Mario Lefebvre
Director, Centre for Municipal Studies · The Conference Board of Canada
City Hall 101: Find out what the latest research indicates as it relates to the economic and financial state of North American cities
The Economics of Cities Economic Analysis Centre for Municipal Studies
Martha Radice
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology · Dalhousie University
An anthropologist who studies the social, spatial and cultural dynamics of cities.
Urban Studies Public Space Études urbaines Espace public Multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism
Luis Ricardo Fraga
Director, Institute for Latino Studies; Acting Chair, Department of Political Science · University of Notre Dame
Luis Ricardo Fraga specializes in race, education, ethnicity, and Latino politics, as well as immigration, urban and voting rights policy.
Latino Politics Politics of Race Politics of Ethnicity Urban Politics Educational Policy
Professor Ian Strange
Director of Research · Leeds Beckett University
Ian Strange became Professor of Spatial Policy and Head of CUDEM in January 2007.
Urban Governance and Art Urban Housing Human Geography Cultural Policy
Kari Watkins
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE
Kari Watkins' research interests revolve around multi-modal transportation planning and the use of technology in transportation.
Complete Streets Design Traveler Information Transportation Planning Smart Cities Sustainable Communities
Shobha Gurung
Professor of Sociology · Southern Utah University
Specializes in gender and labor, comparative family and community, migration, globalization, and transnationalism, and civic engagement.
Global Civic Citizenship Human Rights and Social Justice Gender and Labor Studies Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Community Gender and Society
Sutirtha Bagchi, PhD
Associate Professor of Economics | Villanova School of Business · Villanova University
Sutirtha Bagchi, PhD, is an expert in public finance.
Business Taxicab Medallions Tax Compliance & Tax Evasion Cable Regulation Public Pensions
Christian Appy
Professor of History and Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Christian Appy has written three books on the Vietnam War and heads the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy
The Vietnam War Whistle-blowers Daniel Ellsberg U.S. Foreign Policy 20th and 21st Century U.S. History
Julie Brigham-Grette
Professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Julie Brigham-Grette is an internationally-renowned expert on the Arctic’s climate history and sea-level rise.
Polar climate Arctic Science Sedimentology Glaciology Geological Mapping
Deane Evans
Executive Director, Center for Building Knowledge, Center for Resilient Design · New Jersey Institute of Technology
Deane Evans focuses on creating innovative ways to improve the built environment through better design, better technology and new insights.
LEED AP Building Science Infrastructure Resilient Design and Construction Microgrids Planning, Protection and Control
Colin Polsky, Ph.D.
Director of the Florida Center for Environmental Studies · Florida Atlantic University
Colin Polsky is trained as a geographer, specializing in the human dimensions of global environmental change.
U.S. Climate Vulnerabilities Geography Humanities Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Mathematics
Jacqueline Murray
3M National Teaching Fellow / Professor of History · University of Guelph
Expert in the history of contemporary sex and gender. An award winning professor and expert on how to improve teaching and student success.
Medieval and Early Modern History Women and Gender Studies Pedagogy in Higher Education Student Learning Outcomes
Boleslaw Szymanski
Claire and Roland Schmitt Distinguished Professor of Computer Science; Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy; Director, Network Science and Technology Center · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Specializes in network science with a current focus on social and computer networks
Computer Wireless Computation & Information Technology Computer Networks Network Science Energy and the Environment
Brenda Spotton Visano
University Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies · York University
Spotton Visano engages a variety of research methods to examine ways to improve access to basic financial services for low income Canadians.
Financial Literacy Economic Literacy Social Justice Financial Education Community Outreach
Brianne Gilbert
Managing Director, StudyLA; Senior Lecturer, Political Science; Senior Lecturer, Urban & Environmental Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Social Science Research Public Opinion Research Survey Methodology Geospatial Data Mapping
Rick Sadler
Assistant Professor, Division of Public Health · Michigan State University
Urban geographer and expert on public health issues in relation to geography/mapping.
Salutogenic and Pathogenic Properties of Urban Areas Environment and Health Behaviors/Outcomes Qualitative Analytics Spatial Analysis Social Determinants of Health
Rahul Telang
Trustees Professor and Program Chair · Carnegie Mellon University
Rahul Telang is interested in how information and communication technologies (ICTs) information impact consumers, business and policies.
Digitization of Information Intellectual Properity Policy Market Failures Privacy Piracy
Anthony Maurelli
Professor · University of Florida
Anthony Maurelli studies bacterial genetics to address questions about how bacteria cause gut disease and sexually transmitted infections.
Laboratory Capacity Building Wasterwater Epidemiology Sexually Transmitted Diseases Shigella Genetics and Pathogenesis Bacterial Pathogenesis
Kathy Roberts Forde
Professor of Journalism · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kathy Roberts Forde studies the Black freedom struggle and the press, First Amendment, literary journalism and history of book culture.
African American Freedom Struggle and the Press The First Amendment Journalism History Journalism Literary Journalism
Stephen M. Strader, PhD
Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Stephen Strader, PhD, is an expert on the interaction of climate change, natural hazards, and society.
Tornadoes Geographic Information Systems Natural Hazards Hazards and Society Severe Weather