Taylor Hargrove, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Sociology · The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Areas of expertise: Health disparities across the life course, focusing on the consequences of race, skin color, gender, and social class.

Aging and the Life Course Population Health Racial/Ethnic, Gender, and Skin Tone Stratification Health disparities by race and ethnicity

Barbara Schneider

Hannah Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and Professor of Sociology and Education · Michigan State University

An expert on how schools and families influence the academic and social well-being of adolescents as they move into adulthood

Social Contexts of Education Adolescents and Families

Andrea S. Boyles

Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies · Tulane University

Dr. Boyles is an expert in race and social justice; Black citizen-police conflict; neighborhood disorder/crime; community; and resistance.

Qualitative Methods Neighborhood Disadvantage and Disorder Intersections of Race, Class and Gender Social Inequality Police-Citizen Relations

Dr Graeme Hayes

Reader in Sociology and Policy · Aston University

His research focuses on environmental protest movements, climate change, direct action, civil disobedience & criminal trials of activists.

Social Transformation Disobedience Climate Change Contemporary Social Movements Direct Action

Kathleen Mullan Harris, Ph.D.

James Haar Distinguished Professor, Sociology; Faculty Fellow at Carolina Population Center · UNC-Chapel Hill

Areas of expertise: Social Demography; Population Health; Family, Poverty, & Public Policy; Data Collection & Research Design.

Family, Poverty and Social Policy Social Inequality Health Disparities

Charis Kubrin

Professor · UC Irvine

Charis E. Kubrin is Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and (by courtesy) Sociology.

Race, Ethnicity, and Crime Crime Trends Crime Immigration and Crime Rap Music and Media

Özgecan Koçak

Associate Professor of Organization & Management · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Organizational Identity Categorization in Markets

Ruba Ali Al-Hassani

Iraqi-Canadian Socio-Legal Academic & Advocate

Middle Eastern Affairs Iraqi Affairs Counter-Terrorism Islamophobia Racial Profiling

Zhenmei Zhang

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

Expert in elder abuse, aging, and sociological aspects of health

Population Aging Dementia Health Disparities

Charles Kaplan

Interim Associate Dean of Research Hamovitch Center For Science In Human Services · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

Charles Kaplan explores the patterns of drug use, drug treatment strategies and social policy.

Substance Abuse Hiv/Aids Diversity/Cross Cultural Behavioral Health Health

Bo Bernhard

Executive Director, International Gaming Institute; Professor, UNLV · UNLV

Executive Director, International Gaming Institute, UNLV

Research Higher Education Teaching The Global Gaming Industry

Angela Jones

Associate Professor, Sociology · Farmingdale State College

Dr. Jones is an author, and teaches and conducts research in subjects such as African-American history, gender, and the gay community.

Queer Theory African-American Political Thought and Protest Sex Work Gender and Sexuality

Jennifer Watling Neal

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

Jennifer Watling Neal researches how social networks can be leveraged to improve K-12 educational contexts

Social Development Dissemination and Implementation Psychology K-12 Education Social Networks

Karen Lincoln

Associate Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

Dr. Lincoln's research focuses on stress, aging, and mental health disparities

Alzheimer Disease Minority Health Social Networks African American Families Social Work

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

Rebecca Tippett, Ph.D.

Director, Carolina Demography at the Carolina Population Center · UNC-Chapel Hill

Areas of expertise include population estimates & forecasts, postsecondary education, Census reapportionment & NC demographic trends.

Reapportionment Higher Education Population Estimates and Forecasts School Enrollment Projections Indicators of Economic Well-Being

Dan McCole

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

An expert on tourism, wine tourism, and social entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneruship Wine Tourism Tourism Sustainable Tourism Social Enterprise

James Antony

Dean · UC San Diego

James Antony’s research and teaching focus on the preparation of forward-thinking leaders in college or university settings.

Data-driven decision-making in higher education settings College and University Leaders Graduate Education Leadership Development College Athletics

Christopher Westley, Ph.D.

Expert in regional economic trends · Florida Gulf Coast University

Dr. Westley studies and researches the economics of the free society.

Finance Economics Public Economics Austrian Economics Political Economy

Nirinjan Khalsa

Senior Instructor of Theological Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Yoga Studies Philosophy of Religion