Mark Deppe

UCI Esports Director · UC Irvine

Mark Deppe's expertise is at the intersection of video games, esports, education, and industry

Public Relations Psychobiology eSports Video Games Operations Management

Stephen Duncan

Professor Emeritus of Screenwriting · Loyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Film and Television Drama and Comedy; Screenwriting Directing and Producing

Andrew Ledbetter

Professor & Chair of Communication Studies · Texas Christian University

Andrew Ledbetter investigates how people use communication technology to maintain close ties with friends, family, and romantic partners.

Quantitative Research Methods Psychological Health Friendships Communication Technology Social Media

Renée Dye

Associate Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Managerial Decision Making Corporate & Business Strategy Strategic & Business Planning

Monika Ardelt

Professor · University of Florida

Monika Ardelt developed the Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale to study the predictors, correlates and effects of personal wisdom.

Social Psychology Dying Well Subjective Well-being Psychological well-being Wisdom

Mimi Ito

Professor in Residence Informatics · UC Irvine

Mizuko Ito is a cultural anthropologist of technology use, focusing on children and youth's changing relationships to media.

Media and Communications Anthropology Children/Video Games Technology

Chad Post

Publisher, Open Letter Books · University of Rochester

Chad Post is publisher of the University's nonprofit, literary translation press, Open Letter Books, and an expert on literary translation

Literary Translation Academic Publishing World Literature

Becky Bloom

Assistant Director of Curatorial Affairs · Southern Utah University

Specializing in Art History, Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist material culture, and issues surrounding the intersection of religion and museums.

Tibetan Buddhism Modern & Classic Tibetan History of Art Non-Western Art Museum Curation

Peter Evans

Co-Founder & CEO · ExpertFile

Recognized speaker on expertise marketing, technology and innovation

Strategic Planning Angel Investing Online Media Software as A Service (Saas) Technology

Manuel N. Ponce, Jr.

Clinical Associate Professor & Director, Institute for School Leadership and Administration (ISLA) · Loyola Marymount University

Department of Educational Leadership and Administration

Charter and Traditional Public School Collaboration Systems Thinking K-12 School Leadership and Administration Communities of Practice Urban School Reform

Sharon Austin

Professor · University of Florida

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

Southern Politics African American Politics Urban Politics

Suzanne Toro

Owner · OmToro, LLC

Inner Wellness Teacher, Advocate for Global Change, Visionary & Strategist

Female Empowerment Inner Wellnes & Meditation Self Awareness Food Alchemy Creative Visionary

Dr Robbie Love

Lecturer, Languages and Applied Linguistics · Aston University

Dr Love's research harnesses technology to better understand how people use language and help people to communicate more effectively.

Linguistics English Language Corpus Linguistics Public Communications Communication

Gareth James

John H. Harland Dean and Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Data is the sword of the 21st century, those who wield it well, the Samurai. -Jonathan Rosenberg, adviser to Larry Page & former Google SVP

Statistical Problems in Marketing Functional Data Analysis Statistical Methodology High Dimensional Regression

Professor Ruth Robbins

Director of Research · Leeds Beckett University

Ruth Robbins has a wide range of research interests which span the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Autobiography Virginia Woolf Literature Writing Biography

Bryan Eisenberg

Partner · Eisenberg Holdings, LLc

New York Times Bestselling author on Marketing Optimization and Online Marketing

Web Analytics Online Marketing A/B Testing Multivariate Testing Persuasion

Candice Odgers

Professor Psychological Science · UC Irvine

Candice Odgers is a developmental psychologist who studies adolescents’ mental health and development.

Early Adversity Quantitative Psychology Social Inequality Technology and Young People Digital Inequality

Coury Deeb

Partner/Account Executive/Film Director · Nadus Films

Founder & Director at Nadus Films

Filmmaking Social Justice Christian

Henny Admoni

Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Henny Admoni directs the Human And Robot Partners (HARP) Lab, which develops assistive and collaborative robots and AI.

Cognitive Psychology Robotics Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Healthcare Human Assistance

Tiffany Muller Myrdahl

Urbanist and Feminist Geographer · Simon Fraser University

Specializes in equity and inclusion. Uses policy analysis and collaborative research with women and LGBTQ people to examine urban change.

Geographies of social difference (with an emphasis on gender and sexuality) Municipal Social Inclusion Policy Qualitative and Mixed Method Research Oral history methods for research and policymaking