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St. Thomas experts are available for interviews, commentary and background information across a broad range of subjects:

Associate ��

Areas of expertise include:

Retail industry
Consumer behavior and psychology
Holiday shopping

Instructor

Areas of expertise include:

EV market dynamics
Business concept innovation
Training and organizational development

Senior Clinical ��

Areas of expertise include:

Angel investors
B2B marketing
Communications
Reputation management
Retail industry
Customer and patient experience

Executive Director of the Shenehon Center for Real Estate

Areas of expertise include:

Shenehon Center for Real Estate
Housing market

Associate ��

Areas of expertise include:

Macroeconomics
Growth and development
Forecasting
Informality in developing countries

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Areas of expertise include:

Medical devices
Thermal sciences
Biological heating and fluid flow
Climate change
Energy generation in the developing world
Engineering design
Fundamental heat transfer and fluid flow processes
Clean water

Associate �� of Philosophy & Director, M.A. in Artificial Intelligence Leadership Program

Areas of expertise include:

Early modern philosophy
Metaphysics
Artificial Intelligence

Associate �� & Director of Center for Microgrid Research

Areas of expertise include:

Microgrids
Power Systems
Distributed Energy Resources
Power Electronics

Associate ��

Areas of expertise include:

Virtual Reality

Instructor

Areas of expertise include:

Energy industry transformation
Electrification

Assistant ��

Areas of expertise include:

Water treatment
Wastewater treatment
PFAS
Microbial ecology
Advanced oxidation
Engineered circularity
PFAS treatment and source reduction
Microbial ecology & of engineered systems
Techno-economic analyses of developing technologies

�� and Chair of the Department of Software Engineering and Data Science, Director of the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence

Areas of expertise include:

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Generative AI and Large Language Models
Agentic AI and AI Automation
AI Ethics and Responsible AI
Applied Data Science

Jena Zangs

Chief Data and Analytics Office

Areas of expertise include:

Artificial Intelligence

�� and Robins Kaplan Director of Clinical Education

Areas of expertise include:

State Court
Defense
Criminal and Juvenile Defense Clinic (practical training representing people accused of crimes)
Sentencing
Policing

�� and Robert and Marion Short Distinguished Chair in Law

Areas of expertise include:

Criminal law and procedure
Federal court
Prosecution
Criminal sentencing
Clemency - Request for mercy for long-term prison sentences
Federal commutations
Prisoner rights
Death penalty

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Areas of expertise include:

Human rights law
Immigration law
International law
Law of armed conflict
Legal education

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Areas of expertise include:

Burn injuries

Director of Health Equity Program Development

Areas of expertise include:

Public health
Mental health
Health care to improve �� health and wellbeing

Department Chair

Areas of expertise include:

Sexual coercion and associated psychosocial outcomes among racially diverse young men and women
Healing from racial and sexual trauma
Multicultural & liberation psychology

Executive Director of the �� of Nursing

Areas of expertise include:

Rural Health
Health promotion in families with a child with chronic illness
Asthma as a health disparity
Teaching strategies in classroom and clinical settings

Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, �� of Communication Studies, and Family Studies Director of Family Studies

Areas of expertise include:

Intercultural communication
Interpersonal and family communication
Family studies
Relationships

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Areas of expertise include:

Sleep and mental health

Areas of expertise include:

General health topics
Home care
Hospice
Pediatric nursing
Implicit bias mitigation

Associate ��

Areas of expertise include:

Modern histories of Iran and Iraq
Transnational migration
Warfare
Popular medicine
Childhood

Assistant ��

Areas of expertise include:

Public opinion
Misinformation
Engagement with the political aspects of science and technology
Political communications

Senior Adjunct; Faculty Director of the Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies

Areas of expertise include:

Interreligious studies
Study of religion(s)
Theology
Lived interreligious relations
Religious identity
Leadership
Approaches to religious diversity
Methods of dialogue

Molly McGraw-Healy

Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, �� of Education

Areas of expertise include:

Education policy and practice

Eugene and Mary Frey Endowed Chair; Dean of Dougherty Family College

Areas of expertise include:

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Opportunity Gap

Associate �� of Education

Areas of expertise include:

Intersectional justice
Qualitative research
Critical and asset-based pedagogy

Distinguished University Chair; ��; Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative

Areas of expertise include:

History
Race and Social Justice

Assistant ��

Areas of expertise include:

Misinformation
Public opinion
Survey Research
Experimental research
Political communication
Science communication
Social media marketing
Strategic communication

Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, �� of Communication Studies, and Family Studies Director of Family Studies

Areas of expertise include:

Intercultural communication
Interpersonal and family communication

Senior Clinical ��

Areas of expertise include:

Reputation management
Health care communication
Business communication
Crisis communication

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