Holly Schiffrin
Professor · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Schiffrin is an internationally known expert on intensive and helicopter parenting.
Emerging Adulthood Helicopter Parenting Positive Psychology Infant and Child Development Intensive Parenting
D. Kelly Weisberg
Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: weisberg@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4678 / Office 348-200
Children and the Law Domestic Violence Juvenile Justice Family Law Wills and Trust
Dr Pam Lowe
Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Policy · Aston University
Dr Lowe researches women’s reproductive and sexual health, with a particular interest in pregnancy, abortion and reproductive coercion.
Reproductive Coercion Women's Reproductive Health Pregnancy Abortion Women's Sexual Health
Jan Lacina
Bezos Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Education | Senior Associate Dean for Research, Graduate Studies and Strategic Partnerships · Texas Christian University
Dr. Lacina's teaching and research interests focus on literacy leadership, children's literature, and early childhood teacher preparation.
Teacher Education Children's Literature Literacy Leadership Early Childhood and Elementary Education
Emily Deering Crosby
Assistant Professor of Communication · University of Mary Washington
Emily Deering Crosby is a rhetorical critic of popular culture with research concentrations in feminist criticism.
Popular Culture Feminist Criticism Critical Sport Study Digital Rhetoric Women in Country Music
Evelyn McDonnell
Acting Chair and Professor of Journalism and New Media · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Journalism New Media Popular Culture and Society Women's Studies
Laura Briggs
Professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Laura Briggs is an expert on U.S. and international reproductive politics, child welfare policy and transnational and transracial adoption.
Transnational Adoption Reproduction Politics Adoption Child Separation
Katherine Arnup
Professor, Carleton University (Retired); Keynote & Presentation Speaker · Life Changes Coaching
Katherine Arnup is a writer, life coach, speaker, hospice volunteer, and retired Carleton University professor.
Death and Dying Medical Aid in Dying Hospice Care Aging Parents Caregiving
Amy Nuttall
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies · Michigan State University
Amy K. Nuttall is an expert in the areas of family relationships, parenting, and how families cope with stress.
Family Dynamics Maltreatment Parenting Caregiving Quantitative Psychology
Diana C. Parry
Professor, Applied Health Sciences, Special Advisor to the President, Women's and Gender Issues · University of Waterloo
Dr. Diana C. Parry research explores the roles of leisure in women’s health and wellbeing through a feminist lens.
Women's Leisure Gender Leisure Health and Well-Being Qualitative Inquiry Feminist Theory
Colleen Haggerty
Author, Coach, Speaker · self-employed
Author, Coach, Speaker
Forgiveness Resiliance Mentoring Acceptance Disability
Allyson Poska
Professor · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Poska is an internationally known expert on the history of women in early modern Europe and colonial Latin America.
Smallpox Vaccination Spanish History Latin American History Women's History
Allison Alford
Clinical Assistant Professor of Business Communication · Baylor University
Interpersonal and business communications expert and author who studies the roles of daughters and mothers in the family structure
Daughtering Mother-Daughter Relationships Roles of Daughters Roles of Mothers Conflict Resolution
Bree Akesson
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work · Wilfrid Laurier University
Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University who conducts research with children and families affected by war and global social work
Refugee and Human Rights Issues War and Violence Children and Families Social Work Social Work Education
Meng Li
Associate Professor of Communication Studies · Loyola Marymount University
College of Communication & Fine Arts
China Ethnography Infrastructure Gender and Family Family Communication
Ann Douglas
Author, Magazine Writer, On-Air Parenting Columnist, Speaker · Independent
A bestselling author and the weekend parenting columnist for CBC Radio, Ann has been called "Canada's most trusted parenting writer."
Parenting Pregnancy Children Babies Mental Health
Ruth Panofsky
Professor of English / Graduate Program in Communication & Culture · Ryerson University
Dr. Panofsky specializes in Canadian women in publishing and Canadian Jewish women writers
English Research Higher Education Literature Media & Culture
Miriam Liss
Professor of Psychology · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Liss is internationally known expert on parenting and work-family balance issues.
Mindfulness Work-Life Balance Feminism Parenting Social Media
Yvette Lapayese
Professor · Loyola Marymount University
Department of Teaching and Learning
Youth Participatory Action Research Critical and Feminist Methodologies Feminist Theories and Epistemologies Critical Social Theories Critical Media Literacy
Ector Ward
Speaker/Author · Word in Vision
Inspirational Speaker/Author on Women's Authority -A Biblical Perspective + The Word of Reconciliation/Forgiveness
Spiritual Authority Women in the Church A Woman in Her Community Motherhood Forgiveness/Reconciliation