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

Molly Youngkin

Professor of English · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Gender Studies and Narrative Theory Nineteenth-Century British Literature Romantic and Victorian Literature

Helen Boswell

Professor of Biology · Southern Utah University

Specializes in animal behavior and evolution, with research emphasis on teaching and outreach strategies.

Outreach Education Scientific Literacy Animal Behavior Evolutionary Biology

Jula Hughes

Dean · Lakehead University

Professor Hughes researches in the areas of criminal law, comparative constitutional law and judicial ethics

Criminal Law Comparative Constitutional Law Judicial Ethics Labour Law Jurisprudence

Jordan Christopher

Lecturer of Classics and Archaeology · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Comparative History Macedon Ancient Warfare Citizenship Ancient Infrastructure

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

Jill Scott

Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning) and Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures · Queen's University

Dr. Scott has worked as professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and as Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning).

German Literature Indigenous Cultural Revitalization Law & Literature Indigenous Storytelling Social Dynamics

Ginger Grant

Professor (Marketing and Innovation) · Sheridan College

Innovation Management, Leadership Development, Strategy, Corporate Anthropology, Organizational Design, Scenario Planning, Storytelling

Experiential and Archetypal Marketing Scenario Planning Revisioning Retirement Innovation Culture Design Thinking

Damon Willick

Professor of Art History · Loyola Marymount University

Professor of Art History

Los Angeles Art and Culture Modern Art Contemporary Art

Wang Feng

Professor of Sociology · UC Irvine

Wang Feng is a leading expert on demography, aging, and inequality - particularly in China.

China Post-Communist Societies Social Inequality Social Demography Contemporary Chinese Society

Bern Grush

Strategy | Vice President Innovation · Grush Niles Strategic | PayBySky

Transportation innovator, writer, speaker. Deployment and social policy: automated vehicles, parking, mobility as a service, & road tolling.

Autonomous Vehicles Self-driving cars Driverless cars Parking Reform Road Tolling

Adam Frank

Professor of astrophysics, science commentator, and popular author · University of Rochester

Frank is a leading expert on how stars form and how they die, as well as civilizations before humans

Extraterrestrial Life Space Discoveries Life on Other Planets Civilizations and climate change Theoretical Astrophysics

Michelle Bitting

Senior Lecturer of English · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Poetry Creative Non-fiction Mythological Studies Drama

Matthew Dillon

Emeritus Professor of Classics and Archaeology · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Greek Comedy and Tragedy Mythology Pronunciation of Greek and Latin Archaeological Survey in Rough Cilicia

Jon Frey

Associate Professor of Classical Studies; Art History & Visual Culture · Michigan State University

Jon Frey teaches courses on the classical world, classical mythology, ancient art and archaeology.

Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology Classical Mythology Classical World Ancient Art

Christopher L. Gipson

Postdoctoral Instructor of Classics and Archaeology · Loyola Marymount University

Christopher Gipson's research interests include cannibalism in Ancient Greek literature, imperial Greek poetry, and the macabre.

Greco-Roman Religion Satyr-Play Greek Tragedy Greek Literature Greek Mythology

Ruth Braunstein, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Sociology · University of Connecticut

Dr. Braunstein is a cultural sociologist interested in the role of taxes, taxpaying, religion, and morality in American political life.

Taxes and Taxpaying Religion Politics & Culture Faith-based Communities Religious Studies Cultural Sociology

Susan Mackey-Kallis, PhD

Professor of Communication | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University

Susan Mackey-Kallis, PhD, is an expert in film analysis and commentary, particularly in regard to pop culture.

Communication Political Rhetoric Gender, Media and Pop Culture American Film

David Lunt

Department Chair, Associate Professor of History · Southern Utah University

History expert, specializing in ancient Greece, ancient Greek athletics, and the history of the olympic games

Classical Studies Ancient Greece History History of the Olympic Games Sports History

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