Carolyn Dudek
Chair of the Political Science Department, Director of European Studies · Hofstra University
Professor Dudek specializes in comparative politics with regional focuses in Europe and Latin America
Latin American Politics European Politics Regional Economic Growth and Development Fluent in Spanish
Dominique Halaby
Director, Business Innovation Group · Georgia Southern University
Dr. Halaby oversees development of Georgia Southern University’s City Center.
Community Development Workforce and Economic Development Non-Profit Organizations Workplace Innovation Rural Entrepreneurship
Laura Reese
Director and Professor · Michigan State University
Laura Reese is an expert in animal welfare policy, animals in the city, animal sheltering, local economic development
Local Economic Development Animals in the City Animal Welfare Policy Animal Sheltering
Tyler Mulligan
Associate Professor of Public Law and Government and Director, Development Finance Initiative · UNC-Chapel Hill
Tyler Mulligan is an Associate Professor of Public Law and Government at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government.
Affordable Housing Code Enforcement (Minimum Housing Codes) Community Development Downtown Revitalization Economic Development
Ashley English
Assistant Professor · Texas Christian University
Ashley English is an expert in contributions and community engagement strategies of faith-based organizations.
Megachurch Involvement in Economic Development Community Engagement Strategies Faith-Based Organizations
Inas Kelly
Associate Professor of Economics · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Applied Microeconomics Labor Economics Health Economics Public Policy
Steffanie Scott
Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Management · University of Waterloo
Leading international scholar on food security, food system change, and COVID-19 impacts on the food suppy.
Food Agriculture & Environment COVID-19 (Coronavirus) China Food Policy Local Food Systems
Colette Santasieri
Executive Director, Center for Community Systems, NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @NJIT, and NJIT Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities Program · New Jersey Institute of Technology
Santasieri steers projects, programs and research in environmental, infrastructure, and land-use planning and community revitalization.
Brownfields Redevelopment Brownfields Environmental Planning Community Revitalization Placemaking
Vivek Ghosal
Department Head, Economics & Virginia and Lloyd W. Rittenhouse Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Researches firm strategy related to innovation, decision-making under uncertainty, and regulatory reform, among other areas
Mergers & Acquisitions Innovation Economic Policy and Regulations Firm Strategy Antitrust Law and Economics
Judith Cone, M.S.
Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, UNC-Chapel Hill · UNC-Chapel Hill
Putting important ideas to use for the public good
Entrepeneurship Innovation & Economic Development Management & Leadership Humanitarian Affairs Commercialization
Alina Ball
Associate Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: balla@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8852 / Office 300-100
Corporate Law Transactional Lawyering Community Lawyering Clinical Education Critical Race Theory
Enrico Moretti
Professor · Haas School of Business & Department of Economics |University of California, Berkeley
Expert on urban economics and labor economics
Labor Economics Urban Economics The Economics of Cities and Regions
Ascanio Piomelli
Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: piomelli@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8925 / Office: 100 McAllister Street, Suite 350
Social-Change Lawyering Clinical Legal Education Community Legal Services Wage & Hour Law Community Group Advocacy
Prachi Jain
Assistant Professor of Economics · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Experimental Economics Development Economics Behavioral Economics
Peter Coclanis, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A.
Distinguished Professor; Director, Global Research Institute, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D · UNC-Chapel Hill
Albert R. Newsome Professor Professor and Director of the Global Research Institute
Southern Economy Asian Studies Globalization Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods Economic Development
T. William Lester, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, College of Arts and Sciences · UNC at Chapel Hill
Lester is an expert on the impact of minimum wage and living wage policies on urban economic development.
Economic Development Labor Market Institutions Living Wage Policies Minimum Wage Policies Labor Economics
Catherine Wolfram
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Chair of the Faculty | Cora Jane Flood Professor of Business Administration · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Leading expert on energy and environmental economics
Energy policy and climate change Environmental Regulation Energy In The Developing World New Data Collection Techniques
Xiaoyun Yu
Associate Professor of Finance · Kelley School of Business at Indiana University
Expert in theoretical and empirical corporate finance, focusing on the nuances of information economics and the politics of economy finance
Information Economics Security Design Initial Public Offering Financial Institutions and Systems Political Economy of Finance
Ian O. Williamson
Dean of the Paul Merage School of Business · UC Irvine
Ian O. Williamson is a globally recognized expert in the area of human resource management.
Social Networks Organizational Theory Human Resource Management Recruitment Workplace Motivation
Manley A. Begay, EdD
Public Trustee · Fielding Graduate University
Faculty member at Northern Arizona University where he teaches courses on nation-building, curriculum development, and Indigenous education
Indigenous Nation-Building Indigenous Education