Gordon K. McIvor, Ph.D.
President · Empire Club Foundation
Distinguished leader in the Canadian public relations and communications industry with a wealth of first hand experience
Strategic Communications Planning Media Relations Government Relations Corporate Public Materials Corporate Social Responsibility
Heather McCauley
Assistant Professor · Michigan State University
Heather McCauley is an expert in the prevention of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and reproductive coercion.
Sexual Violence Gender and Sexuality Intimate Partner Violence LGBTQ Studies Public Health
Peter Gulick, DO FACP, FIDSA, FACOI
Professor of Medicine · Michigan State University
Take care of HIV/AIDS patients as well as Hepatitis C, B patients at 3 sites in Michigan
Hepatitis C Hiv/Aids Hepatitis B
Susan McLennan
President · Reimagine PR
I help leading brands mobilize people through purpose & storytelling. Consultant | speaker | trainer | Emmy Award-winning storyteller
Purpose PR Marketing & Branding Marketing & Corporate Strategy Storytelling & Public Speaking
Vanessa Díaz
Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Music oral & life histories Latin America political culture diasporas
Jeff Wray
Associate professor of film studies and African American literature and culture · Michigan State University
Expert in Third World and Black U.S. Cinema
Filmmaking Film Studies Screenwriting Third World and Black U.S. Cinema Gay Cinema
Quinetta Roberson
John A. Hannah Professor of Organizational Behavior · Michigan State University
Quinetta Roberson's research interests focus on developing organizational capability and enhancing effectiveness.
Human Resource Management Diversity Equity Diversity & Inclusion
Mahesh Nalla
Professor of Criminal Justice · Michigan State University
Mahesh Nalla is an expert in global crime and security issues, ranging from sexual harassment to the security guard industry.
India Sexual Crimes Domestic Violence Security Guard Industry
Erica Fuchs
Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Erica Fuchs is passionate about building nationally the intellectual foundations and analytic tools to inform National Technology Strategy.
Innovation Policy Technology Development Public Policy Global manufacturing Commercialization
Thomas Voice
Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering and Associate Director, Midwest Hazardous Substance Research Center · Michigan State University
An expert in environmental contamination, water treatment, and industrial waste.
Industrial Waste Water Treatment Environmental Contamination
Wendy Smith
Professor, Management · University of Delaware
Prof. Smith's research focuses on strategic paradoxes – how leaders and senior teams effectively respond to contradictory agendas.
Organizational Behavior Interpersonal Dynamics Women in the Workplace Leadership Emotional Intelligence
Edda L. Fields-Black
Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Fields-Black is a specialist in the trans-national of West African farmers and enslaved laborers on rice plantations.
Higher Education Slave Trade History African History Rice Farmers
Bruce Hanington
Professor and Head of the School of Design · Carnegie Mellon University
Bruce Hanington's core teaching has included undergraduate courses in Human Centered Design and Industrial Design Studio.
Design Ethnography Human Centered Design Arts and Creative Expression Industrial Design Research Methods
Richard Cozzens
Director of CAD & Professor of Engineering & Technology · Southern Utah University
Specializing in CATIA, civil engineering design, and aerospace manufacturing research and technology
Concurrent Enrollment Residential Building Design Aerospace Technology Curriculum Design, Delivery & Assessment 3D Solid Modeling
Mary Pearson
Vice President/CFO, Division of Finance & Administration · Southern Utah University
Specializing in entrepreneurship in rural communities, financial accounting reporting requirements, and the history of accounting principles
Leadership Accounting and Profitability Analysis Finanical Accounting Reporting Requirements Accumulation and Flow of Managerial Accounting Information Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities
Professor Robert Shail
Director of Research · Leeds Beckett University
Professor Robert Shail's research interests cover postwar British cinema, gender identity in film, comics books, and children's cinema.
Children's Film Foundation British Cinema Film Art Critical Practice Children's Media
Brian Kalt
Professor of Law & Harold Norris Faculty Scholar · Michigan State University
Expert in constitutional law of the presidency, presidential pardons, impeachment, succession and the 25th Amendment.
Structural Constitutional Law Administrative Law Juries The Bill of Rights Tort Reform
Adam Candeub
Director of the Intellectual Property, Information and Communications Law Program · Michigan State University
An expert in communications law and former attorney-adviser for the Federal Communications Commission
Criminal Law Intellectual Property Communications Law
Dr. Bob Drost
Assistant Professor · Michigan State University
Robert Drost's research and teaching focus specifically emphasizes Science Communication and Natural Hazard warning.
Tornado Warning Systems Tornados
Suzanne Bernier, CEM, CBCP, MBCI
Author, Crisis Management Consultant, Instructor, and Speaker · SB Crisis Consulting
Former news anchor & one of the world’s leading emergency management authorities, author of the critically-acclaimed book 'Disaster Heroes'.
Emergency Management Crisis & Emergency Management Crisis and Issues Management Disaster Planning and Recovery Crisis Communications