communities Experts

Edward Benoit III

Interim Director & Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Benoit coordinates the archival studies and cultural heritage resource management programs at LSU.

Jeremy Everett, D.Min.

Founder and Executive Director, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and PovertyBaylor University

National voice on scalable solutions to end hunger through partnerships, research, innovative models & collaboration

Amir Hussain

Professor of Theological StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Sandibel Borges

Associate Professor of Women's and Gender StudiesLoyola Marymount University

James Waller, Ph.D.

Gladstein Family Distinguished Chair in Human Rights; Professor of Literatures, Cultures & LanguagesUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Waller is an expert in Holocaust and genocide studies, perpetrator behavior, and genocide awareness and prevention

Hilary Hungerford, Ph.D.

Faculty MemberUtah Valley University

Hungerford is an expert in human geography, sustainability, climate change, urban geography, and the geography of Utah

Bridge Zhao

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Develops human-centered AI for safer, more sustainable mobility—from human behavior to intelligent vehicles and transportation networks.

Helen A. Regis

Richard J. Russell Louisiana Studies ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Regis has been involved in urban, public, collaborative, and applied anthropology for over two decades.

Colleen Haggerty

Author, Coach, Speakerself-employed

Author, Coach, Speaker

Fernando Guerra

Professor of Political Science and Chicana/o Latina/o StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts