Michael Kang

Visiting Professor and Graduate Director of FIlm and Television Production · Loyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Producing Writing Directing

Priya Rehal

MA in Communication and Culture, Fan Studies Researcher · Independent

Montreal and Toronto based researcher and educator

Race Race Culture and Ethnicity Race Gender and Class in Organization Processes Race Gender and Sexuality Sexual and Gender Identity

Genevieve Weber

Associate Professor of Counseling and Mental Health Professions · Hofstra University

Dr. Weber is a licensed mental health counselor, with a specialty in LGBTQ inclusion/cyber-bullying and substance abuse/heroin addiction.

Addiction Substance Abuse Cyberbullying Homophobia LGBT Inclusion

Robert Lindeman

Sleep Consultant · Robert Lindeman Sleep Consultant

Robert Lindeman is a Lay Leader at his Synagogue, Congregation Kehillath Israel.

Community Religion Volunteering Sailing Acapella

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

Aaron Mendelsohn

Senior Lecturer of Screenwriting · Loyola Marymount University

Lecturer, Professional Freelance Write, and Content Consultant

Film & Television Development Ancillary Markets & Content Migration Public Relations & Promotion Social Media Strategies Marketing Strategies

Robert Darden, M.A.

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

Darden is a professor in the department of journalism, PR & new media. He directs Baylor's Black Gospel Music Restoration Project.

African-American Gospel Music Civil Rights Movement Music on B Sides of Gospel Recordings African American Museum in D.C. Black Gospel Music Restoration Project Journalism

Kinitra Brooks

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

Dr. Brooks specializes in the study of black women, genre fiction, and popular culture.

Short Horror Fiction Genre Fiction Black Women Popular Culture Treatment of Black Women in Science Fiction

Dmitry Pestov, Ph.D.

Senior NCC Scientist · VCU College of Engineering

Chemical engineering expert, with a focus on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Electron beam-assisted polymerization Electron beam lithography for graphene electronics Molecularly imprinted polymers for sensor applications Chemical and biological miniature sensors Polymer nanomaterials developed by supercritical fluids and solid-state photopolymerization

Marne L. Campbell

Associate Professor and Chair of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

African American History The American West 19th and 20th Century US History Gender and Women's HIstory Urban History

Ky Henderson

Assistant Professor of Journalism · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

News & Digital Media Media & Culture Video Production Feature Writing Journalism

Matthew Daum

Director, School of Packaging; Interim CANR Dean · Michigan State University

Matthew Daum is the Interim Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR).

Sustainable Packaging Packaging

Matthew Buzzell

Associate Professor, Department of Art and Design · Augusta University

Matthew Buzzell is an award-winning filmmaker whose films have been screened and distributed internationally.

Filmmaking Cinema Film

Dexter Gabriel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History · University of Connecticut

Dexter Gabriel's research interests include the history of slavery, resistance, and freedom in the Black Atlantic.

Abolition and Emancipation Slavery in Popular Culture Slavery Black Atlantic

Patricia Meyer

Assistant Professor of Screenwriting · Loyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Adaptations Screenwriting Film Creative Writing Film Production

Antonio Barrenechea

Professor · University of Mary Washington

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

Comparative Literature Cinema Studies Literature of the Americas

Stephen Ujlaki

Professor of Screenwriting · Loyola Marymount University

Professor of Film and Television of Loyola Marymount University

Made-For-Television Movies Feature Films Cinema

Nicholas de Wolff

President · de Wolff Advisors

Internationally recognized Social Business Strategist and Brand Builder

Business Building Corporate Social Responsibility Sustainability Social Media Internet

Tory Smith

Lecturer · Loyola Marymount University

Lecturer of Theatre Arts

Nastassja A. Lewinski, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Lewinski's research topics include nanomaterial toxicity, nanomedicine, and nanoinformatics.

Nanomaterial toxicity Nanoinformatics Nanomedicine Advanced in vitro exposure systems Comparative in vitro – in vivo analyses