Policy Experts

Juan Carlos Ibarra

Academic and Professional Success LecturerUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: ibarraj@uchastings.edu / Office: 200 McAllister Street #373

Jaime King

Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Bion M. Gregory Chair in Business LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: kingja@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8834 / Office 394-200

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.

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.