Elliott Silverstein
Director, Government Relations, Insurance · CAA Club Group
Elliott manages and executes key elements of CAA’s provincial advocacy role, and overseeing municipal advocacy efforts.
Government Relations & Public Affairs Issues Management Legislation Policy Analysis Strategic Advocacy
Jon Bauer, J.D.
Clinical Professor of Law · University of Connecticut
Expertise: Asylum and Refugee Law, Immigration Law, Employment and Housing Discrimination, and Legal Ethics
Asylum and Human Rights Employment and Housing Discrimination Asylum and Refugee Law Immigration Law Legal Ethics
Massimo Faggioli, PhD
Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Massimo Faggioli, PhD, is an expert on the history and administrative inner workings of the Catholic Church and of the papacy.
Pope Francis Religion Catholicism and World/European Politics Historical Theology and Ecclesiology American Catholicism
Garrett Strosser
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology · Southern Utah University
Specializing in empirical social psychology research on topics such as morality, political psychology, and cultural psychology.
Morality and Values Stigma Against Mentally Ill Statistics in Psychology Social Norms Political Psychology
Manisha Sinha, Ph.D.
Draper Chair in American History · University of Connecticut
Dr. Sinha is an expert in Civil War and Reconstruction
Feminism Abolition Slavery
Dr Jo Michell
Associate Professor of Economics · UWE Bristol
He is a macroeconomist - reviewing patterns and cycles of national and international financial performance data.
Deprivation Macroeconomics Finance Economics Business Performance
Thomas Missimer, Ph.D., P.G.
Expert in hydrogeology and water quality · Florida Gulf Coast University
Thomas Missimer conducts research into groundwater, sedimentary geology, water resources management, and geochemistry.
Injection Wells Geology Desalination Groundwater Contamination Groundwater Hydrology
Preston Green, J.D., Ed.D.
John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education · University of Connecticut
Professor focused on charter school regulation and industry oversight.
School Choice Educational Equity Industry Oversight Charter School Regulation Educational Leadership
Myunghee Lee
Professor · Michigan State University
Myunghee Lee's teaching and research interests include authoritarian politics, democratization, protest and foreign policy.
Epidemiology Asian Studies
Rosanna Perotti
Professor of Political Science · Hofstra University
Professor Perotti's expertise is in American politics, including Congress, elections and political parties.
American Politics Congress Media and Politics American Political Parties American Elections
Keith J. Hand
Associate Dean for Global Programs, Professor of Law, and Director of the East Asian Legal Studies Program · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: handk@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4803 / Office 378-200
Chinese Law East Asian Legal Systems Contract Law Chinese Culture Human Rights Law
Jeremy Pressman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science, Director of Middle East Studies · University of Connecticut
Dr. Pressman specializes in the Arab-Israeli peace process, US foreign policy, and the scope of political protests in the United States.
Political Protests Middle East Peace Process Arab-Israeli Conflict
Robert Talisse
W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy; Chair of the Philosophy Department · Vanderbilt University
Expert in contemporary political philosophy, with a focus in democratic theory and political epistemology.
Political Philosophy Philosophy Political Allegiances in Society Pragmatism Contemporary Political Philosophy
Dannagal Young
Professor, Communication · University of Delaware
Prof. Young's research interests include political media effects, media psychology, public opinion and the psychology of misinformation.
Psychology of Political Beliefs Public Opinion Political Media Effects Media Psychology Intersection of Entertainment and Information
Dorinda Carter Andrews
Chairperson and Professor · Michigan State University
Her research is broadly focused on racial justice and educational equity.
Program Development Curriculum Development Higher Education Community Outreach Program Evaluation
Julie Byrne
Professor and Monsignor Thomas Hartman Chair in Catholic Studies · Hofstra University
The Professor and Monsignor Thomas Hartman Chair in Catholic Studies at Hofstra University
Religion and Popular Culture Religion and Sports Pope Francis Independent Catholics Roman Catholics
Thomas Craemer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Public Policy · University of Connecticut
Thomas Craemer is an expert on slavery reparations, racial bias and the psychology of racism.
Slavery Reparations Diversity and Inclusion Race Related Policies Race Relations Psychology of Race
M.V. Lee Badgett
Professor of Economics · University of Massachusetts Amherst
M. V. Lee Badgett is one of the world’s leading experts on the economics of same-sex marriage.
Economics of Sexual Orientation and Same-Sex Marriage Gay Marriage LGBT Inclusion Labor Economics Same-sex Couples
Linda Naiman
Founder & President · Creativity at Work
Design Thinking, Arts in Business, Leadership Development, Creativity and Innovation skills development, Coaching, Training, Facilitating
Creativity Innovation Design Thinking arts based learning Leadership Development
Petra Molnar
Associate Director · Refugee Law Lab, Osgoode Hall Law School
Refugee and migration issues; technology and human rights; immigration detention; and the relationship between law, society, and culture
Technology and human rights Anthropology of Migration Ethnography and Ethnographic Writing Women's Rights Refugee and Human Rights Issues