local Experts

Shubho Bandyopadhyay

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Shubho Bandyopadhyay studies net neutrality, information systems, health informatics, information systems and public policy.

Richard Cleveland

Assistant ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Richard Cleveland's research is focused in school counseling outcome research, quantitative research methods and factor analysis.

Kristal Brent Zook

Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public RelationsHofstra University

Author and award-winning journalist whose work on race, women, culture and social justice has appeared in dozens of media outlets.

Christopher McCarty

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Christopher McCarty has expertise in social network analysis with an emphasis on personal networks.

Yanxiao Zhao, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director | Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Professor Zhao specializes in wireless networking, Internet of things and cyber security.

Heidi Jo Newberg

Professor, Physics, Applied Physics, and AstronomyRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Studies the formation and structure of the Milky Way and other galaxies

Christopher Westley, Ph.D.

Expert in regional economic trendsFlorida Gulf Coast University

Dr. Westley studies and researches the economics of the free society.

C. Nataraj, PhD

Moritz Endowed Professor of Engineered Systems; Director, VCADS Research Center | College of EngineeringVillanova University

C. Nataraj, PhD, is an expert in unmanned vehicles, robotics, and diagnostic healthcare systems.

Adriana Lacy

Lecturer of JournalismLoyola Marymount University

Jeffrey P. Cohen, Ph.D.

Kinnard Scholar in Real Estate and ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Jeffrey P. Cohen is an expert on transit-oriented development and housing, factors impacting real estate values, and property taxation