Stephanie J. Silverman
Bora Laskin National Fellow in Human Rights Research
Professor Silverman is an international expert on immigration control, particularly immigrant detention and community monitoring programs.
Immigration Policy Immigration Detention Refugee Studies Alternatives to Detention Public Policy Analysis
Deborah M. Weissman, J.D.
Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law, School of Law · UNC at Chapel Hill
Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law
Refugees Women's Issues Poverty Law - Legal Services Immigration and Citizenship Human Rights Civil Rights
Marleen Wong
David Lawrence Stein/Violet Goldberg Sachs Professor of Mental Health Senior Vice Dean (Retiring) of Field Education Clinical Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Clinical Professor focused on children, youth, and families and specializing in behavioral health, mental health, and military social work.
Crisis Intervention Crisis and Disaster Military Social Work Behavioral Health Social Work
Norman Beatty
M.D./Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Dr. Norman Beatty studies neglected tropical diseases, such as Chagas disease, Leishmaniasis, cysticercosis and snake envenomation.
Borreliosis Ehrlichiosis Tick-borne Diseases Snake Envenomation Leishmaniasis
Daniel Reichman
Associate Professor · University of Rochester
Expert on the cultural responses to economic change, especially the anthropology of trade and globalization in Latin America
Latin American Development Trade and Globalization in Latin America Latin America Politics Latin American Immigration Cultural Anthropology
Solomon Darwin
Director, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation | Executive Director, Center for Growth Markets · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Hailed as the “Father of the Smart Village Movement”
Open Innovation Smart Villages / Smart Cities Business Models Innovation Strategies for Emerging Economies Business Ecosystems
Dr Katie Tonkiss
Senior Lecturer, Sociology and Policy · Aston University
Dr Tonkiss is concerned with critically interrogating the relationship of citizenship and national identity.
Membership Identity Citizenship HM Sociology Immigration
Louis DeSipio
Professor and Chair · UC Irvine
Louis DeSipio examines how democratic nations incorporate new members, including policymaking in the areas of immigration.
U.S. Electoral Politics Immigration Ethnic Politics Latino Politics Latino Studies
Kathryn L. Humphreys
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development · Vanderbilt University
A clinical psychologist with expertise in infant mental health.
tender age detainment centers Infants and Toddlers Orphanages Parent child separations Migrant Youth
Brenda Nicolas
Assistant Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Brenda Nicolas is an expert in Latin American Indigenous diasporas, transnationalism, communal participation/identity & settler colonialism.
Social Movements Critical Indigenous Studies Latin American Indigenous Diaspora Mexican Migration Zapotec & Mixtec Indigeneity
Kathryn Libal, Ph.D.
Director, Human Rights Institute and Associate Professor, Social Work & Human Rights · University of Connecticut
Professor Libal researches human rights norms and practices, including the ability to secure adequate food and housing.
Asylum Seekers Women's Rights Refugees and resettlement Social Mobilization Refugees
Massimo Faggioli, PhD
Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Massimo Faggioli, PhD, is an expert on the history and administrative inner workings of the Catholic Church and of the papacy.
Pope Francis Religion Catholicism and World/European Politics Historical Theology and Ecclesiology American Catholicism
Fritz Roka, Ph.D.
Expert in agriculture economics · Florida Gulf Coast University
Fritz Roka specializes in the study and research of Florida agribusiness.
Farm Management Farm Labor Citrus Business Florida Agribusiness Agricultural Economic Impact
Kara Alaimo
Associate Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations · Hofstra University
Kara Alaimo, PhD is a global public relations consultant, trainer, professor, and author.
Risk Management Global Public Relations Cross-Cultural Communication Media Theory Crisis Communication
Alma Stevenson
Professor of Literacy · Georgia Southern University
Alma Stevenson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in critical literacy, strategies, assessment and literacy in the content areas.
Language and Literacy Development Diverse Learners and Educational Equity Science Education
Susan Prentice
Professor · University of Manitoba
Professor Prentice's primary specialization is contemporary and historical childcare policy and advocacy
Social Inequality Social Change Systemic Discrimination Historical Sociology Childcare 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
Karla McKanders
Clinical Professor of Law · Vanderbilt University
Expert in refugee and immigration Law. Runs Vanderbilt's Immigration Practice Clinic.
Asylum Law Refugees Civil Rights Refugee Law Immigration
Dr Anton Popov
Senior Lecturer, Sociology and Policy · Aston University
Dr Popov's research interest is in social anthropology, with a particular focus on postsocialist societies.
Social Anthropology Postsocialist Societies Cultural Heritage Identity and Transnationalism Youth Culture
Karen Busby
Professor of Law & Director, Centre for Human Rights Research · University of Manitoba
Karen Busby teaches Constitutional Law, Gender and the Law, Human Rights and Administrative Law
Constitutional Law Human Rights Sexual Violence Assisted Human Reproduction Sex Work and Prostitution Law