William Chopik

Assistant Professor · Michigan State University

Expert in social behaviors and individual differences and relationships.

Optimism Romantic Relationships Lifespan Development Personality Close Relationships

Professor Susan Watkins

Professor · Leeds Beckett University

Professor Susan Watkins is an expert in contemporary women's fiction and feminist theory.

Contemporary Women's Dystopian and Apocalyptic Fiction Doris Lessing Gender Culture Ageing

Karrin Hanshew

Associate Professor & Graduate Director · Michigan State University

An expert in the Holocaust, Karrin Hanshew examines persecution and genocide in Europe, perpetrators, victims, bystanders, and resistors.

Modern and Contemporary European history 20th Century Europe Persecution Genocide The Holocaust

Rita Mitjans

Chief Diversity & Corporate Social Responsibility Officer · ADP

Senior ADP executive driving corporate strategies for diversity, inclusion and corporate social responsibility.

Corporate Social Responsibility Diversity and Inclusion Building Your Personal Brand Corporate Leadership Career Mobility

Fernando Estrada

Associate Professor · Loyola Marymount University

Department of Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology

Psychology Counseling Mental Health Higher Education

Nora Madjar, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Management · University of Connecticut

Social and contextual factors for creativity at work, role of interruptions, work-family interface and negotiations.

Organizational Behavior and Leadership Work-Family Interface Interruptions at Work Creativity and Innovation Negotiations

Jessica Borelli

Associate Professor of Psychological Science · UC Irvine

Jessie Borelli's research focuses on the links between close relationships and mental health

Attachment Parenting Developmental Mental Health Health

Kristy Towry

John M. & Lucy Cook Chaired Professor of Accounting · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Managerial Accounting Internal Audit Behavioral Economics

Rachel Davidson

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Core Faculty, Disaster Research Center · University of Delaware

Prof. Davidson conducts research on natural disaster risk modeling and civil infrastructure systems.

Disaster Research Natural Disaster Risk Modeling Civil Infrastructure Systems​ Lifelines

Jennifer Applebaum

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Jennifer Applebaum is an expert on pet ownership and the resulting health and well-being/welfare implications of the human-pet dyad.

Companion Animals One Health Pet Ownership Pets Pet Owners

Neil Maher

Professor · New Jersey Institute of Technology

Neil Maher studies environmental and political history in the 20th century, urban history and the history of environmental justice.

Environmental History History of Environmental Justice 20th Century US Environmental and Political History US History Urban History

Vanessa Díaz

Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Music oral & life histories Latin America political culture diasporas

Michael Okun

Distinguished Professor | Director · University of Florida

Dr. Michael Okun is a neurologist, neuroscientist, and expert in Parkinson's, movement disorders, and deep brain stimulation.

Alzheimer's Parkinson's Tourette Deep Brain Stimulation Dystonia

Allison Alford, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Business Communication · Baylor University

Interpersonal & business communications expert who studies the roles of daughters & mothers in the family structure

Family & Interpersonal Communication Mother-Daughter Relationships Conflict Resolution

Tyler Knowlton

Chief Public Engagement Strategist · Office of Policy and Priorities

Connecting people, capturing ideas and challenging the status quo in a digital world

International E-Collaboration Open Policy Development Public Engagement

Julian K. Saint Clair, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Marketing, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

MBA Academic Program Director & Co-founder of the A-LIST Pathway

Consumer Identity Learning Branding & Advertising Diversity Marketing

Sarah A. Schnitker, Ph.D.

Professor, Psychology & Neuroscience · Baylor University

Leading researcher on the study of patience & gratitude and religion's role in virtue development in adolescents & emerging adults.

Spirituality and Gratitude Positive Psychology Religious Motivation & Development

Karen Sedatole

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Accounting · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Executive Compensation Performance Evaluation Reward Systems Performance Measures Interorganizational Collaboration

Vincent Lloyd, PhD

Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Studies · Villanova University

Vincent Lloyd, PhD, researches issues and trends related to religion in politics and race, and how these areas affect social change.

Religion The Role of Religion in Racial Justice Organizing Religion in Politics and Race Religion in Mass Incarceration Religious Ideas of Crime and Punishment

Eric Lowitt

Managing Director · Nexus Global Advisors

Sought-after Future of Business, Innovation, Leadership, and Collaboration Speaker and Expert; Harvard Business Review author

Competitive Strategy Sustainability Management Stakeholder Management Collaboration and Competition How to Outperform Your Rivals