Cheryl Grills
President's Professor, Psychology | Psychological Science · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Healing Racial Stress Positive Youth Development Community Psychology African-Centered Psychology
Jonathan M. Metzl
Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society · Vanderbilt University
World-renowned expert on gun violence and mental illness, white identity politics and race and health.
Mass shootings Mental Health Guns in America Guns and Mental Illness Race, Gender and Social Justice in Healthcare
Connie Mulligan
Professor · University of Florida
Connie Mulligan is interested in understanding patterns of human genetic variation with implications for human health and evolution.
Syrian Refugees Impact of Stress Complex Phenotypes Influence of Genetics on Response to Trauma and Stress Epigenetic Analysis
Jeanne-Marie Stacciarini
Associate Dean/Associate Professor · University of Florida
Jeanne Stacciarini’s research interests are in the area of mental health promotion and health disparities in various populations.
Diversity Population Health Mental Health
Tia Barnes
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences · University of Delaware
Professor Barnes is a leading researcher on social-emotional learning and minoritized populations.
Special Education Social-Emotional Learning Guidance and Behavior Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Micki McElya, Ph.D.
Professor of History · University of Connecticut
Professor McElya is an expert in the histories of women, gender, sexuality, and race in the U.S., with a focus on politics and memory.
U.S. Cultural and Political History Women & Gender Sexuality & LGBTQ History Feminist Theory Queer Theory
Maia Hoskin
Assistant Professor · Loyola Marymount University
Department of Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology
School Counseling Mental Health Counseling Diversity & Inclusion Structural Racism Antiblack Racism
Christopher J. Cormier
Associate Professor · Loyola Marymount University
Department of Teaching and Learning
Education Policy Equity in Education History of Education International and Comparative Education Psychchology
Gary "Hoov" Hoover
Executive Director of the Murphy Institute · Tulane University
Gary "Hoov" Hoover is an expert in ethics in economics, public finance and policy analysis of income distribution/poverty.
Ethics in Economics Policy Analysis of Income Distribution/Poverty Economic Inequality Public Finance and Budgeting
Angela Hattery
Professor, Women and Gender Studies; Co-Director, Center for Study & Prevention of GBV · University of Delaware
Prof. Hattery teaches courses on race and gender inequality, families, and methods.
Mass Incarceration Solitary Confinement Gender Inequalities Racial Inequality Domestic Violence