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