Shonda Buchanan
Lecturer of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Shonda Buchanan is an award-winning poet and educator who explores race, ethnicity, migration, class, community and culture in her work.
Strategic Communications Public Speaking English with Creative Writing Creative Writing Copy Editing
Raymond Taras
Professor of Political Science · Tulane University
Dr. Taras is an expert on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the collapse of the USSR and Russia's identity in international relations.
European foreign policy Russia-Ukraine crisis Collapse of the USSR
Shobha Gurung
Professor of Sociology · Southern Utah University
Specializes in gender and labor, comparative family and community, migration, globalization, and transnationalism, and civic engagement.
Global Civic Citizenship Human Rights and Social Justice Gender and Labor Studies Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Community Gender and Society
Louisa Taylor
Director · Refugee 613
Director at Refugee 613
Immigration Human Rights Diversity & Inclusion Coalition Building Refugee Resettlement
Charles Venator-Santiago, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · University of Connecticut
Dr. Venator-Santiago is an expert in US territorial law and policy with a focus on the history of citizenship
Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Public Law Puerto Rico/US Law Territorial Legal History Latino Politics Political Theory
Aashish Kumar
Co-Director, Center for Civic Engagement · Hofstra University
Prof. Kumar is a social action scholar who directs civic literacy at the Center for Civic Engagement; he is also a documentary filmmaker.
democratic discourse Filmmaking Civic Engagement grassroots advocacy
Ugo Mattei
Distinguished Professor of Law and Alfred and Hanna Fromm Chair in International and Comparative Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: matteiu@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4646 / Office 623-200
Comparative Law Economics and the Law European Community Law African Law Anthropological and Ecological Approaches to Law
Scott Niebuhr
Lecturer in Systems Engineering and Computer Science · Loyola Marymount University
Seaver College of Science and Engineering
Program Management Cybersecurity and Privacy Aerospace Engineering Information & Cyber Security Management
Robin Cox
Research Director and Professor · ResilienceByDesign Research Lab and Royal Roads University
Robin Cox's expertise includes the psychosocial dimensions of disasters, disaster resilience, and traumatic stress and coping.
Resilience Higher Education Community Resilience Disaster Psychosocial Response Stress and Coping
Debra Schleef
Professor of Sociology · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Schleef is an expert on Latino migration.
Sociology of Law Race Ethnic Relations
Christopher McCarty
Professor · University of Florida
Christopher McCarty has expertise in social network analysis with an emphasis on personal networks.
Social Networks Survey Research Methods
Erin Tolley
Assistant Professor of Political Science · University of Toronto
Expert on race, gender and diversity in Canadian politics
Canadian Politics Diversity Women in Politics Immigration and multiculturalism
Meng Li
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
Angela Stuesse
Associate Professor · UNC-Chapel Hill
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Stuesse can discuss immigrant labor and food chain workers – especially in the U.S. meat industry.
Immigration Immigrant labor Labor The South Immigrant
Welson Tremura
Professor/Associate Director · University of Florida
Welson Tremura specializes in ethnomusicology, including folk religion, technology and interdisciplinary projects, and world music.
Music and Religion (Folk Catholicism), Samba, and Bossa-Nova Portuguese Language (Culture, Politics, and Identity) Musicology Latin American Studies Business in Latin America (Management, Law, and International Consulting)
C. Ray Chandler
Professor · Georgia Southern University
C. Ray Chandler is an expert in the ecology of coastal plains
Biology Ecology of the Coastal Plain Birds
Barbara Frei
Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Natural Resource Sciences · McGill University
Conservation biologist, scientific communicator & collaborative researcher. Champion for conservation in a rapidly changing world.
Conservation Biology Ecosystem services Biodiversity Agroecosystems Birds Birding
Karrin Hanshew
Associate Professor & Graduate Director · Michigan State University
An expert in the Holocaust, Karrin Hanshew examines persecution and genocide in Europe, perpetrators, victims, bystanders, and resistors.
Modern and Contemporary European history 20th Century Europe Persecution Genocide The Holocaust
Dr Joseph Downing
Senior Lecturer, Politics, History and International Relations · Aston University
Professor Downing teaches courses on researching politics, security and technology in politics.
Qualitative Methods Sociology Global Security Politics Policy Analysis
Fredric Govedich
Professor of Biology / Department Chair · Southern Utah University
Specializing in predator prey interactions, evolution of reproductive strategies, and leech systematics
Evolutionary Biology Population Biology Predator Prey Interactions Leech Systematics Animal Behavior