Teaching Experts

Co-Founder Hearts and Minds Matter and Teacher EducatorHearts and Minds Matter and Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Expertise in building safe, nurturing inclusive classrooms for all children through trauma-informed teaching and effective pedagogy.

Trauma-Informed SchoolsPresonality DimensionsEmotional Intelligence in SchoolLeadershipTeaching & Parenting

University Provost; Professor of Strategic Management and EntrepreneurshipVillanova University

Patrick G. Maggitti, PhD, is a recognized scholar in the areas of entrepreneurship and strategic management.

Higher EducationMarket and Non-market Based Competition Decision MakingEntrepreneurshipInnovation

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Memphis

Experienced presenter with over 20 years experience and expertise in educational technology leadership and teaching information sciences.

Online Teaching and LearningTechnology as A Vehicle for Institutional ChangeDeveloping Communities of Practice in an Organization

Professor of Psychology and NeuroscienceBaylor University

Nationally recognized sleep expert exploring the connections between sleep physiology, memory, education, health & aging

Sleep HealthCognitionHealthy AgingAlzheimer's DiseaseEducation

Associate Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Sebastian Scherer builds robots that fly and drive through unknown environments. His work spans perception, planning, and safe embodied AI.

Field RoboticsAutonomous Drones (UAVs)Robot PerceptionSLAM and LocalizationMotion Planning and Navigation

Associate Professor, Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Western Ontario

Professor Gallagher's research focuses on investigating the nature of winds from luminous quasars

Science PolicyPhysics EducationAstrophysicsBlack HolesSpace Science

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Prof. Ruffin’s work focuses on contemporary Southern fiction, speculative storytelling, and explorations of race, identity, and inequality.

Creative WritingAmerican Literature

Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy; Associate Director, Augustinian Institute | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Paul Camacho, PhD, is an expert on St. Augustine, the Catholic intellectual tradition and the philosophies of love and religion.

Augustinian StudiesPlatoDanteMetaphysicsHistory of Philosophy

Chair and Professor of Health and Human Sciences (Sabbatical, Fall 2026)Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Public SpeakingExercise PhysiologyLearning TechnologyHealth and Human PerformanceHuman Nutrition

Professor and Chair, School of NursingMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Carol Sabel is an expert in examining barriers to nursing students continuing education and interprofessional collaboration.

Patient EducationPatient SafetyNursing EducationInterprofessional CollaborationNursing

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