Shawn Thompson

Professor · Thompson Rivers University

Journalist, university professor and book author who explores our moral obligations in the crisis of extinction facing orangutans

The Intimate Ape: Orangutans and the Secret Life If A Vanishing Species

Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

Professor | School of Communication · The Ohio State University

Communications expert, focusing on the politics of media

Media Selection New Media Political Communication Health communication News

Tyler Knowlton

Chief Public Engagement Strategist · Office of Policy and Priorities

Connecting people, capturing ideas and challenging the status quo in a digital world

International E-Collaboration Open Policy Development Public Engagement

Stefan Kolle

Partner · Futurelab

Engaging and entertaining speaker on marketing, innovation, social media and strategy

Social Media Innovation Marketing Customer Centricity Strategy

Diana Laboy-Rush

STEM Education Consultant · AuthenticSTEM

Engineering Instructor, STEM Education Consultant, Writer, and Speaker

Gender Equity Service-Based Learning STEM Education Global Competitiveness Innovation

Tunisha Singleton, PhD

Adjunct Faculty - Media Psychology · Fielding Graduate University

Emotion, Engagement & Experience in Digital Communication | Fandom, Meaningful Marketing & Community Management | Sports & Society

Digital Communication Fandom Sports Media & Marketing Community Management Social Media Engagement

Véronique Flambard-Weisbart

Professor and Chair of Modern Languages and Literatures - French · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Translation Studies French and Francophone Studies Film Studies Women Studies

Nevin Markwart

Chief Information Security Officer · FutureVault

Nevin Markwart is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played 309 games in the National Hockey League.

Cybersecurity Corporate Culture Corporate Strategy Investment Management Sovereign Wealth Funds

Mr. Grant A Donald

Creative Director · Silk Tree International

Design for an ageing population

Design guidelines and policy development Landscape Design Urban Design Master Planning

Vanessa Díaz

Assistant Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Hollywood Celebrity Culture Cuba Latin America oral & life histories

William Heyborne

Associate Professor of Biology · Southern Utah University

Specializing in reptile and amphibian natural history, biological pedagogy, and animal venoms

Ecology and Evolution of Insects and Arachnids Herpetology Entomology Zoology Amphibians

Karen Goeller

Author, Strength Coach, Gymnastics Coach, Fitness Trainer · Karen Goeller, CSCS

Fitness, Health, Sports, and More...

Writing and Editing Fitness Sports Conditioning Motivational

Hsinyu Lin

Lecturer of Studio Arts, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Lecturer of Studio Arts

Anthony Bryson, PhD

Adjunct Faculty - Media Psychology · Fielding Graduate University

Instructor in Media Psychology and Political Psychology

Media Psychology Political Psychology Global Media and Social Change Social Media and Emerging Technology Media Ethics

Gary Bowen, Ph.D.

Dean of the UNC School of Social Work and Kenan Distinguished Professor · UNC-Chapel Hill

Expertise includes school success; military families; community capacity building; work and family stress

Military Families Military Life Academic Success of Middle and High School Students Social Work with Families Crime and Violence in Schools

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

Cristina (Maria) Tirado

Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Science · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Sustainability Health Climate Change Food

Steven King, M.S.

Associate Professor of Emerging Technologies, Hussman School of Journalism and Media · UNC-Chapel Hill

As a computer scientist and journalist, King experiments with emerging technologies to present news and information in new ways.

Drones Innovation & Creativity Robotics Virtual Reality VR

K. Melchor Hall, PhD

Doctoral Faculty - School of Leadership Studies · Fielding Graduate University

Black feminist scholar-activist crossing disciplinary and national borders

Latin America Transnational Organizing Constructivist Grounded Theory Black Feminist Theory International Development

Charles Howard

Lecturer, Film and TV Production · Loyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television