economic issues Experts

William Hatcher, PhD, MPA

Chair and Professor in the Department of Social SciencesAugusta University

Dr. William Hatcher focuses on public administration and social, economic and political institutions in local communities.

Elizabeth Zechmeister

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and Director of LAPOPVanderbilt University

Expert in Latin American political behavior and director of the world-renowned Latin American Public Opinion Project.

Surupa Gupta

Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Gupta is an expert on Indian politics and economics, international political economy, gender and development, and South Asian politics.

Jesse Bockstedt

Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Programs; Roberto C. Goizueta Professor in Business TechnologyEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Martin Kang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Colin Polsky, Ph.D.

Director of the Florida Center for Environmental StudiesFlorida Atlantic University

Colin Polsky is trained as a geographer, specializing in the human dimensions of global environmental change.

Kevin Wagner, Ph.D.

Professor and Department ChairFlorida Atlantic University

Kevin Wagner's research and teaching interests include judicial politics, political behavior and legislative behavior

Charles Venator-Santiago, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Venator-Santiago is an expert in US territorial law and policy with a focus on the history of citizenship

Ram B. Gupta, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringVirginia Commonwealth University

Research interest: batteries, electrochemistry, sustainable energy, biofuel, biomaterials, supercritical extraction, manufacturing, lithium

Adilifu Nama

Professor of African American StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts