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Ruth Nicole Brown

Professor and the Inaugural ChairpersonMichigan State University

Ruth Nicole Brown is an expert in African American, African studies and Black girlhood, who is focused on community-engaged scholarship.

Laura Mauldin, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Laura Mauldin is a sociologist focused on health and illness; caregiving; and disability, Deaf, and science and technology studies.

Yasser Payne

Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice; Africana StudiesUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Payne's research examines gun violence; policing and reentry; and educational inequality in street-identified populations.

Antonio Barrenechea

ProfessorUniversity of Mary Washington

Antonio Barrenechea is a scholar and teacher of literature of the Americas and cinema.

Susan Elkinawy, Ph.D.

Professor of Finance, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Nicholas Z. Muller

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Nicholas Muller works at the intersection of environmental policy and economics.

Mark A. Boyer, Ph.D.

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor EmeritusUniversity of Connecticut

Mark A. Boyer studies environmental policy and global-local linkages. His research focuses on climate adaptation from global to local.

Christopher Kilby, PhD

James Joo Jin Kim Endowed Chair in Economics | Villanova School of BusinessVillanova University

Christopher Kilby, PhD, is an expert in political economy of development aid and how it is influenced by U.S. politics and world events.

Bill Balderaz

President, Fathom ColumbusFathom

Bill Balderaz, President Fathom Columbus

Sheri Atwater

ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

Department of Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology