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Sarah Gamble

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Sarah Gamble has expertise in the design of walkable environments and climate adaption using house relocation.

WalkabilityClimate AdaptationCommunity EngagementCommunity DesignCommunity Development
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Andrew J. Bobilya

Professor, Program Director of Experiential and Outdoor EducationWestern Carolina University

Andrew Bobilya's background includes serving as a field instructor and program manager for various summer outdoor adventure programs.

Outdoor ProgrammingHuman-Nature RelationshipWilderness SolitudeAutonomous Student ExperiencesSpirituality
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Michael Ehrlich

Associate Professor of Finance and Co-Director of NJ Innovation Acceleration CenterNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Ehrlich's research focuses on financial markets and institutions, with an emphasis on market failures

InnovationCommercialization of InnovationMarket FailuresFinancial CrisesFinancial Markets
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M. Ehsan Hoque

Asaro Biggar Family Fellow in Data Science, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, and faculty member in the Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial IntelligenceUniversity of Rochester

M. Ehsan Hoque is designing and implementing new algorithms to sense subtle human nonverbal behavior

Data ScienceHuman Nonverbal BehaviorInteractive Machine LearningHuman-Computer InteractionComputer Vision
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Muzzo Uysal

Carney Family Endowed Professor of Hospitality & Tourism ManagementUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Muzzo Uysal is an expert on tourism demand/supply interaction, tourism marketing, and quality of life research in tourism.

TippingQuality-of-Life (QOL) Research in Hospitality and TourismTourist Demand EstimationTourism DevelopmentTourism Impacts
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Colleen Rua

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Colleen Rua's research interests include Latinx theatre, contemporary Puerto Rican theatre, the American musical, and theatre for youth.

Theatre for YouthUS Latinx TheatreThe Arts as Recovery and Response to Natural and Unnatural DisasterTheatreContemporary Puerto Rican Theatre
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Sarah DeYoung

Associate Professor, Sociology & Criminal JusticeUniversity of Delaware

Prof. DeYoung's expertise is in maternal and child health in crisis and disaster settings, with a focus on infant feeding in emergencies.

Evacuation Decision-makingCompanion Animals in DisastersMaternal & Infant Health in DisastersRefugee & Immigrant Well-beingPsychological Sense of Community
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Lawrence Levy

Associate Vice President and Executive Dean of the National Center for SurburbanHofstra University

Dean Levy works close with Hofstra’s academic community to shape an innovative agenda for suburban study

Suburban Spaces and DevelopmentSuburbsEducationTaxationPolitics of the Suburbs
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Ken Foote, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Geography, Sustainability, Community, and Urban StudiesUniversity of Connecticut

Ken Foote has studied sites associated with individual murders, as well as those associated mass murder and many other events.

GenocideIndividual MurdersMemorialsViolence and TragedyNatural Disasters
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Mariana Chilton

Professor of Practice in the School of Public Health & Health SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Mariana Chilton is a nationally recognized expert on food security, human rights, trauma and economic empowerment with families.

Women's RightsHealth EquityFood Security/Food AccessFood Security Hunger