Murali Nair
Clinical Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Expert in policy and the science of social work, specializing in alternative health systems and engaged learning and global social work.
Sustainable Development Global Health Systems Evidence Based Macro Practice Global Social Work Technology-Enhanced Learning
Joseph Jordan
Director, Sonya Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History · UNC at Chapel Hill
For more than 20 years Joseph Jordan has been an educator, researcher and program manager in the arts and in cultural heritage
African / Afro - American Studies African American Culture Black and Native American Interactions Afro-Latin Studies Racial Justice
Cato Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Convergence Institute · UConn Health
Dr. Laurencin is a world renowned engineer, physician and scientist who is known for pioneering the field of Regenerative Engineering.
Stem Cell Science and Technology Nanotechnology Polymeric Materials Science Tissue Engineering Regenerative Engineering
Traci Parker
Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Traci Parker’s interests include African American women’s history, race and racism, class, labor, capitalism, and consumer culture.
Race, Class and Consumer Culture African American History and Culture African American History Race and Racism
Dr Joseph Yannielli
Lecturer, History (Research) · Aston University
Joseph Yannielli’s main fields of interest are slavery and abolition, with a special focus on America during the nineteenth century.
Social Movements Slavery in the United States Slavery Abolition Slavery in West Africa
Thomas J. Ward Jr.
Assistant Dean, School of Arts & Sciences · Farmingdale State College
Dr. Thomas J. Ward Jr. is a historian and Assistant Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences and author of two books.
Prisoners of War Health Care History African / Afro - American Studies Civil Rights History Civil War and Reconstruction
Shana Poplack
Distinguished University Professor and Canada Research Chair (I) in Linguistics · University of Ottawa
Sociolinguist specializing in vernacular speech, with a focus on bilingual and minority contexts
Language Ideology Language Prescription African American Vernacular English French in Canada Language Contact
Wind Woods
Lecturer · Loyola Marymount University
College of Communication and Fine Art
Disaesthetics Black Radical THought Playwriting African American Theatre and Performance Theatre Arts
Paul Froese, Ph.D.
Professor, Sociology · Baylor University
Dr. Froese focuses on the sociology of meaning, religion, comparative historical sociology, political sociology and ideology.
Sociology Religion Religion Politics & Culture Society's Images of God Russians and Religious Ideology
Kevin Wetmore
Professor of Theatre Arts, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University
Professor of Theatre Arts
Japanese Theatre African Theatre Asian Cinema
Whitney Battle-Baptiste
Associate Professor of Anthropology / Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Center · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Whitney Battle-Baptiste's research focuses on how the intersection of race, gender, class and sexuality look through an archaeological lens.
Archaeology Black Feminist Theory Heritage Studies African Studies
Angela Jones
Associate Professor, Sociology · Farmingdale State College
Dr. Jones is an author, and teaches and conducts research in subjects such as African-American history, gender, and the gay community.
Queer Theory African-American Political Thought and Protest Sex Work Gender and Sexuality
Elaine Hanson, PhD, JD
Doctoral Faculty - Clinical Psychology · Fielding Graduate University
Neuropsychological assessment; psychosocial support to victims of armed conflict, natural disasters, political strife and epidemics
Neuropsychological Assessment Disaster Psychology Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd) Forensic Psychology Personality Assessment
Brent Woody Clouse
GM/Speaker/Coach · Effective Presentations
Passionate, engaging speaker who transfers his world championship sports knowledge into sensible real world results, getting each individual
Adversity of Legends The Mindset of A Champion Corporate Competiveness-Corporate Greatness
Paul Ortiz
Director · University of Florida
Paul Ortiz works in the fields of African American history, Latino studies, Social Movement Theory, U.S. history and documentary studies.
Unites States South Social Movement Theory Labor Studies African Diaspora African American History
Nyema Guannu
Senior Instructor of Economics · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Economic Development and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa International Trade African Regional Integration and Development International Finance and Monetary Relations
Jane James
Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Jane James currently teaches a course on policy and practice in social service organizations and social welfare
Practice in Social Service Organizations Policy in Social Service Organizations Research Methods Human Behavior Social Welfare
Hermann Ndofor
Assistant Professor of Management · Indiana University, Kelley School of Business
Expert in business management strategy, specializing in competition, firm performance and its optimization.
Business in Africa Competition Between Firms CEO Succession Firm Performance Top Management Teams
Fatimah Tuggar
Artist & Assistant Professor of Contemporary Issues of Representation · OCAD University
artist working with technology as both medium and subject to address issues of social and environmental justice
Art and Creativity Art Education Art & Technology Installation Art Sculpture
William L. Andrews, Ph.D.
E. Maynard Adams Professor of English, Department of English and Comparative Literature, College of Arts and Sciences · UNC-Chapel Hill
Dr. Andrews is an expert in African American literature, Southern literature and North American slave narratives.
Southern Literature American Literature to 1900 African American Literature Slavery Digital Humanities