Pauline Roche
Managing Director · RnR Organisation
Experienced friendly speaker about tech for good, digital and data literacy in the voluntary sector, and asset-based community development
Voluntary Sector Digital Event Management Governance Data
Leonard Haynes, Ph.D.
Former Trustee · Fielding Graduate University
International higher education; public diplomacy; appointed Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Education in 2017
Nonprofits Public Speaking Higher Education Community Outreach Grants
Andrew Brandt, JD
Executive Director, Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law | Charles Widger School of Law · Villanova University
Andrew Brandt, J.D. is an expert on all things related to sports law, sports gambling and business of sports, particularly the NFL.
Concussions Labor Law Gambling Sports Business & Related Issues Sports Law
Manisha Sinha, Ph.D.
Draper Chair in American History · University of Connecticut
Dr. Sinha is an expert in Civil War and Reconstruction
Feminism Abolition Slavery
Abraham Cable
Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: cablea@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4853 / Office 367-200
Business Law Mergers & Acquisitions Legal Ethics Corporate Finance Corporate Governance
Robin Feldman
Harry & Lillian Hastings Distinguished Professor of Law ; Director of the Institute for Innovation Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: feldmanr@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4661 / Office 372-200
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Intellectual Property Startup & Innovation Law Privacy and Property Law Law & Science
Jane Hilderman
Executive Director · Samara Canada
Jane Hilderman leads Samara Canada, a trusted nonpartisan educational charity dedicated to strengthening Canada's democracy.
Policy Policy Analysis Qualitative Research Research Public Policy
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
Aleecia M. McDonald
Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
AleeciaMcDonald focuses on the public policy issues of Internet privacy, user expectations for privacy tools and behavioral economics.
Internet Law and Regulation Behavioral Economics Cybersecurity Privacy Tools Public Policy issues of Internet Privacy
Edward Lopez
Professor · Western Carolina University
Edward Lopez is Professor of Economics and founding director of Western Carolina University's Center for the Study of Free Enterprise.
Economics of Ideas Public Choice Ethics of Capitalism Public Finance Principles of Economics
Katherine Mattes
Deputy Director, Tulane Law School Criminal Clinic · Tulane University
Professor Mattes specializes in criminal litigation at all levels of practice.
Post-Conviction Procedure Appellate Law Criminal Law Trial Practice Appellate Courts
Stuart Candy
Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Stuart Candy is an advisor, facilitator, educator, artist and designer with more than twenty years of experience in the futures field.
Speculative Design Future of Work Design Fiction Foresight Transmedia Storytelling
Vinny Lingham
Co-founder & CEO · gyft
Silicon Valley based Technology Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship Small Business Startups Freemium Mobile
Paulo Verardi, Ph.D.
Department Head and Associate Professor of Virology and Vaccinology · University of Connecticut
Expert on vaccine development & virology (Smallpox, Rinderpest, Zika, coronaviruses, Rift Valley, Powassan, SFTSV, Heartland, & more)
COVID-19 Mosquito-borne Diseases Tick-borne Diseases Zika Smallpox
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
David Neumark
Distinguished Professor of Economics · UC Irvine
David Neumark is a labor economist whose work focuses on minimum wages, discrimination in the work force, and worker compensation.
Health Economics Finance Gender Inequality in Relationships Economics Demographics
Minor Myers
Professor of Law · University of Connecticut
Minor Myers is a leading expert in corporate law and governance.
Corporate Finance Mergers & Acquisitions Law Corporate Law Executive Compensation
John Sedunov, PhD
Professor of Finance and Real Estate | Villanova School of Business · Villanova University
John Sedunov, PhD, is an expert in banking, cryptocurrencies and financial institutions
Blockchain Federal Reserve Tariffs Political Economy fintech
Jason Sellers
Associate Professor · University of Mary Washington
Jason R. Sellers is a cultural and environmental historian of 17th-and 18th-century North America interested in landscapes and bodies.
Environmental History Native American History Colonial North America
Amanda J. Crawford
Assistant Professor · University of Connecticut
Professor Crawford is a veteran political reporter, literary journalist, and expert in journalism ethics and misinformation.
Literary Journalism Media News Literacy Misinformation Journalism Ethics