Culture Experts

Senior Lecturer and Director of DebateVanderbilt University

Expert in debate, including argumentation analysis, persuasive techniques and rhetorical theory.

Policy DebatePresidential DebatePolitical debateDebatePresidential Rhetoric

Professor of ManagementBaylor University

Nationally recognized expert on employee stress & well-being, including the role of remote/hybrid work & leadership

Industrial and Organizational PsychologyWork Life BalanceOrganizational BehaviorHuman Resource ManagementEmployee Stress and Health

ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Laura Mauldin is a sociologist focused on health and illness; caregiving; and disability, Deaf, and science and technology studies.

SociologyHuman Development and Family SciencesWomen’s Gender and Sexuality StudiesDisability StudiesDeaf Studies

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

A research archaeologist, Brett Riggs is a former deputy tribal historical preservation officer for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Landscape ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyCultural HeritageExcavationProtection Of Cultural Heritage

Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography and Professor Emerita of EnglishUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Gretchen Gerzina is a specialist on the novel and biography, focusing on Black British studies, Victorian studies and mixed race studies..

Victorian StudiesBlack British StudiesAfrican American Women’s WritingMixed Race Studies

Fienberg University Professor of Statistics & Data Science and Department HeadCarnegie Mellon University

Rebecca Nugent's research interests lie in clustering, record linkage, educational data mining/psychometrics and public health.

Future of EducationPublic HealthClusteringSemantic OrganizationEducational Data Mining/Psychometric

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Chair of Civil DiscourseUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Shaffer studies the advancement of democratic practices by focusing on the role of civic professionals in institutional settings.

Civic EngagementPublic PolicyCivil DiscourseCommunicationDeliberative Democracy

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Jay Hmielowski's research interests include environmental, science and political communication.

TrustPolitical CommunicationMedia Psychology and Media EffectsScience Communication

PresidentIntelligencia Limited

President at Intelligencia Limited

eSportsprescriptive analyticsSocial MediaHealthcare AnalyticsCaisno Marketing

Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies Program University of Manitoba

Professor Thorpe explores the history and legacies of colonialism in the Canadian context

Critical Race TheoryFeminismEnvironmental StudiesColonialismSocial Inequality

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