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

Mark Deppe

UCI Esports Director · UC Irvine

Mark Deppe's expertise is at the intersection of video games, esports, education, and industry

Public Relations Psychobiology eSports Video Games Operations Management

Jared Tippets

Vice President for Student Affairs · Southern Utah University

Specializing in student retention, organizational changes, and administration in higher education

Retention of First Year College Students Diversity & Inclusion in Higher Education Student Involvement in Higher Education Organizational Change in Higher Education Management Systems

Gloria Shin

Lecturer, School of Film and Television · Loyola Marymount University

Gloria Shin is a lecturer in film and TV studies who teaches courses on postwar international and Hollywood cinema

Stardom Celebrity Culture Women Stars Beauty Culture and the Body Race

Jafari Allen

Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Anthropology · Yale University

Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Anthropology at Yale University

Cuba Gender Sexuality Race Caribbean

John Osburg

Associate Professor of Anthropology · University of Rochester

Osburg is an expert on contemporary Chinese society and the changing economy in China

Entrepreurship in China Chinese Society Contemporary China Masculinity China

Michael Weiner, PhD

Professor and Assistant Dean of Faculty · Soka University

Professor of East Asian History and International Studies, Associate Dean of Faculty and Director of Faculty Research and Development.

Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern and Imperial Japan Japan's Minorities Economic and Social History of Modern Japan

Cecilia González-Andrieu

Professor of Theological Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Systematic Theology Latino Theology Theological Aesthetics

Ruth McClelland-Nugent, PhD

Chair History, Anthropology & Philosophy · Augusta University

Dr. Ruth McClelland-Nugent focuses on gender and politics in popular culture. Fields in US, Canadian, and British history.

Popular Culture Wonder Woman Gender Women 20th Century

Catherine Murray

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Enrolment Management, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences · Simon Fraser University

Dr. Murray is a professor in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies and member of the Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities.

Communication Rights and Global Trade Broadcast Policy Cultural Infrastructure and Creative Cities Cultural Participation Cultural Practices

Jacqueline Kennelly

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology · Carleton University

Professor Kennelly's work encompasses youth cultural studies, critical educational studies, urban sociology, and social movements

Youth Cultures Citizenship Democracy Social Inclusion and Exclusion Globalization and Neoliberalism

Janet Austin

Chief Executive Officer · YWCA Metro Vancouver

Janet Austin is responsible for one of BC’s largest and most diversified non-profits

Non-Profit Leadership Social Housing Transition Housing Homeless Shelters Group Homes

Kristi Bowman

Professor of Law · Michigan State University

Expert in K-12 educational policy and law

Educational Policy and Law School Desegregation K-12 Students’ Free Speech Rights Right to Education and Civic Role of Public Schools School Districts in Fiscal Crisis and Governance

Jeffrey McCune, Jr.

DIrector · University of Rochester

Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr. directs the Frederick Douglass Institute and is an expert on matters of race, gender, and equality.

Black Queer Theologies Performance Studies Masculinity Studies critical race, gender, and sexuality theory Popular Culture and Media Communication

Hillol Bala

Associate Professor of Information Systems · Indiana University, Kelley School of Business

Information technology expert, focusing on the implementation of enterprise systems that radically change organizational business processes

IT-Enabled Business Process Change and Management IT Use and Impacts Strategic Use of IT in Health Care Enterprise Systems Implementation

Austin Mount-Campbell, Ph.D, MS

Associate Director Human Factors Engineering · ChristianaCare

Austin Mount-Campbell, Ph.D, MS, is the Lead Research Investigator at ChristianaCare.

Human Factors Engineering Process Improvement Continious Improvement Research Systems Engineering

Kylo-Patrick Hart

Chair of Film, Television, and Digital Media and Professor Film, Television and Digital Media · Texas Christian University

Kylo-Patrick R. Hart teaches courses in film and television history, theory and criticism; film screenwriting; and queer media studies.

Stardom Popular Culture International Cinemas Masculinity and Sexual Orientation in Film and Entertainment Media Representations of HIV/AIDS

Gregory DeFreitas

Professor of Economics · Hofstra University

Prof. DeFreitas is an expert on labor studies.

Labor Economics Research Methods Urban Economics Microeconomics African Economic Development

Carla Marcantonio

Associate Professor and Chair of Film, Television, and Media Studies · Loyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Transnational/Global Cinema Film Melodrama and Genre Studies Film Theory and History Cinema and Biopolitics

Alberto Cano, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Cano specializes in machine learning, data mining, classification, big data, data streams, and high-performance computing.

Machine Learning Data Mining Classification Big Data High Performance Computing