Candi Cann, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Baylor Interdisciplinary Core and Religion · Baylor University

Leading expert on death, dying & grief, diversity in death & the intersection of death & technology around the world

Death and Dying Digital Death Digital Afterlife Death and Diversity Modern Mourning Practices

Heather Chiero, PhD

Associate Professor of History, Anthropology and Philosophy · Augusta University

Dr. Chiero is a leading scholar in Latin American & U.S. Western history and the Spanish colonial periphery of the Caribbean Basin.

Material Culture Social History Underrepresented Populations Central America Latin America

Lorynn Divita, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Apparel Design and Merchandising · Baylor University

Leading fashion researcher who focuses on fashion forecasting, trend contagion & textile, apparel & retail industry topics

Fashion Forecasting Fashion Contagion Fast Fashion Contemporary Culture and Fashion Fashion Merchandising

Robert Foster

Professor of Anthropology and Visual and Cultural Studies, Richard L. Turner Professor of Humanities · University of Rochester

Robert Foster is an expert on globalization and material culture. His focus has been on Papua New Guinea

Lewis Henry Morgan Melanesia Commercial Media Globalization Material Culture

Stephen Hanna

Professor of Geography · University of Mary Washington

Dr. Hanna's research in cultural geography explores how our pasts are represented in monuments and museums.

Cartography and GIS Southern plantation museums Confederate memorials Cartography Geographic Information Systems (Gis)

Duane Hamacher

Associate Professor of Cultural Astronomy · University of Melbourne

Academic, Astronomer, Science Communicator

Geomythology History of Meteoritics Ethnoastronomy Archaeoastronomy Astrophysics

Peter Christensen

Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Art History · University of Rochester

Peter Christensen's specialization is modern architectural and environmental history of Germany, Central Europe and the Middle East.

Architectural design theory and history Critical Digital Humanities Historicism 19th Century Architectural History 20th Century Architectural History

Theresa M. Winge

Associate Professor of Fashion Design and Theory · Michigan State University

An expert on fashion and dress, Theresa M. Winge focuses her research on the construction of identity within visual and material cultures.

Material Culture Steampunk Subculture Culture Fashion

Eric Haruki Swanson

Assistant Professor of Theological Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Esoteric/Tantric Buddhism Japanese Literature Religions of Japan East Asian Buddhism

Constance Chen

Professor and Associate Chair of History · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Asian American History 19th- and 20th-Century United States Transpacific Exchanges Empire and Colonialism Politics of Visual Culture

Greg Garrett, Ph.D.

Carole Ann McDaniel Hanks Chair of Literature and Culture, Department of English · Baylor University

Theologian & cultural critic, exploring the intersections between film & popular culture, literature, religion & politics

Public Speaking Media Resource Creative Writing Religion and Culture Popular Culture and Society

Becky Bloom

Assistant Director of Curatorial Affairs · Southern Utah University

Specializing in Art History, Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist material culture, and issues surrounding the intersection of religion and museums.

Tibetan Buddhism Modern & Classic Tibetan History of Art Non-Western Art Museum Curation

Cristina Turdean

Associate Professor · University of Mary Washington

Turdean's expertise focuses on museum studies, and the intersection of technology and society.

Technology and Gambling Museum Studies Historic Preservation Technology and Society

Katerina Zacharia

Professor of Classics · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Classics and Archaeology Classical Reception Greek drama Greek Cinema Greek ethnicity

Aliaa El Sandouby

Lecturer of Art History, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Lecturer of Art History

Davide Zori, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of History and Archaeology · Baylor University

Medieval archaeologist specializing in Viking expansion into the North Atlantic and 8th-12th century Italian population movements

History Archaeology Medieval History Viking Expansion into North America Social Standing in the Viking Age

Sam Hudson-Miles

Course Director · Leeds Beckett

Course Director for Fashion at Leeds Beckett University, and doctoral student on sustainable fashion practice.

Fashion Design Sustainable Fashion Fashion and Apparel Garment Construction Project Managemenmt

Mark Baskinger

Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Mark Baskinger's research interests include new paradigms for interactive objects, durational design, and methodologies for visual thinking.

Product Design Methodologies for Visual Thinking Paradigms for Interactive Objects Durational Design Space