communities Experts

Jerusha Conner, PhD

Professor of Education; Program Coordinator, Graduate Education | Department of Education and CounselingVillanova University

Jerusha Conner, PhD, is an expert on student engagement, student voice, youth activism and education policy.

Jeffrey Bennett

Associate Professor of Communication StudiesVanderbilt University

Medical humanities expert who specializes in health, citizenship, LGBT/queer studies, cultural studies and rhetorical theory and criticism.

Natasha Bakht

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Ottawa

Professor Bakht’s research interests are in the intersecting area of religious freedom and women’s equality.

Andy Horowitz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Connecticut State HistorianUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Horowitz is a public historian, scholar of the modern United States, and Connecticut's State Historian.

Jonathan Wilson

CEOSoul Systems

Inspiring & leading edge content how to lead large-scale transformation, drawn from life and work among tribes, warlords and executives.

Bill Tomlinson

Professor of InformaticsUC Irvine

Bill Tomlinson studies artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction and computer-supported learning.

Luke Yoquinto

Research Associate, MIT AgeLabMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Luke Yoquinto primarily studies the history of the current sociological narrative of old age and solutions for lengthened lifespans.

Jim Stikeleather

Chief Innovation OfficerDell

Rev up the engines of your event and glimpse the future with Dell's Chief Innovation Officer, who explains & evaluates emerging technologies

Bruce McAdams

ProfessorCentre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship

McAdams joined the faculty in January of 2009 after more than twenty years leadership experience in the Ontario hospitality industry

Jeffrey Rosensweig

Associate Professor of Finance; Director, The Robson Program for Business, Public Policy, and GovernmentEmory University, Goizueta Business School