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Virginia Parks

Professor of Urban Planning and Public PolicyUC Irvine

Virginia Parks, PhD, is a geographer and urban planner specializing in the study of urban inequality.

Joshua W. Walker, PhD

President & CEOJapan Society

Walker leads Japan Society to create deep bonds between the US & Japan through programs in culture, education, business, policy & technology

Krystyn Moon

Professor, History and American StudiesUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Moon is an expert on Northern Virginia history, with a focus on African American and immigrant communities.

Ralph Carter

Piper Professor, Political ScienceTexas Christian University

Professor Carter focuses on Middle East conflicts, U.S. foreign trade and defense policy, with an emphasis on the roles played by Congress.

Gail E. Thomas, PhD

Professor of SociologySoka University

Professor Thomas is a sociology professor who specializes in the analysis of higher education.

Micki McElya, Ph.D.

Professor of HistoryUniversity of Connecticut

Professor McElya is an expert in the histories of women, gender, sexuality, and race in the U.S., with a focus on politics and memory.

Jason James

Associate Professor of Sociology and AnthropologyUniversity of Mary Washington

Jason James' research comes out of a fascination and dismay at the power of collective identities with nations, ethnic groups, and "races."

Seth Bernstein

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Historian Seth Bernstein researches and writes about the USSR, politics and society under Stalin, historical memory and digital humanities.

Nicole Woods

Art Historian, Modern and ContemporaryLoyola Marymount University

Stephen Sloan, Ph.D.

Director of Institute for Oral History, Professor of HistoryBaylor University

Oral historian specializing in U.S. history post 1941, environmental history, public history & the American West.