Ronald Rash
Professor · Western Carolina University
Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestseller Serena and Above the Waterfall.
Southern Writing Poetry English Appalachia Novelist
Karol Hoeffner
Associate Professor of Screenwriting · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
YA Fiction Curriculum Building Film Analysis and Theory Creative Writing Adapting and Writing Novels
Julie McCown
Associate Professor of English · Southern Utah University
Specializing in early American natural history, post-humanism, and digital humanities theory
Artifical Intelligence Ecocriticism Race and Nature in Early American Literature Early American Novels Composition
Antonio Barrenechea
Professor · University of Mary Washington
Antonio Barrenechea is a scholar and teacher of literature of the Americas and cinema.
Comparative Literature Cinema Studies Literature of the Americas
Vincent Lloyd, PhD
Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Studies · Villanova University
Vincent Lloyd, PhD, researches issues and trends related to religion in politics and race, and how these areas affect social change.
Religion The Role of Religion in Racial Justice Organizing Religion in Politics and Race Religion in Mass Incarceration Religious Ideas of Crime and Punishment
Barbara Roche Rico
Professor Emeritus · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
English
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography and Professor of English · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Gretchen Gerzina is a specialist on the novel and biography, focusing on Black British studies, Victorian studies and mixed race studies..
Victorian Studies Black British Studies African American Women’s Writing Mixed Race Studies
Hans M. Hirschi
Founder & Partner · Yāree AB
Exceptional personality with a passion for communication, leadership, learning & development across cultures
Common Sense Communication Cross-Cultural Learning Development
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
Eric Lorentzen
Professor of English · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Lorentzen is an expert on Charles Dickens and 19th-century British literature.
English Literature Literacy and Education Victorian Literature British Literature Since 1800 University Teaching
Catherine Peters
Associate Professor of Philosophy · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Philosophy of Disability Aristotle Metaphysics Thomas Aquinas Medieval Philosophy
Adilifu Nama
Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Black Representation in Film and Television afrofuturism SciFi Film Prince comics
Kyle William Bishop
Chair and Professor of English Department · Southern Utah University
Specializing in British Gothic literature, film and television studies, cinematic adaptation, and pop culture
Video Games Visual Literacy Saxophone American Studies Music
Dexter Gabriel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History · University of Connecticut
Dexter Gabriel's research interests include the history of slavery, resistance, and freedom in the Black Atlantic.
Abolition and Emancipation Slavery in Popular Culture Slavery Black Atlantic
Nora Rubel
Jane and Alan Batkin Professor of Jewish Studies · University of Rochester
Rubel is an expert in Jewish studies, as well as Jewish food and holidays
Jewish Cuisine American Religions, Race and Ethnicity Jewish Holidays Jewish American Immigration Judaism
Edward Timke
Assistant Professor · Michigan State University
Edward (Ed) Timke is a disabled scholar and activist focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in advertising.
Communication Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Cultural Anthropology
William Bridges
Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities, Associate Professor of Japanese · University of Rochester
Bridges researches the intersection of modern Japanese literature, African-American literature, and comparative literature.
anime African American Culture African American Literature Japanese Literature Japanese Culture
Dr. Jeff Koloze
President · Koloze Consultants
Dr. Jeff Koloze
Literary Theories Abortion in Literature Infanticide in Literature Euthanasia in Literature Life Issues in Contemporary Culture
Chuck Rosenthal
Professor Emeritus of English · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Fiction Narrative Narrative Theory Magic Journalism Animal Consciousness
Michael Jecks
Partner · Michael Jecks Partnership
Experienced speaker, presenter, motivator and novelist for business or literary functions.
Writing Crime Stories in Today's Market Writing Series Novels The Knights Templar and Medieval England History of Computing Effects of Drug Prohibition