Expert Directory
Mathew Hauer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Center for Demography and Population Health
Florida State UniversitySociology, Climate Change, population redistribution
Hauer studies the impacts of climate change on society. Recent work has focused on how migration caused by sea level rise could reshape the population distribution in the United States in costly and permanent ways. His research has been featured in CNN, The New York Times, The Nation and other publications.
Geography, Climate Change, Hurricane
Uejio researches how the physical environment influences human health and well-being. He frequently helps health departments understand and adapt to climate change. His recent research includes investigations of extreme heat, disasters and health, climate change adaptation and diseases carried in water or by mosquitoes. Uejio has been quoted in the Orlando Sentinel, Tampa Bay Times and other news outlets about public health issues, including hurricanes.
Tim Chapin, PhD
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
Florida State UniversitySociology, Public Policy, Disaster Recovery, Hurricane, Climate Change
Chapin studies urban planning, community planning, resilience and post-disaster redevelopment. He has researched the effectiveness of Florida’s growth management system and is an expert on land development, comprehensive planning, and state versus local roles in managing growth.
Dennis Smith, MS
Planner in Residence, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Florida State Universitysustainable growth, Urban Planning, Evacuation, Hurricane
Smith is the director of the Mark & Marianne Barnebey Planning & Development Lab, which uses the academic and professional resources of Florida State University to connect with public and private partners to provide capacity and innovative planning for the sustainable growth and long-term viability of Florida communities. His work has focused on risks to the built environment, including projects for resiliency, transportation modeling, evacuation planning for high risk areas and vulnerability assessment. He has extensive experience managing state and federal programs and a thorough knowledge of laws relating to land use, transportation and disaster recovery.
Biological Science, Hurricane, Climate Change
Miller researches coastal dune vegetation and the forces that influence plant communities on barrier islands, especially in the northern Gulf of Mexico. He has been conducting a long-term study of the vegetation at several locations to isolate the effects of hurricanes, drought, geomorphology and succession on both the vegetation living on dunes and the structure of the dunes themselves.
Marcia Mardis, EdD
Professor and Associate Dean for Research, College of Communication and Information
Florida State UniversityNatural Disaster, Hurricane, Climate Change
In the wake of Hurricane Michael, which hit Florida’s Panhandle in 2018, Mardis partnered with rural public libraries and county governments on projects that developed public libraries as community resources for responding to natural disasters. The work, which is being completed with grants from the National Science Foundation Civic Innovation Challenge and the Institute for Museum and Library Services, will improve understanding of emergency response operations and contribute to disaster-related policies and plans for rural public libraries and their communities.
Holly Hanessian, MFA
Professor and Head of Ceramics Concentration, College of Fine Arts
Florida State UniversityCeramics, Hurricane, Climate Change, Disaster
Hanessian is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics who has taught, lectured and exhibited projects and sculptural artworks in the United States and internationally. Her works include several art-based social practice projects, including a Hurricane Emergency Art Kit that is designed to address both the physical and mental health of hurricane victims and provide items such as a mini water filter, books and small ceramic art pieces. Current projects include working with at-risk communities to gain access to clean water, reduce reliance on single-use plastic water bottles, and to help with hurricane disaster relief through FSU’s RIDER Center.
Nicole Ngo, PhD, MPA
Associate Professor, School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
University of OregonPublic Health, Health and Climate, Health And The Environment, climate change and health, Air Pollution, air pollution and health, Environmental Policy, Sustainable Development
Nicole Ngo is an academic expert in public health, the impact of climate change on health, environmental policy and urban sustainability. At the University of Oregon, Nicole is an associate professor in the School of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Nicole’s research focuses on public health and transportation. Previous projects include evaluating the effects of vehicle emission standards on air pollution and health, measuring urban air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa, and examining the effects of climate change on health and transportation choices.
