Rebecca Puhl, Ph.D.

Deputy Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health; Professor, Human Development and Family Studies · University of Connecticut

Clinical psychology expert, specializing in the study of bullying and weight stigmatization

Weight Discrimination Weight Stigma Weight-based bullying

Beth Virnig

Dean and Professor · University of Florida

Beth Virnig’s research examines how patient factors and system factors combine to influence health care and health outcomes.

Cancer Care End-Of-Life Care Health Care Systems Health Disparities Medicare

Brian Gunter

Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE

Brian Gunter's research activities involve various aspects of spacecraft missions and their applications.

Flight Mechanics and Control Systems Design and Optimization

Todd Collins

Steed Distinguished Professor · Western Carolina University

Todd Collins is a licensed attorney and legal/political scholar with extensive experience in the courtroom and the classroom.

Public Law Judicial Politics Political Science Public Affairs Constitutional Law

John Schueller

Professor · University of Florida

John Schueller has a long career and experience in developing machines and systems for agricultural and manufacturing production.

Agricultural Machinery Agricultural Equipment Metalcutting Manufacturing Off-Road Vehicles

Tammy Anderson

Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice · University of Delaware

Professor Anderson's work focuses on the sociology of deviance, substance abuse, criminology and social problems.

Substance Abuse Opioid Epidemic Criminology Social Problems Deviance

James Kendrick, Ph.D.

Professor, Film & Digital Media, Undergraduate Program Director · Baylor University

Expert on Spielberg films, cult & horror films, post-Classical Hollywood film history & new cinema technologies

Horror film Cult film Steven Spielberg Violence in Film Film Criticism

Michael Fabiano

Vice President, Revenue-Local Media · THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An established leader in the media industry with an extensive understanding of digital, broadcast and print.

Publishing Financial Planning Business & Strategic Planning Negotiating Agreements Business Process Engineering

Jack Uldrich

Author, futurist & "Chief Unlearning Officer" · The School of Unlearning

Futurist, Best-Selling Author & "Chief Unlearning Officer"

Futurist Change Management

Josh Clinton

Abby and Jon Winkelried Professor of Political Science · Vanderbilt University

Polling expert who uses statistical methods to explain political processes. Co-directs the Vanderbilt Poll.

Voters Tennessee politics Polling American Politics Political polls

Yuichi Motai, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Virginia Commonwealth University.

System Safety Intelligent Systems with Adaptive Tracking Online Classification Methodologies Medical Imaging Pattern Recognition

Anita Anantharam

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Anita Anantharam’s research interests include leadership, environment, political economy, and South Asian history.

Nationalism South Asia Environment Food Women and Leadership

Rachel Fu

Chair, Professor · University of Florida

Rachel Fu can provide expertise on issues and trends related to tourism, from the emergence of space tourism to COVID-19 impacts on travel.

space tourism Space AI in hospitality Artificial Intelligence Consumer Behavior

Russ Meier, Ph.D., FIEEE

Professor, Program Director · Milwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Russ Meier is an educational expert focused on how computational thinking impacts student enculturation to the engineering profession.

Engineering Enculturation First-Year Experience Evolvable Hardware Higher Education Electrical Engineering

Trina Isakson

Principal Consultant · 27 Shift

Independent consultant to nonprofit leaders on the future of the nonprofit sector. Additional expertise in introverts/quiet change makers.

introverts introversion nonprofit governance open licensing quiet changemakers

Caio Sousa

Assistant Professor of Health and Human Sciences · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Exercise Sciences Aerobic Exercise Aging and Chronic Disease Exercise Physiology Endurance Sports

Lisa Taylor

President · Challenge Factory

Future of Work author, speaker, consultant and researcher

Work and Employment Career Advice Talent Acquisition Employee Retention Aging

Christopher J. Cormier

Associate Professor · Loyola Marymount University

christopher.cormier@lmu.edu

Education Policy Equity in Education History of Education International and Comparative Education Psychchology

Frank Costigliola, D.Phil.

Distinguished Professor, Department of History · University of Connecticut

Distinguished Professor specializing in modern history, United States foreign relations, and the United States in the 20th century.

Modern History American History Twentieth Century History U.S. Foreign Relations History

Andrew Lover

Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Deputy Director, New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Andrew Lover is an infectious disease epidemiologist whose work focuses on malaria and other vector-borne diseases.

Tick-borne Diseases Infectious Disease Vector-Borne Diseases Drug Development Malaria