Ken Prouty

Associate Professor of Musicology and Jazz Studies · Michigan State University

Expert in jazz history, American music and popular music, and the nature of jazz community

Ethnomusicology Contemporary Music American Music Jazz Popular Music

David Berri

Department Chair and Professor of Economics · Southern Utah University

Specializing in evaluations of players and coaches in sports, gender issues in sports, and competitive balance in sports

Distrubution of Wealth and Power Unpaid Athletes in the NCAA NBA Salary Caps Sports Economics NCAA

Nicole McCabe

Lecturer and Jazz Ensemble Director · Loyola Marymount University

Lecturer and Jazz Ensemble Director

Jazz Composition Improvisation

Doug Williamson

President and Chief Executive Officer · The Beacon Group

A bold thinker and dynamic speaker, with extensive global experience, who can provide unique insights into today's business challenges.

Megatrends & Seismic Shifts - Coping With the New Reality Leading Through Chaos & Disruption Innovation & Design Thinking Global Leadership in A Modern World Science of Strategic Thinking

Gustavo Razzetti

CEO · Fearless Culture

We help teams do the best work of their lives.

Team Building & Leadership Change Management Innovation & Creativity Cultural Transformation Change Leadership

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

Zachary Lipton

Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Zachary Lipton's research spans machine learning methods and their applications in healthcare and natural language processing.

Machine Learning Machine Intelligence Natural Language Processing (NLP) Deep Learning

McKay Tebbs

Director, Music Tech/Assistant Professor, Music · Southern Utah University

Specializes in commercial music and recording.

Music Education Recording Jazz Guitar Commercial Music Music Theory

Paul Harris

Professor of English · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Environmental Humanities David Mitchell's fiction OULIPO/writing under constraints Outsider Art/The Watts Towers of Los Angeles Interdisciplinary study of time

Carolyn Thompson

Music Director, Singer, Actor · Radium Productions

Vocal Guru, Music Director

Music and Entertainment Industry Music Business Music Performance Performance Coaching

John Menaghan

Professor Emeritus of English · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Irish Literature Irish Culture Twentieth-Century Literature The Dramatic Monologue Creative Writing

Vickie Cammack

Social Innovator and Care Activist · A Good Life Consulting

Vickie Cammack is the Founder of Tyze Personal Networks that helps people to care as a network

Social Innovation Social Entrepreneurship Public Speaking Community Development Caregiving

Stephen Ujlaki

Professor of Screenwriting · Loyola Marymount University

Professor of Film and Television of Loyola Marymount University

Made-For-Television Movies Feature Films Cinema

Douglas Shadle

Associate Professor of Musicology · Vanderbilt University

Expert in historically marginalized composers and the role of symphony orchestras and orchestral music in American life.

Composers Classical Music Musicology Orchestral Music

Penelope Tobin

Founder & Creative Director · Barrier Breakers

Author, barrier-breaker, soft skills advocate, and jazz musician

Leadership Development Organizational Development Personal Development

Nancy D. Campbell

Professor and Graduate Program Director, Science and Technology Studies (STS) · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Focuses on the history of science, technology, and medicine as it relates to drug policy and the social significance of drugs

Opioid Crisis Harm Reduction Opioid Overdose History of Science & Medicine Gender & Addiction

Richard Desinord

Assistant Professor of Music Theory · Michigan State University

Richard Desinord's research interests include harmony and genre in contemporary black church music and neo-soul.

Theory Pedagogy Contemporary Black Church Music Music Theory Neo-Soul Jazz

Laura Smyth

Full Time Instructor of Dance · Loyola Marymount University

Lecturer of Dance

Choreography Jazz Dance

Michael Golden, DMA

Professor of Music Composition and Theory, and Director, Creative Arts Program · Soka University

Michael Golden’s teaching and creative interests include composition and jazz improvisation, music and ecology, and music and peacebuilding

Music and Ecology World Music Composition (including computer music) Music Theory Jazz and Improvisation

Christina Dempsey

Senior Lecturer of Dance, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Senior Lecturer of Dance

Improvisation Jazz Dance Modern Dance Contemporary Dance Ballet