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