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