justice · Michigan State University
Phillip Warsaw's research takes an interdisciplinary approach to environmental justice, economic development, and sustainability.
Racial Capitalism Economic Development Environmental Justice Sustainability
Jeff Vankooten
Motivational Keynote Speaker · Jeff Vankooten.com
Re-imagining a hope-filled world
Resilience Leadership Management Change Communication
Michael Prietula
Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management · Emory University, Goizueta Business School
Human decision making AI-Human Collaboration UX Design AI Ethics Computational Modeling of Individuals and Groups
Christina Eubanks-Turner
Professor of Mathematics · Loyola Marymount University
Seaver College of Science and Engineering
Mathematics Commutative Algebra Graph Theory Mathematics Education Broadening Participation in Mathematical Sciences