Wolfgang Messner

Director and Principal Consultant · GloBus Research | Messner Consulting & Training Pvt. Ltd.

Global Business, India, Services Sourcing and Intercultural Communication. Based on Real-World Experience as Past Expatriate in India.

India Intercultural Communication Offshoring Selling & Marketing Managing Global Teams

Shayne Piasta

Associate Professor | Teaching and Learning · The Ohio State University

Expert in reading and literacy in early and middle childhood education.

Child Development Early Childhood Education Childhood Literacy Literacy Reading and Literacy

Thomas Schwartz

Distinguished Professor of History · Vanderbilt University

Historian of U.S. foreign policy, international relations and U.S. presidencies.

Henry Kissinger American Foreign Relations Modern European History International Relations History of U.S. Foreign Policy

Jonathan M. Metzl

Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society · Vanderbilt University

World-renowned expert on gun violence and mental illness, white identity politics and race and health.

Mass shootings Mental Health Guns in America Guns and Mental Illness Race, Gender and Social Justice in Healthcare

Holly Oxhandler, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Assistant Professor, Diana R. Garland School of Social Work · Baylor University

Oxhandler studies how to ethically & effectively assess and discuss clients’ religion/spirituality within health and mental health treatment

Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Practice Evidence-Based Practice Process Scale Development Mental Health (primarily Anxiety and Depression) Mentoring and Professional Development

Frank Baumgartner, Ph.D.

Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences · UNC-Chapel Hill

Research: public policy, agenda-setting, interest groups in American politics, the death penalty and racial profiling in traffic stops.

Race and Profiling Public Policy Death Penalty Interest groups in American politics Agenda-setting

Theo Liebmann

Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs · Hofstra University

Professor Liebmann has directed the interdisciplinary Hofstra Youth Advocacy Clinic since its inception

Juvenile Delinquency Immigration Youth Advocacy Child Welfare Trial Advocacy

Jodie Hayob

Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences · University of Mary Washington

Professor Hayob has expertise in petrology, minerology and geochemistry.

Geology Petrology Mineralogy Geochemistry

Elizabeth Larus

Professor, Political Science · University of Mary Washington

Dr. Larus is an expert in the politics of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

Political Science University Teaching Public Policy International Relations Foreign Policy

Jerri Lynn Hogg, PhD

Program Director - Media Psychology · Fielding Graduate University

Passionate leader of media psychology and technology for good

Cognitive Psychology Sense of Presence Fandom Mad Men Design

Beth Herbel-Eisenmann

Professor · Michigan State University

Beth is interested in issues of equity that concern authority, positioning, & voice in mathematics classrooms & professional development.

Mathematics Mathematics Education

Kristal Brent Zook

Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations · Hofstra University

Prof. Zook is an award-winning journalist and author who covers social justice, race, and gender issues in media and politics.

Journalism Media Analysis Social Justice Issues Politics Race and Gender Relations

Kevin Stein

Director MAPC Program/Professor of Communication · Southern Utah University

The rhetoric of political campaign messages and communication strategies of politicians

Antapologia Strategies Political Campaign Messages Film Rhetoric of Defense Apologia

Colin Rafferty

Associate Professor · University of Mary Washington

His research has taken him to the mountains of central Vietnam, the concentration camps of WWII, and the house of Rutherford B. Hayes.

History Rutherford B. Hayes Creative Writing World War 2 Monuments and Memorials

Christine Parlour

Professor | Sylvan C. Coleman Chair in Finance and Accounting | Distinguished Teaching Fellow · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Fintech Digital Payments Credit Markets Finance Microstructure

Rachel Décoste

Motivational Speaker, Immigration Policy and Political Pundit · Independent

Rachel Décoste is a media critic, educator, and public speaker who has been involved in community activism since her youth.

Community Organizing and Engagement Political Activism Political Consulting Immigration Race and Racism

Moses Ochonu

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of History · Vanderbilt University

Expert in the modern history of Africa, with a particular focus on the colonial and postcolonial periods.

Nigeria/African History African History Race/Racism in Africa Poverty African Current Affairs

David Morey

Vice Chairman · Core Strategy Group

President and CEO, DMG, Inc. (Strategic Consultant)

Political Campaigns Crisis Communications Public Diplomacy

Keith J. Hand

Associate Dean for Global Programs, Professor of Law, and Director of the East Asian Legal Studies Program · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: handk@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4803 / Office 378-200

Chinese Law East Asian Legal Systems Contract Law Chinese Culture Human Rights Law

Maxine Bryant

Interim Associate Provost, Office of Faculty Development and Diversity · Georgia Southern University

Dr. Maxine Bryant holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Human Services Degree from Walden University.

Offender Reintegration Motivational Speaking Public Speaking Criminal Justice & Corrections Unaddressed Trauma and Incarceration