Greg Garrett, Ph.D.

Carole Ann McDaniel Hanks Chair of Literature and Culture, Department of English · Baylor University

Theologian and cultural critic, exploring the intersections between film and popular culture, literature, religion and politics.

Public Speaking Media Resource Creative Writing Religion and Culture Popular Culture and Society

Jeff Cohen, Ph.D.

Professor of Real Estate and Finance · University of Connecticut

Jeffrey Cohen is an expert on how airport noise, transit and highway infrastructure improvements impact real estate.

Residential Real Estate Applied Spatial Econometrics Real Estate Economics and Finance Transportation and Real Estate

Victor Perez

Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice; Core Faculty, Disaster Research Center · University of Delaware

Prof. Perez focuses on environmental racism and health disparities in historically marginalized communities.

Health Disparities Marginalized Communities Environmental Racism

Lisa Fazio

Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development · Vanderbilt University

Expert on how people process true and false information, and how to mitigate the effects of reading and sharing false information.

How to prevent sharing false information online Lies Fake News Developmental Science Cognition

Anoop Rai

Professor of Finance · Hofstra University

Professor of Finance

Corporate Finance Financial Institutions International Finance Capstone Course Financial Regulations

Karla Saldaña Ochoa

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Karla Saldaña Ochoa investigates the interplay of artificial and human intelligence to empower creativity and social good.

AI Architectural Design Data Analysis Disaster Response Human-Centered AI

Scott Berkun

Author and Speaker · Berkun Consulting

Now that's a perspective! Best-selling author and speaker will provocativelly, yet delightfully, challenge you to think outside the box

Leading Breakthrough Projects How to Manage Innovation Mistakes Managers Make Advanced Topics in Project Management Integrating Design and Software Development

Marta Vicarelli

Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Marta Vicarelli's research focuses on the risks and the socioeconomic impacts of climate variability and climate change.

Economics of Sustainability Political Economy of the Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Economics Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change

David Bader

Distinguished Professor, Data Science · New Jersey Institute of Technology

Interests lie at the intersection of data science & high-performance computing, with applications in cybersecurity

Graph Analytics Massive-Scale Analytics High-Performance Computing Data Science Applications in Cybersecurity

Aarti Singh

Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Aarti Singh researches machine learning, statistics and signal processing, focusing on algorithms for learning and decision making.

Digital Twins Human Factors in Decision Making Autonomous Decision Making Machine Learning Signal Processing

Michel Boufadel

Distinguished Professor · New Jersey Institute of Technology

Michel Boufadel focuses on water, water technology and energy, offering insights into oil spills and other environmental disasters.

Oil Spills Global Warming Sustainability Water Technology Environmental Disasters

Giovanna Mingarelli

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder · M&C Consulting and Mcrowdsourcing Canada (MC2) Inc.

Giovanna Mingarelli is an entrepreneur, crowdsourcing expert, public speaker and writer

Social & Digital Media Strategic Communicaitons Entrepeneurship Public Speaking Politics

Abbe Finn, Ph.D., LPC, NCC

Expert in school shooting prevention and crisis response · Florida Gulf Coast University

Abbe Finn specializes in school violence and workplace violence prevention.

school shooting prevention and intervention Clinical Mental Health Counseling Suicide Prevention Addictions Crisis Response

Bethany Lacina

Associate Professor of Political Science · University of Rochester

Bethany Lacina is an expert in civil and ethnic conflict.

Migration International Relations Territorial Autonomy Civil Conflict Ethnic Conflict

Andrew Lubin

Defense Analyst, Author, Embedded Journalist · N/a

Dynamic speaker with long experience in global current events with partiular expertise in Iraq, Hait, Afghanistan with US Marines

Current Operations in Afghanistan Us Marine Humanitarian Operations (Haiti Japan Role of Us in Todays' World

Nabil Al-Tikriti

Associate Professor of History & American Studies · University of Mary Washington

Dr. Al-Tikriti has firsthand experience with Middle Eastern affairs, as a researcher, humanitarian and election monitor.

Forced Migration (Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons) Genocide Higher Education Humanitarian Affairs History of the Ottoman Empire

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

Robin Miskolcze

Professor of English · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

American Romanticism American Realism and Naturalism 19th Century American Women Writers Early American Culture English Literature

Lindsay Levine

Associate Professor · Georgia Southern University

Lindsay Levine is an expert in consumer judgment and decision-making.

Social Cognition Marketing and Sales Consumer Behavior

Mark Abkowitz

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Vanderbilt University

Expert in enterprise risk management, hazardous materials transportation, and impacts of extreme weather on infrastructure adaptation.

Extreme Weather and Infrastructure Enterprise Risk Management Spatial Analysis Infrastructure Resilience Risk Assessment