Frank Felker
Founder & President · Digital Media Positioning
Highly-reviewed speaker with scores of presentations to business groups nationwide on entrepreneurship, digital marketing & direct sales.
Sales Marketing Entrepreneurship Social Media Digital Publishing
Abigail Ortiz
Psychiatrist · The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre and Mood Disorders Center of Ottawa, UOHS
Dr. Ortiz’s research focuses on understanding mood regulation using mathematics
Mood Disorders Bipolar Disorder Mood regulation Pharmacotherapy Nonlinear methods in Psychiatry
Milos Manic, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science · VCU College of Engineering
Milos Manic, Ph.D., FIEEE., is director of VCU's Cybersecurity Center and an expert in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection.
Computational Intelligence Techniques (Machine Learning) with Applications in Energy Cybersecurity and Human Machine Interfaces Software Defined Networks Fuzzy Neural Data Mining Techniques Energy Security Human-machine Interfaces
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography and Professor of English · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Gretchen Gerzina is a specialist on the novel and biography, focusing on Black British studies, Victorian studies and mixed race studies..
Victorian Studies Black British Studies African American Women’s Writing Mixed Race Studies
Shelby Gai
Assistant Professor · Michigan State University
Shelby Gai's research focuses on a subfield of organizational design that emphasizes how to design a company’s board of directors.
Strategic Management Corporate Governance Managerial Decision Making
Russ Meier, Ph.D., FIEEE
Professor, Program Director · Milwaukee School of Engineering
Dr. Russ Meier is an educational expert focused on how computational thinking impacts student enculturation to the engineering profession.
Engineering Enculturation First-Year Experience Evolvable Hardware Higher Education Electrical Engineering
Melissa Fore
Assistant Professor · Michigan State University
Melissa Fore teaches how concepts of race, class, gender, and sexuality are socially and culturally constructed.
Gender Policy Social Theory
Donna Thomson
Author, Caregiving Activist · McMaster University
Author and Leader in family caregiving - disability and aging Instructor, McMaster University Vice-Chair, Kids Brain Health Network
Health Care Navigation Family Caregiving Resilience Strategic Advocacy Teaching, Coaching
Laura Wilson
Associate Professor and Director of Safe Zone · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Wilson focuses on post-trauma functioning, particularly in survivors of sexual violence and among minoritized communities.
LGBTQ+ Minority Stress Trauma Sexual Violence Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Natalia Rivera-Torres, Ph.D
Research Scientist · ChristianaCare
Natalia Rivera-Torres is a research scientist who is credited with elucidating the mechanism of homology directed repair in human cells.
Homology Directed Repair in Human Cells EXcision And Corrective Therapy (ExACT) Single-Strand Template Repair (SSTR) Predicting Gene Editing Outcomes Gene Repair
Anuradha Dugal
Director of Violence Prevention Programs · Canadian Women's Foundation
Anuradha Dugal is responsible for all national strategies related to violence against women and girls and teen violence prevention.
Grant Writing Public Speaking Philanthrophy Event Planning Community Development
Martha Belury
Professor, Human Sciences | College of Education and Human Ecology · The Ohio State University
Professor Belury conducts biological and nutritional research into how diet and lifestyle alter obesity, diabetes and metabolic disorders
Nutrition Nutrition & Disease Prevention Nutrition & Lifestyle Changes Nutrition & Wellness Nutrition (Eating Emotionally)
Brian Dodo RGD
Design Consultant · Association of Registered Graphic Designers
Making the case for design.
Graphic Design Web Design User Interface Design Brand Identity Branding
Steve Robinson
Area Director – Midwestern United States and Canada · Constant Contact, Inc.
Educational Marketing Expert - Upper Midwest
Email Marketing Engagement Marketing Event Marketing Online Marketing for Nonprofits Social Media Marketing
Michael Stewart
Community Relations Consultant · CAA South Central Ontario
Michael oversees CAA South Central Ontario's traffic safety outreach efforts.
Speeding Impaired Driving Road User Safety Pedestrian Safety Road Safety
Lorenza Beati
Curator of the U.S. National Tick Collection, Associate Professor · Georgia Southern University
Lorenza Beati's research focuses on the study of the taxonomy, evolutionary relationships, and population genetics of arthropods.
Hard-Ticks Ecology of the Swiss Alps Systematic Biology Arthropod Diversity Population Genetics of Arthropods
Elisabeth Gugl
Associate Professor · University of Victoria
Dr. Gugl's main research is in family economics, an area that investigates issues such as family formation and dissolution
Family Economics Microeconomic Theory Public Finance Labour Economics Family Formation and Dissolution
Julia Combs
Associate Professor of English · Southern Utah University
Specializing in the history of feminist rhetoric, seventeenth century rhetoric, and international writing centers
World Literature International Writing Centers Professional Writing and Presentations Grant Writing Seventeenth-Century Rhetoric
Elizabeth Schrader Polczer
Assistant Professor of New Testament · Villanova University
Dr. Schrader Polczer is a scholar of New Testament and Early Christianity who focuses on the Gospels, Mary Magdalene, and textual criticism.
Mary Magdalene Manuscripts of the Gospels New Testament Early Christianity Gospel Women
Liette Vasseur
Professor and UNESCO Chair · Brock University
Working in Environmental sustainability, mainly sustainable agriculture and conservation
Plant biologist Pest management Ecosystem Management Ecosystem services Conservation Biology