People Experts

Bryan Segal

Senior Vice PresidentcomScore

Segal brings over 20 years of business development, operational acumen, and client relationship expertise to his role at comScore.

Rebecca Nugent

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.

Zachary Lipton

Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Zachary Lipton's research spans machine learning methods and their applications in healthcare and natural language processing.

Yasser Payne

Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice; Africana StudiesUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Payne's research examines gun violence; policing and reentry; and educational inequality in street-identified populations.

Edda L. Fields-Black

Professor of History and Director of The Humanities CenterCarnegie Mellon University

Dr. Fields-Black is a specialist in the trans-national of West African farmers and enslaved laborers on rice plantations.

Scott Thorp

Chair and AVP for Interdisciplinary Research, Department of Art and DesignAugusta University

Scott Thorp is an artist, writer, and educator focused on creativity.

James McGrath

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied SciencesUniversity of Rochester

James McGrath and his team focus on the basic science of ultrathin membranes, including studies of transport and mechanics.

Jessica Vapnek

Lecturer, Global Programs Advisor, and Director of the M.S.L. ProgramUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: vapnekjessica@uchastings.edu

Katherine Wikoff, Ph.D.

ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Katherine Wikoff focuses her work on user experience, technical communication, humanities and literature.

Marcus Crews, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University