Policy Experts

Tiffany Gooch

Public Affairs ConsultantEnterprise

Tiffany is a government relations, political organization, and communications professional based in Toronto.

Gustavo Vejarano

Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Helen Chang

Visiting ProfessorUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: changhel@uchastings.edu / Office 384-200

John M. Heffron, PhD

Director of the MA Program in Educational Leadership and Societal Change, Professor of Educational History and CultureSoka University

Professor Heffron is a development scholar whose focus is the cultural and intellectual history of education nationally and transnationally

John A. Lovett

ProfessorLouisiana State University

Prof. Lovett’s scholarship ranges across common, civil, and mixed jurisdictions.

James Kendra

Director, Disaster Research Center; Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and AdministrationUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Kendra researches emergency planning and crisis management.

Tatishe M. Nteta

Provost Professor of Political Science / Director of UMass PollUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Tatishe Nteta's research lies at the intersection of the politics of race and ethnicity, public opinion, and political behavior.

Charles Higgins, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Finance, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Ryan McManamay, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Spatial ecologist that studies human-environmental systems in order to balance ecosystem and societal needs.

Tricia Wachtendorf

Director / Professor, Disaster Research Center / Department of Sociology & Criminal JusticeUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Wachtendorf expertise lies in the social, organizational, and decision-making aspects of disasters.