conversation Experts

Luca Cottini, PhD

Professor of Italian Studies | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Luca Cottini, PhD, is a scholar of 20th-century Italian design and literature and the creator of the YouTube channel "Italian Innovators."

Selene Silvestri, PhD

Research ScientistMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Silvestri's research leverages optimization and data-driven analytics to enhance supply chain network design and warehouse operations.

Sharon Austin

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Sharon Wright Austin’s teaching and research interests are in American government, urban politics and African American politics.

Lisa Fontes

Senior Lecturer II, UWW Interdisciplinary StudiesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Lisa Fontes is an international leader in the understanding of intimate partner violence, or coercive control.

Sarah Hill

Professor, PsychologyTexas Christian University

Dr. Hill specializes in research on women's sexual psychology, sex hormones, and the birth control pill.

Zico Kolter

Associate Professor and Director of Machine LearningCarnegie Mellon University

Zico Kolter researches how to make deep learning algorithms more robust, safer, and understand how data impacts how models function.

Tom Rand

Managing Director at MaRS Cleantech Fund I, L.P.MaRS Cleantech

Experienced, bare-knucked approach to cleantech, finance, policy, climate science and associated global economic opportunities and risks.

Rebecca Johnson

Professor, Faculty of LawUniversity of Victoria

Rebecca Johnson is a pioneer in Canadian law-and-film scholarship.

Arindrajit Dube

Provost Professor of EconomicsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Arin Dube’s research focuses on labor economics, fiscal policy, minimum wage policies, income inequality and the economics of conflict.

Norman Sadeh

Co-Director, Privacy Engineering Program, professor of Computer ScienceCarnegie Mellon University