James Kieselburg

Director · Milwaukee School of Engineering

James Kieselburg is an expert in museum collections and exhibition management, sociology of work, photography and the art of industry.

Photography Art of Industry Museum Management and Leadership Sociology of Work Graphic Design

Angela Washko

Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Angela Washko is committed to telling complex and unconventional stories about the media we consume from unusual perspectives.

Documentary Film Performance Art Digital Works Mainstream Media Video Games

Ginger Grant

Professor (Marketing and Innovation) · Sheridan College

Innovation Management, Leadership Development, Strategy, Corporate Anthropology, Organizational Design, Scenario Planning, Storytelling

Experiential and Archetypal Marketing Scenario Planning Revisioning Retirement Innovation Culture Design Thinking

Howard (Shih-Ming) Hu

Professor of Hotel, Resort, Hospitality Management · Southern Utah University

Specializing in international cuisine, hospitality management, and culinary science

Food Service Preparation Techniques International Cuisine Culinary Tourism Culinary Programs Hospitality Management

Cara Lisa Berg Powers

Executive Director · Transformative Culture Project

Innovative Solutions for a Changing World

Arts and Education Activism Policy Media Youth Development Arts and Culture

Lynn Salsi

Author, Storyteller, Teacher, Historian, Speaker · Lynn Salsi Consulting

With boundless enthusiasm, Southern history and folktales come alive with this Pulitzer Prize Nominated author & storyteller

Fiction Editing & Writing Teaching Public Relations Marketing Communications

Pamela Usukumah

Corporate Associate · Covington & Burling LLP

Business Professional in Boston, Massachusetts with interests in pro bono work, world travel, and international business.

Politics Editing Leadership Management Nonprofits

Holly Chang

Curator · Middlebrook Prize Winners

Holly Chang is an emerging artist, curator and researcher from Toronto, Ontario.

Photography Art

Professor Susan Watkins

Professor · Leeds Beckett University

Professor Susan Watkins is an expert in contemporary women's fiction and feminist theory.

Contemporary Women's Dystopian and Apocalyptic Fiction Doris Lessing Gender Culture Ageing

Kyle Golding

Partner and Chief Strategic Idealist · The Golding Group

Strategic Idealist for The Golding Group

Marketing Advertising Campaign Management Strategic Planning

Michelle Richmond

Founder · The Book Doctor

Bestselling Author, Publisher, and Corporate Writing Retreat Leader

Writing Publishing Creativity Books

Latise Hairston, Ph.D., PCC, CDP, CCMP

Associate Faculty - Evidence Based Coaching · Fielding Graduate University

Experienced leader and coach in organizational development, strategic planning, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Inclusion Leadership Diversity Communication Collaboration Public Speaking

Leigh McLean

Associate Research Professor, Education · University of Delaware

Prof. McLean investigates how teachers’ emotions and emotion-related experiences including well-being impact their effectiveness.

Developmental Psychology Instructional Practices Teachers and Teaching Well-Being Classroom Behavior

James Young

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Judaic & Near Eastern Studies and Founding Director of the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies · University of Massachusetts Amherst

James Young' is an expert on memorial art, cultural memory studies, Holocaust studies, and visual culture.

Memorial Art Visual Culture Holocaust Studies Cultural Memory Studies

Mia Moody-Ramirez, Ph.D.

Professor · Baylor University

Dr. Moody-Ramirez is a nationally known expert on mass media representations of minorities, women and other underrepresented groups

Race, Class, and Culture Pop Culture New Media Writing for Media Markets Historical Stereotypes in Social Media

Alicia Boutilier

Curator of Canadian Historical Art / Adjunct Professor · Agnes Etherington Art Centre / Queen's University

Alicia's research is focused on Canadian art history, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and histories of Canadian art collecting

Canadian Art History Canadian Art Collection Historical Quilts

Greg Greenawalt

Owner, Chief Marketing Officer, Author · Destination Concepts LLC

Experienced speaker and presenter that helps people to become famliar with why Charlotte NC is a great place to work,live and play

Charlotte North Carolina

James Williams, PhD

Professor of Rhetoric and Linguistics · Soka University

Professor Williams examines education using Baudrillard's perspective on consumerism and simulacra

Clasical Rhetoric Psycholinguistics Assessment Neoliberalism Higher Education

Nora Rubel

Jane and Alan Batkin Professor of Jewish Studies · University of Rochester

Rubel is an expert in Jewish studies, as well as Jewish food and holidays

Jewish Cuisine American Religions, Race and Ethnicity Jewish Holidays Jewish American Immigration Judaism

Marlene Neill, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Journalism, Public Relations and New Media · Baylor University

Professor Neill's research interests include internal communication, public relations management and ethics

Internal / Employee Communication Integrated Communication Advertising Management Public Relations Management Public Relations Ethics