excellence Experts

Rick Relyea

Director, Darrin Fresh Water Institute; Director, Jefferson Project; & David M. Darrin ’40 Senior Endowed ChairRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Researches community ecology, ecotoxicology, phenotypic plasticity, forest inputs to wetlands, disease ecology, and invasive species

Theo Liebmann

Clinical Professor of LawHofstra University

Professor Liebmann has directed the interdisciplinary Hofstra Youth Advocacy Clinic since its inception

Darby Proctor, Ph.D.

Associate Professor | School of PsychologyFlorida Tech

Dr. Proctor's research focuses on decision-making in nonhuman primates to understand the evolutionary roots of human decision-making biases.

Marie Coppola, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychological SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences focused on language acquisition, ASL, deaf culture, and cognitive science.

Rima Taher

Senior University LecturerNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Taher focuses on structural technology, stability of structures, architectural cognizance and engineering standards

Billie Murray, PhD

Associate Professor of Communication; Assistant Director for Academics, Center for Peace and Justice Education | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Billie Murray, PhD, explores the timely territory of community responses to hate speech and on issues of rhetoric and social justice.

Jill Perry-Smith

Professor of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Joseph F. Coughlin

Director, MIT AgeLabMassachusetts Institute of Technology

You're not getting older, you're getting better! MIT's AgeLab Director explains how changing demographics will impact business & government

Xiuchun (Cindy) Tian, Ph.D.

Interim Department Head and ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Tian is an expert in animal biotechnology.

David Lewis

Rebecca Webb Wilson University Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Political ScienceVanderbilt University

Expert in federal bureaucracy, including agency performance, agency oversight and the political appointment process.