Carl Elks, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Elks' career focuses on maturing and advancing the state of the art in the areas of safety assessment and fault tolerance.

Runtime Verification and Monitoring Fault Injection for Cyber Physical Systems Complexity Aware Design for Critical Systems Assessment Methods for Dependable and High Integrity Systems Cyber Physical Systems

Yi Chen

Henry J. Leir Chair in Healthcare and Associate Professor · New Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Chen focuses on cutting-edge database, data mining and machine learning techniques with applications in business and health care

Information Integration Big Data Machine Learning Management Healthcare

Jim Riddlesperger

Professor · Texas Christian University

Professor Riddlesperger focuses on American politics, with emphasis in the presidency, Congress, and Texas politics

Political Parties American Political Institutions Congress and the Presidency Congress Issues in American Politics

Carlos Castano, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Castano specializes in tailoring surface properties of materials for applications in energy, transportation, and manufacturing.

Surface Engineering Functional Coatings Nanomaterials Engineering Corrosion Engineering Thin film deposition and characterization

Professor Craig Jackson

Professor of Occupational Health Psychology · Birmingham City University

He has two main areas of professional interest: primarily as an occupational psychologist and secondly in the area of criminal psychology.

Serious Crime Criminal Profiling Stress at Work Wellbeing at Work Workplace Psychology

Sally Blount

Dean · Northwestern University

An internationally recognized expert in the fields of negotiation and behavioral decision making

Organizational Behavior Performance in Intercultural Interactions At Work Individual Temporality in Work Organizations: Implications for Work Groups Fair Market Ideology

Kent Messer

Professor, Applied Economics · University of Delaware

Prof. Messer specializes in topics in the nexus of agriculture and the environment and the economics of stigma.

Agri-Environmental Policy Food Labeling Stigma Water Recycling Behavioral Economics

Brad Bushman

Rinehart Chair | Department of Mass Communication · The Ohio State University

Media and social psychology expert, focusing on the problem of human aggression and violence

Violence in Society and Media Social Psychology Advanced Research Methods in Communication Communication in Society

Erin Westgate

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Erin Westgate studies boredom, interest, and thinking (...and why it's so hard for so many people).

Happiness Boredom Emotion Social Psychology Social Cognition

Elizabeth Zechmeister

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and Director of LAPOP · Vanderbilt University

Expert in Latin American political behavior and director of the world-renowned Latin American Public Opinion Project.

Democracy Polling Latin America Comparative Politics Latin America Democracy

Zhifang Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Zhifang Wang specializes in electric power grid vulnerability analysis, synthetic grid modeling, and renewable integration.

Cascading Failures in Power Grids Energy System Modeling and Optimization Integration of Renewable Generation Voltage Stability and Controls Smart Grid Communication Architecture

Tomeka Robinson

Senior Associate Dean, Professor of Writing Studies and Rhetoric · Hofstra University

Dr. Robinson is an expert on effective public debate as well as health communication. She directs Hofstra's award-winning forensics team.

Public/Social Advocacy Rhetoric Health Communications Argumentation and Debate Intercultural Communication

Sandra Pavelka, Ph.D.

Expert in political science and justice · Florida Gulf Coast University

Sandra Pavelka is an expert in elections, law and public policy, and juvenile and restorative justice.

Campaigns Elections Public Policy Restorative Justice Voting

C. Michael White, Pharm.D., FCP, FCCP

Head and Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice · University of Connecticut

Dr. White’s research interests are in drug, dietary supplement, and illicit drug safety, quality, and cost

Diet CBD Drug Costs Dietary Supplements Cardiovascular Drugs

Dr Virginie Grzelczyk

Reader/Associate Professor in International Relations · Aston University

Dr Grzelczyk's research focuses on security relationships over the Korean Peninsula and especially about North Korea.

Korean Peninsula Northeast Asia Politics Politics of North Korea Foreign Policy Towards North Korea North Korea

Dale Peeples, MD

Pediatric Psychiatrist / Associate Professor of Psychiatry · Augusta University

Peeples is a highly-regarded psychiatrist providing tips to maintain mental wellbeing throughout the COVID-19 outbreak.

Juvenile Corrections Psychiatry Telepsychiatry Pediatric Psychiatry Juvenile Delinquency

Dawn Wesson

Associate Professor · Tulane University

Professor Wesson is a national expert in vector-borne diseases spread by mosquitoes.

Zika Virus Chagas Disease Mosquito-Borne Viruses West Nile Virus Medical Entomology

Howard Mielke

Research Professor · Tulane University

Professor Mielke focuses on the urban environment and its chemical impact on human health and disease.

Lead Poisoning Environmental Signaling Human Health Urban Environments Disease

Bryon Moraski

Professor · University of Florida

Bryon Moraski is an expert on the politics in Russia and the Ukraine.

Russia Ukrainian Elections Ukrainian Politics Russian Politics Russian Elections

Kathryn Alexander

Speaker, Coach, Author · The Art of Leadership - Impact!

A Futurist for Life - Transforming Leaders

Strategy Leadership Sustainability Culture Ethics