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Loureen Smart Downes, Ph.D.

Expert in healthy lifestyle behaviorsFlorida Gulf Coast University

Loureen Downes researches physical activity, nutrition and chronic disease prevention.

Michael Ostrowsky

Professor of SociologySouthern Utah University

Sociologist specializing in the topics of education, drug use, deviance, delinquency theories, and violent behavior

Amilcar Shabazz

Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American StudiesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Amilcar Shabazz has been a prominent voice in the movement to make reparations to descendants of former enslaved Americans.

Julie Cafley

Senior Vice PresidentPublic Policy Forum

Julie Cafley is a frequent speaker and commentator on issues relating to higher education leadership and governance.

Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux

Chair on Truth and ReconciliationLakehead University

Dr. Wesley-Esquimaux's research addresses unresolved intergenerational trauma and grief primarily within the Canadian Indigenous community.

Kathryn Libal, Ph.D.

Director, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, and Professor, Social Work & Human RightsUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Libal researches human rights norms and practices, including the ability to secure adequate food and housing.

Gregory Sadler

PresidentReasonIO

Storyteller of the world of ideas, author, educator, consultant, and workshop provider

Sharon Austin

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Sharon Wright Austin’s teaching and research interests are in American government, urban politics and African American politics.

Charles Vance, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Ashley Ireland

Director of Simulated Learning and Affiliate FacultyLoyola Marymount University

Department of Teaching and Learning