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