Dustin Reece

Management Senior Lecturer, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Part-time Faculty

Employee Development and Leadership Change Management Organizational Behavior Strategic Planning Leadership Development

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

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

Jesse Rhodes

Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the UMass Poll · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jesse Rhodes is a leading expert in social policy, voting rights, inequality, and political behavior.

Polls Political Polling Voting Rights American Politics Civil Rights

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

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

Vinny Lingham

Co-founder & CEO · gyft

Silicon Valley based Technology Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship Small Business Startups Freemium Mobile

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

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

Joseph F. Coughlin

Director, MIT AgeLab · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

You're not getting older, you're getting better! MIT's AgeLab Director explains how changing demographics will impact business & government

Aging Social Innovation Gerontology New Technology Understanding the Impact of Place On Well-Being

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

Brendan Cantwell

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

Brendan Cantwell's research interests include the study of higher education organization, governance, & finance in the US & internationally.

Educational Administration Higher Education Comparative Education

Dayle M. Smith, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Contact Dean Smith at dayle.smith@lmu.edu.

Leadership and Team Development Organizational Behavior Design Thinking and Innovation Culture Executive Coaching Organizational Communication

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

Douglas Fuchs

Professor of Special Education and Nicholas Hobbs Chair of Special Education and Human Development and Professor Pediatrics in the Vanderbilt University Medical School · Vanderbilt University

Special education expert on interventions for children with learning disabilities and behavior disorders.

Classroom Management Learning Disabilities and Behaviour Response to Intervention Reading Comprehension Urban Education

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

Philippa White

Founder and CEO · TIE Leadership

I’m passionate about helping businesses become more human.

Power of Business and Leadership Leadership Leadership Development Purpose Sustainability

Jessica Winter

Professor of Biomedical, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | College of Engineering · The Ohio State University

Biomedical expert, revolutionizing our knowledge of the relationship between nanoparticles and biology

Neural Engineering Nanotechnology Biomolecular Engineering Biomedical Engineering Nanoscale neural prosthetic devices

Yong Chen

Professor, History · UC Irvine

Yong Chen is Professor of Hist. He also served as the Associate Dean of Curricular and Student Services in the School of Humanities.

Chinese American Experience Immigration History Food Asian-American History Cultural History