academic Experts

Dr. Adey Nyamathi

Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of NursingUC Irvine

Dr. Nyamathi conducts studies among vulnerable groups, including homeless, drug-addicted and incarcerated persons and gay/bisexual youth.

Verlan Lewis, Ph.D.

Stirling Professor of Constitutional StudiesUtah Valley University

Lewis is an expert in constitutional pluralism, political parties, and ideology

Marlene Neill, Ph.D.

Professor of Journalism, Public Relations & New MediaBaylor University

Public relations expert whose research includes ethics in public relations, PR management, integrated communication & ethics in advertising

Chris Martens

Associate Professor, Kinesiology & Applied PhysiologyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Martens's laboratory is interested in understanding mechanisms by which impaired vascular function contributes to cognitive declines.

Lorrie Cranor

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Lorrie Cranor's research focusses on usability and policy issues related to security and privacy.

Laurent Michel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Computer Science and EngineeringUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Laurent Michel is an expert in the areas of constraint programming, voting technology and cybersecurity

Henny Admoni

Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Henny Admoni directs the Human And Robot Partners (HARP) Lab, which develops assistive and collaborative robots and AI.

Kerry Widder, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Kerry Widder's areas of expertise include electrical engineering and computer hardware.

Mike Byers

Vice Chancellor of Administration and FinanceWestern Carolina University

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