Economic Experts

Claire Smrekar

Associate Professor of Leadership, Policy and OrganizationsVanderbilt University

An expert who studies K-12 school choice, charters, magnet schools, vouchers, private schools and segregation.

Julian K. Saint Clair, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Co-founder of the A-LIST Pathway

Ashwini Tiwari Pandey, PhD

Assistant Professor, School of Public HealthAugusta University

Jonathan Hiskey

Associate Chair of Political ScienceVanderbilt University

Expert on Latin American politics and Latin American migration.

Benn R. Konsynski

George S. Craft Professor of Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Rattan Lal

Associate Professor, Soil Science | Environment and Natural ResourcesThe Ohio State University

Rattan Lal is a Professor of Soil Physics in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University .

Gretchen Helmke

The Thomas H. Jackson Distinguished University Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Rochester

Professor Helmke's research focuses on democratic political institutions, rule of law, and Latin American politics.

Azadeh Sawyer

Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Azadeh Omidfar Sawyer's interdisciplinary research focuses on quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate building envelopes.

Erin Baker

Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Faculty Director of the Energy Transition InstituteUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Erin Baker informs policymakers on energy technology in the face of climate change.

Charles Cartin, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Director of Makerspaces & Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University