Lynn Vartan

Professor of Music · Southern Utah University

Known for her dynamic athleticism and exciting energy on stage, Dr. Vartan brings that same passion for music into her classroom.

Percussion Music Drumline Conducting Percussion Pedagogy

Deborah Cullinan

Chief Executive Officer · YBCA

Deborah is a leading advocate on the pivotal role artists & cultural organizations play in shaping our social & political landscape.

Nonprofit Management Civic Engagement COVID Recovery Unemployment Philanthropy

Kevin Wetmore

Professor of Theatre Arts and MFAPP Program Director · Loyola Marymount University

Professor of Theatre Arts and MFAPP Program Director

Arts in Education Performing Arts Cinema Japanese Theatre African Theatre

Professor Sarah Whatley

Professor of Dance and Director of the Centre for Dance Research · Coventry University

She has expertise across a range of contemporary dance theory & practice, such as with artists, dance companies & cultural organisations.

Digital Dance Performing Arts Dance Dance and Cultural Heritage Dance and Disability

David Weintraub

Professor of Astronomy; Director of Undergraduate Studies; Director of Program in Communication of Science & Technology · Vanderbilt University

Expert in astrophysics who also writes about extraterrestrial life, human space travel and space colonization.

Space colonization Extraterrestrial life Mars colonization Mars Space travel

Ugo Mattei

Distinguished Professor of Law and Alfred and Hanna Fromm Chair in International and Comparative Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: matteiu@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4646 / Office 623-200

Comparative Law Economics and the Law European Community Law African Law Anthropological and Ecological Approaches to Law

David Davila

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Playwriting, Screenwriting, Directing, Dramaturgy, Musical Theatre Writing, Musical Theatre Performance, Arts Administration, Choral Performance, Comedy

Allison Sekuler

Associate Vice President and Dean, Graduate Studies · McMaster University

Dr. Sekuler is a Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour with expertise is in vision, aging, higher education, & diversity issues.

Aging Face and Object Recognition Perceptual Organization Pattern Vision Motion Perception

Katharine Noon

Professor of Theatre Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Professor of Theatre Arts

Theatre Arts Playwriting Acting Voice Movement

Timothy Matovina

Chair, Department of Theology · University of Notre Dame

Timothy Matovina works in the area of theology and culture, with specialization in U.S. Catholic and U.S. Latino theology and religion.

Catholic Church Latino Theology Catholic History in the American Southwest Mexico's Guadalupe Tradition

Terrence Collins

Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Terry Collins invented "TAML® Activators", the first small molecule mimics of any of the great families of oxidizing enzymes.

Chemistry and Sustainability Oxidation Catalysis Sustainability Green Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry

John Hayes, PhD

Associate Professor of History · Augusta University

Dr. Hayes is an expert in the history of the US South, with special focus on memory and commemoration, race and civil rights, and religion.

U.S. South Memory and Commemoration Race and Civil Rights Religion

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

Ruth McClelland-Nugent, PhD

Chair History, Anthropology & Philosophy · Augusta University

Dr. Ruth McClelland-Nugent focuses on gender and politics in popular culture. Fields in US, Canadian, and British history.

Popular Culture Wonder Woman Gender Women 20th Century

Ben Yalom

Lecturer · Loyola Marymount University

College of Communication and Fine Art

Translation Writing Theatre Production Directing Devised Works

Rick Cordeiro

Actor-Performer · Self employed

Actor-Performer

Acting Theatre Comedy

Wind Woods

Lecturer · Loyola Marymount University

College of Communication and Fine Art

Disaesthetics Black Radical THought Playwriting African American Theatre and Performance Theatre Arts

Rosalynde LeBlanc

Professor & Chair of Dance · Loyola Marymount University

Professor & Chair of Dance

Documentary Film Production Producing Post-Modern Concert Dance Freelance Dance Theatre Arts

Norbert Ross

Associate Professor of Anthropology · Vanderbilt University

Expert in child centered anthropology, including children and violence.

Central America Culture and Cognition Children and Violence Child Anthropology Theatre and Social Science

Allen Frantzen

Author · Allen Frantzen

Allen Frantzen is an author with additional passions for boxing, gardening, family, and travel.

Boxing Writing Publishing History World War I