conversation Experts

Sharon Austin

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Sharon Wright Austin’s teaching and research interests are in American government, urban politics and African American politics.

Lisa Fontes

Senior Lecturer II, UWW Interdisciplinary StudiesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Lisa Fontes is an international leader in the understanding of intimate partner violence, or coercive control.

Tom Rand

Managing Director at MaRS Cleantech Fund I, L.P.MaRS Cleantech

Experienced, bare-knucked approach to cleantech, finance, policy, climate science and associated global economic opportunities and risks.

Rebecca Johnson

Professor, Faculty of LawUniversity of Victoria

Rebecca Johnson is a pioneer in Canadian law-and-film scholarship.

Arindrajit Dube

Provost Professor of EconomicsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Arin Dube’s research focuses on labor economics, fiscal policy, minimum wage policies, income inequality and the economics of conflict.

Zico Kolter

Associate Professor and Director of Machine LearningCarnegie Mellon University

Zico Kolter researches how to make deep learning algorithms more robust, safer, and understand how data impacts how models function.

Norman Sadeh

Co-Director, Privacy Engineering Program, professor of Computer ScienceCarnegie Mellon University

Lanny Rootenberg

Bipolar Resource Directorlannyrootenberg.com

Bipolar Resource Director

Brandi Bradburn

Clinical Assistant Professor, Production Film & TelevisionLoyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Aarti Singh

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Aarti Singh's research focuses on design of AI agents that complement human decision making.