Robin Cox
Research Director and Professor · ResilienceByDesign Research Lab and Royal Roads University
Robin Cox's expertise includes the psychosocial dimensions of disasters, disaster resilience, and traumatic stress and coping.
Resilience Higher Education Community Resilience Disaster Psychosocial Response Stress and Coping
Monica Escaleras, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of the Business and Economics Polling Initiative · Florida Atlantic University
Monica Escaleras is an expert in natural disasters and political economy.
Decentralization Business Administration Business and Economics Polling Natural Disasters Political Economy
Amir AghaKouchak
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering · UC Irvine
Amir AghaKouchak studies how climate change and variability influence extreme events (flood/drought/heatwaves) and compound hazards.
Nigel Raab
Professor of History · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Theories of Civil Society Habermas 19th Century Russia Urban History Global Encounters
Anna Nagurney
John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations & Information Management · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Anna Nagurney studies network systems with applications including congested urban transportation networks, disaster relief and supply chains
COVID-19 and supply chains Sustainable Supply Chains Supply Chain and Logistics Management Cold Chain Logistics
Thomas Dietz
University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy (ESPP) · Michigan State University
Expert in climate change, human driving forces of environmental change, environmental values, environmental decision making
Ecology Environmental Policy Human driving forces of environmental change Climate Change
Marleen Wong
David Lawrence Stein/Violet Goldberg Sachs Professor of Mental Health Senior Vice Dean (Retiring) of Field Education Clinical Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Clinical Professor focused on children, youth, and families and specializing in behavioral health, mental health, and military social work.
Crisis Intervention Crisis and Disaster Military Social Work Behavioral Health Social Work
Johan Walden
Professor of Finance | Mitsubishi Bank Chair in International Business and Finance | Distinguished Teaching Fellow · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Heavy-tailed risks Insurance Networks and capital markets Asset Pricing
Lenneal Henderson Jr., PhD
Doctoral Faculty - School of Leadership Studies · Fielding Graduate University
Internationally recognized urban scholar
Global Issues Energy Policy Urban Analysis Social Ecology Diversity Issues
Dr. Richard Vogel
Dean, School of Business · Farmingdale State College
Dr. Vogel's research is in the economic impact of natural and man-made disasters and disaster policy.
Regional Economic Growth and Development Hazards and Natural Disaster Economic Impact and Policy Economics Education Urban and Regional Economics Development Economics
Brian P. Kelly
Assistant Professor, Security Systems and Law Enforcement Technology · Farmingdale State College
Dr. Brian Kelly is a Criminologist, Fraud Examiner, and Security Practitioner.
Law Enforcement Security Anti- Fraud Active Shooter White collar Criminal Investigations
Li Dai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University
Political Violence Emerging Markets Multinational Corporations Institutional Theory Firm Strategy in Hostile Contexts
William D. Parham
Professor and Interim Director, Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social Justice · Loyola Marymount University
Department of Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology
Sport Psychology Multicultural Counseling Foundations of Counseling Trauma Counseling: Theories and Interventions Interplay Between Sports Psychology
Leslie Wind
Chair of the MSW Program Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Clinical Associate Professor focused on children, youth and families with a specialization in trauma and violence.
Social Work Education Community Outreach Program Development Trauma Children, Youth and Families
Hiba Baroud
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Vanderbilt University
Expert in risk, reliability and resilience of critical infrastructure against climate change and natural disasters, particularly flooding.
Climate Change Flood Mitigation Natural Disasters Resilience modeling Interdependent Systems Data Analytics
Laura Reese
Director and Professor · Michigan State University
Laura Reese is an expert in animal welfare policy, animals in the city, animal sheltering, local economic development
Local Economic Development Animals in the City Animal Welfare Policy Animal Sheltering
Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa) AKA Don Trent Jacobs, PhD, EdD
Doctoral Faculty - School of Leadership Studies · Fielding Graduate University
Sustainability; counter-hegemonic education; social justice; contrasting Indigenous ways of knowing with Western ones
Counter-Hegemonic Education Peace and Justice Studies Ecological Justice Indigenous Studies Indigenous Ways of Knowing
George Torok
Marketing Expert, Keynote Speaker, Speech Coach for Executives · Power Marketing
Marketing Expert, Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author - Secrets of Power Marketing
Robert Fuller, M.D., FACEP
UConn Health Chairman of Emergency Medicine · University of Connecticut
Fuller has responded to nations battered by natural and manmade disasters -New York after 9/11, Haiti ; Philippines after a typhoon.
Coronavirus Efficiency of Emergency Services International Disaster Medical Response Emergency Medical Care Natural Disasters
Philip La Duke
Safety Iconoclast & Culture Transformation Architect · ERM
One of the most informative, entertaining, and engaging speakers you're likely to ever find
Talent & Gamification Talent Management Cross generational training and management Planning Corporate Culture