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

Professor Robert Shail

Director of Research · Leeds Beckett University

Professor Robert Shail's research interests cover postwar British cinema, gender identity in film, comics books, and children's cinema.

Children's Film Foundation British Cinema Film Art Critical Practice Children's Media

Véronique Flambard-Weisbart

Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures - French · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Translation Studies French and Francophone Studies Film Studies Women Studies

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

Robert J. Sawyer

Science Fiction Writer · SFWRITER.COM Inc.

"Canada's foremost futurist" -- CBC Radio

Robert Bird

Eversource Energy Chair in Business Ethics · University of Connecticut

Robert Bird is an expert in corporate compliance, employment law, legal strategy, business ethics, and corporate governance.

Corporate Governance Employment Law Business Law Corporate Compliance Business Ethics

Christopher (Chris) Hansen, M.F.A.

Chairman and Professor for Film & Digital Media · Baylor University

Digital media expert and filmmaker, working on new feature and short projects

Mass Communication Screenwriting Postproduction Film & Video Directing Field Production

Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

History & Philosophy of Science Philosophy & Film

Kinitra Brooks

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

Dr. Brooks specializes in the study of black women, genre fiction, and popular culture.

Short Horror Fiction Genre Fiction Black Women Popular Culture Treatment of Black Women in Science Fiction

Bruce Muzik

Founder · Designer Life

With jaw-dropping honesty, Bruce touches hearts and changes lives. Promoting authenticity, he inspires audiences to love more and be more.

Daxton “Chip” Stewart

Professor and Assistant Provost for Research Compliance · Texas Christian University

Dr. Stewart’s areas of expertise include media law and communication technology.

Media Law Communication Technology First Amendment Freedom of Information Public Records Law

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

Wendy Taylor

Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy · York University

I search for exotic particles with the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.

Particle Physics Physics Magnetic monopoles Stable massive particles Antimatter

Simon Garnier

Assistant Professor, College of Science and Liberal Arts · New Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Garnier focuses on the study of collective behaviors and swarm intelligence in natural and artificial systems

Biological Sciences Swarm Robotics Interdisciplinary Education Collective Behavior Swarm Intelligence

Curt Breneman

Dean of the School of Science; Professor; Director, Rensselaer Exploratory Center for Cheminformatics Research (RECCR) · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Specializes in the development of new molecular property descriptors and machine learning methods for physical and biochemical problems

Science Machine Learning Methods Chemical Biology Physical Organic and Computational Chemistry Chemistry

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

Patricia V Davis

author/radio show host/advice columnist/ · HS Radio e-magazine and Harper Davis Publishing

Dynamic, warm, engaging speaker (and former teacher) whose seminars leave participants re-energized and motivated to achieve their goals.

101 Ways to Utilize Social Media to Enrich Your Business (And Life) Changes in Publishing & Book Sales

Alison Barth

Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Alison Barth's work focuses on understanding how experience transforms the properties of neurons to encode memory.

Research Design Neural Plasticity Biophysics Neuroscience

Michael Laine

President · LiftPort Group

Think Big! There is a profound difference between 'difficult', 'very hard' and 'impossible'. We're building an Elevator to Space. Really.

Space Advanced Technology Leadership Operational Management Nanotechnology

Todd Nilson

Managing Director · Social Syntax

I attach meaning, measurement and results to social media.

Measuring Your Social Media Efforts New Rules: How Executives Are Using Social Media to Brand Themselves Employment Branding Through Social Media Social Media for Organizations An Enterprise View of Social Media: Collaboration