Amira Elghawaby
Communications Director · The National Council of Canadian Muslims
Amira Elghawaby leads the NCCM’s media relations, public engagement and strategic communications.
Ethnic Media & Diversity Anti-discrimination Civic Engagement Human Rights Civil Rights
David Primo
Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professor, Professor of Political Science and Business Administration · University of Rochester
An expert in American politics; campaign finance; corporate political strategy, social responsibility & fiscal policy; & airline industry.
Airline Industry Airline Business Election Law Federal Tax Policy Political Gridlock
Paul Fritz
Associate Professor of Political Science · Hofstra University
Professor Fritz specializes in international relations, with concentrations on international security and US foreign and defense policy.
Foreign Policy Political Science Terrorism International Security International Relations
Ascanio Piomelli
Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: piomelli@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8925 / Office: 100 McAllister Street, Suite 350
Social-Change Lawyering Clinical Legal Education Community Legal Services Wage & Hour Law Community Group Advocacy
Kristine Bowman
Professor of Law · Michigan State University
Kristine Bowman is a leading education law scholar with expertise in free speech, racial/ethnic equity, and governance in education.
Education Law and Policy Free Speech Ethnic Equity Women’s Studies Liberty and Equality
Dr Patrycja Rozbicka
Senior Lecturer · Aston University
Dr Rozbicka works on interest groups in policy-making and live music industry regulation in the UK.
IR Aesthetics Regulation of Live Music Interest Groups Live Music Industry Brexit
Aashish Kumar
Professor of Radio, Television, Film · Hofstra University
Prof. Kumar is a social action scholar and a documentary filmmaker.
Filmmaking democratic discourse Civic Engagement grassroots advocacy
James Faught
Professor of Sociology · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Sociological Theory Political Sociology Community Social Stratification
Gregory DeFreitas
Professor of Economics, Director of the Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy · Hofstra University
Prof. DeFreitas is an expert on labor studies.
Labor Economics Research Methods Urban Economics Microeconomics African Economic Development
Alexis Dudden, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of History · University of Connecticut
Professor of History specializing in modern Japan and Korea, and international history.
History/Memory Modern Korea Modern Japan Territorial Disputes Japan-Korea Relations
Tom Mills
Lecturer in Sociology and Policy · Aston University
Tom Mills is a sociologist with an interest in media and communications, elite institutions and networks, and the use of digital methods.
Corporate Power Elites BBC Impartiality Sociology Media Communications
David Takacs
Professor of Law, Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: takacsd@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4845 / Office 329-200
Climate Change Law Environmental Law Earth Systems Science Biodiversity Law International Environmental Law
Ganesh Sitaraman
New York Alumni Chancellor's Chair in Law · Vanderbilt University
Expert in constitutional law, the regulatory state, economic policy, democracy and foreign affairs.
Public Option Institutional design Regulation Foreign Relations Law Constitutional Law
Steven Bonorris
Lecturer in Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: bonorris@uchastings.edu
Public Law and Policy Climate Change and the Law State and Local Government Law
Joanne Miller
Professor, Political Science & International Relations and Psychological & Brain Sciences · University of Delaware
Prof. Miller is an expert on political psychology, focusing on the causes and consequences of belief in conspiracy theories.
Conspiracy Theories Political Propaganda Misinformation Public Opinion Polling
Samar Ali
Research Professor of Political Science and Law · Vanderbilt University
Expert in the intersection of conflict mediation, national security, economic development and human rights.
Human Rights National Security Polarization Cybersecurity Law and Government
Erica Frantz
Associate Professor of Comparative Politics · Michigan State University
Authoritarian politics, aristocratic rule and policy, democratization, conflict
Dictatorship Conflict Authoritarian Politics Democratization Development
Dr Olayinka Ajala
Senior Lecturer · Leeds Beckett
Olayinka Ajala’s research interests include rural development, resource conflict, human security, peace and security.
Terrorism Security Governance Ethnicity Politics
Nigel Raab
Professor of History · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Theories of Civil Society Habermas 19th Century Russia Urban History Global Encounters
Austin Schutz
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts