Elliott Silverstein
Director, Government Relations, Insurance · CAA Club Group
Elliott manages and executes key elements of CAA’s provincial advocacy role, and overseeing municipal advocacy efforts.
Government Relations & Public Affairs Issues Management Legislation Policy Analysis Strategic Advocacy
Leigh Potvin
Assistant Professor, Community Studies · Cape Breton University
Educator, activist, academic. Interests: straight privilege, urban farming, backyard chickens, fat activism & active transportation.
gender studies (feminism) Queer Theory Privilege in Society White Privilege straight privilege
Erin Hunt
Program Manager · Mines Action Canada
Humanitarian disarmament expert focusing on indiscriminate weapons, victim assistance, casualties and international disarmament treaties.
Disarmament Landmines Cluster Munitions Nuclear Weapons Civil Society Campaigning
Jennifer Gardy
Canada Research Chair in Public Health Genomics | Science Television Host · University of British Columbia | BC Centre for Disease Control | CBC Television
Sequencing DNA to track infectious diseases, and occasionally appearing on your favourite science TV shows
Genomics Bioinformatics Public Health Tuberculosis Science Communication
Lisa Diewald
Program Manager, MacDonald Center for Nutrition Education and Research | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing · Villanova University
Lisa K. Diewald, MS, RD, LDN, is an expert in healthy eating and nutrition education programs for children and adults
Nutrition Counseling Obesity Prevention Nutrition Children Weight Management
Nikki Koontz
Assistant Vice President of Marketing Communication · Southern Utah University
Specializing in branding, integrated marketing and communication planning, and crisis communication
Higher Education Marketing Crisis & Emergency Management Crisis Communication Strategic Marketing and Communications Reputation Management
Kimberly Young
Director, Masters in Strategic Leadership and Professor of Management · St. Bonaventure University
Founder and Director at Center for Internet Addiction Recovery
Teaching Higher Education Clinical Internet Addiction Internet Gaming Addiction
Karen Musalo
Professor of Law, International Law Professorship Chair and Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: musalok@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4720 / Office 403-100
Refugee Law and Policy Gender Asylum Women's Rights Child Migrant's Rights Gender Justice / Central America
Kevin Wagner, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair · Florida Atlantic University
Kevin Wagner's research and teaching interests include judicial politics, political behavior and legislative behavior
Florida Politics Politics in Film and Fiction Research Methods Public Opinion and American Politics Political Party and Interest Groups
Sean Wise
Professor · Ryerson University
Empowerment through Entrepreneurship
Social Network Enterprise Analytics
Janet Yang
SFTV Presidential Fellow and Clinical Professor · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
Film and Television Producing Film and Television Development Business of Entertainment Asian-Americans in Entertainment Asian Cinema
Stephen Farnsworth
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Farnsworth has spent decades researching how media and politics intersect. Check out his website at stephenfarnsworth.net.
American Elections American Government The American Presidency Internet Politics Mass Media and Politics
Nina Lozano
Associate Professor of Communication Studies · Loyola Marymount University
College of Communication & Fine Arts
Service-Learning and Politics Rhetoric Critical Theory Social Movements Gender
Ratanjit Sondhe
CEO · Discoverhelp, Inc.
Transforming Business Through Mindful Leadership, Conscious Capitalism and the Oneness Paradigm
Empowering Business Through 9 Universal Laws Developing A Passionate Creative Workforce Developing Mindful Leaders A Platform for Conscious Capitalism
Robert Burchfield
Associate Professor Emeritus of Animation · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
Freelance Graphic Computer Animation Theater, Film and Television
John L. Diamond
The Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contact: diamondj@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4628 / Office M202-198
Tort Law Criminal Law Mass Media Law Defamation Law
Neil Maher
Professor · New Jersey Institute of Technology
Neil Maher studies environmental and political history in the 20th century, urban history and the history of environmental justice.
Environmental History History of Environmental Justice 20th Century US Environmental and Political History US History Urban History
Kevin Curran
Clinical Assistant Professor of Journalism in Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts · Loyola Marymount University
Dual appointment: Instructor in Communication Studies, LMU College of Communication & Fine Arts
Business Communication Media History Media Management Journalism
Steve Peters
Founding Partner / Chief Creative Officer · No Mimes Media
Emmy®-winning transmedia experience designer, consultant, speaker and digital content strategist.
Transmedia Game Design Entertainment Location Based Games AR / VR
Stephen Sloan, B.B.A., M.A., PhD.
Director of Institute for Oral History, Associate Professor of History · Baylor University
Stephen Sloan is an Associate Professor of History at Baylor University.
Oral History Public History Oral Histories Of Genocide Texas WWII Vets And Liberation Of Concentration Camps Cold War Crises and Conflicts