David Todd
Speaker, Trainer , Coach · Toddy Talks
Entertaining and inspiring speaker drawing on two decades of experience across a range of business involvement.
The Characteristics of Successful People Attitude -It's Only Everything The Balloon and the Cactus Attitude Balance and Commitment
Jesmyn Ward
Professor · Tulane University
Critically acclaimed author Jesmyn Ward is a two-time National Book Award Winner and professor of creative writing.
Communication English Creative Writing Media Studies
Chip Konrad, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, and Director of Southeast Regional Climate Center, College of Arts and Sciences · UNC at Chapel Hill
Interests include a wide range of climatology and meteorology areas -- tornadoes, hurricanes, heat waves, winter weather, more.
Climatology Meteorology Extreme Weather Atmospheric Science Heavy precipitation
Rhonda Armstrong
Chair, Department of English and Foreign Languages · Augusta University
Professor Armstrong is an expert in Southern and Appalachian Literature, Death and Culture, and Perceptions of Rural America.
Perceptions of Rural America Appalachian Literature Southern Lite Death and Culture
Denise Schentrup
Clinical Associate Professor/Associate Dean · University of Florida
Denise Schentrup serves as clinical director of Archer Family Health Care, the UF College of Nursing’s nurse-led clinic.
Interprofessional Team-based Care Quality Improvement Rural Health Health Information Exchange
Sherri Green, PhD, MSW, LCSW
Associate Professor Department of Maternal and Child Health, Research Fellow Sheps Center For Health Services Research · UNC-Chapel Hill
Professor in the Gillings School of Public Health, with interests in substance use disorders and chronic health conditions rural populations
Rural Health Care Access Opioids Maternal and child health Drug Addiction and Treatment Public Health Policy Research
Dr. David Lees
Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Modern Languages and Cultures · University of Warwick
David Lees is an expert in modern and contemporary French politics, history and culture, and political campaigns and propaganda in France.
French Security French Elections French Politics Politics of France Elections
James Kieselburg
Director · Milwaukee School of Engineering
James Kieselburg is an expert in museum collections and exhibition management, sociology of work, photography and the art of industry.
Photography Art of Industry Museum Management and Leadership Sociology of Work Graphic Design
Eric Lorentzen
Associate Professor · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Lorentzen is an expert on Charles Dickens and 19th-century British literature.
English Literature Literacy and Education Victorian Literature British Literature Since 1800 University Teaching
Kathleen M. Brennan
Associate Professor · Western Carolina University
Kathleen M. Brennan's research interests include mental health, medical sociology and social psychology.
Sociology of Emotions Social Psychology Mental Health Medical Sociology Work and Occupations
Catherine Wolfram
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Chair of the Faculty | Cora Jane Flood Professor of Business Administration · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Leading expert on energy and environmental economics
Energy policy and climate change Environmental Regulation Energy In The Developing World New Data Collection Techniques
Yong Cai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences · UNC at Chapel Hill
Professor Cai is a leading expert in Chinese Society and Social Demography
Social Demography Sociology of Health Chinese Society Comparative Historical Sociology Research Methodology
Dr. Pamela B. Teaster
Dean of Research · Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Dr. Pamela Teaster professor in the Department of Human Development in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
Public Policy Active Ageing Elder Abuse Human Rights Frailty
Mary Pearson
Dean of the School of Business / Associate Professor of School of Business · Southern Utah University
Specializing in entrepreneurship in rural communities, financial accounting reporting requirements, and the history of accounting principles
Accounting Ethics History of Accounting Principles Cost-Volume Profit Analysis Financial Analysis and Decision Making Planning and Zoning in Rural Communities
Magaela Bethune
Assistant Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Magaela C. Bethune is an expert in the areas of race and health, race, gender, sexuality, Black studies and social justice.
Health Policy & Policy Studies Race Black Studies Gender & Sexuality Race & Health
Kathy Krey, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Assistant Research Professor, Texas Hunger Initiative at Baylor University · Baylor University
Dr. Krey focuses on food security topics, including child nutrition programs, coalition building, and data analysis and mapping
Research Methods Nutrition Hunger Policy Social Work Data Analysis & Mapping
Ronald Rash
Professor · Western Carolina University
Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestseller Serena and Above the Waterfall.
Southern Writing Poetry English Appalachia Novelist
J. Andrew Hansen
Associate Professor · Western Carolina University
Policy Public Policy Criminology Criminal Justice Police
Marisa Domino, PhD
Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Public Health and Director of the Program on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Systems and Services at the Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research · UNC-Chapel Hill
Marisa Domino is a Professor the Gillings School of Public Health whose research focuses on the economics of mental health.
Persons with multiple chronic conditions Medical Homes Health Care Expenditures Mental Health and Criminal Justice Medicaid Policy
Jeffrey Andresen
Professor of Geography · Michigan State University
Weather and Agriculture Expert
Agriculture Meteorology Climatology