Breast Cancer, breast cancer patient experience, breast cancer advocacy, Women
Jean Sachs has devoted much of her professional career to educating and supporting all people impacted by breast cancer. A social worker by training and at heart, she values making time to connect one-on-one with women when they are struggling with their breast cancer diagnosis. Jean's compassion is matched by her strong business and fundraising skills. Since taking the reins as Executive Director in 1996 (she was named CEO in 2008), Jean has grown LBBC’s annual budget from $100,000 to $6,000,000; earned a 4-Star Charity Navigator rating for the past 17 years, has trained more than 500 leadership volunteers, diversified the organization’s revenue sources, expanded staff capacity and diversity, and strengthened and expanded LBBC programming and partnerships.
Anne Brown, PhD, MURP
Assistant Professor, School of Planning, Public Policy and Management.
University of OregonEquity, equity in transportation, access to transit, public transit access, Travel Behavior
Anne Brown holds a PhD and an MURP from UCLA. Her research examines the intersection of equity, shared and innovative mobility, travel behavior, and transportation finance. Anne has published on a range of transportation equity topics including discrimination in new mobility, the planning implications of ride-hailing, transit fare equity, and the policy implications of being car-free versus car-less. An academic expert in equity, transportation, innovative mobility, travel behavior and finance, she is an assistant professor in the School of Planning, Public Policy and Management.
Nicholas Mazza, PhD, PTR
Professor and Dean Emeritus at Florida State University
Cascade CommunicationPsychology, Mental Health, Hurricane Ian, Domestic Violence, poetry therapy, Grief, Trauma, loss, Depression, Anxiety
Nicholas Mazza, PhD, is Professor and Dean Emeritus at the Florida State University, College of Social Work, Tallahassee, FL. Dr. Mazza holds Florida licenses in psychology, clinical social work, and marriage and family therapy. He's been involved in the practice, research, and teaching of poetry therapy for over 40 years. He says that poetry’s unique use of language, symbol, story and rhythm has been effective in therapeutic settings. And while typically a solitary act, sharing poetry can provide additional healing and support. Dr. Mazza is the author of Poetry Therapy: Theory and Practice, 3rd Edition (2022); and Editor of a 4-volume series, Expressive Therapies (published by Routledge). He is also the founding (1987) and continuing editor of the Journal of Poetry Therapy: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Practice, Theory, Research, and Education. He is president and continuing board member of the National Association for Poetry Therapy (NAPT). In 1997, Dr. Mazza received the Pioneer Award; and in 2017, the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from NAPT. He can: -Discuss why poetry is in a “full on” renaissance -Discuss why poetry is such a simple yet powerful therapeutic practice -How writing poetry impacts positive mental and emotional health -Poetry’s unique ability to express emotions and provide release -How poetry can assist in coping with loss, recovery, trauma, violence and more -Yet, it can also connect people and build community and support -Offer tips and advice on getting started with poetry for therapy Dr. Mazza is a widely published scholar and poet. He can offer tips and advice for getting started with poetry, discuss why it is such a therapeutic practice, why it is seeing a renaissance. In addition to poetry therapy, Dr. Mazza has practiced, taught, and published in the areas of crisis intervention, death and trauma, family therapy, group work, clinical theories and models, and the arts in community practice. Dr. Mazza, a marathon runner, is the founder of the College of Social Work Arts and Athletics Community Outreach Program for At-Risk Youth established at Florida State University (FSU) in 2011.
Jason Younker, PhD
Assistant Vice President and Advisor to the President on Sovereignty and Government-to-Government Relations
University of OregonNative American, American Indian, Indigenous Americans, Tribal Heritage
Jason Younker is the assistant vice president and advisor to the president on sovereignty and government-to government relations at the University of Oregon and chief of the Coquille Indian Tribe. He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the UO in 2004 and returned to Oregon after teaching at Rochester Institute of Technology for a decade. Younker received the prestigious Ely S. Parker Award in from the American Indian Science and Engineering Society in 2014 for his work with tribal governments and students in higher education. He is the past-president of the Association of Indigenous Anthropologists and is originally from Charleston, Oregon.
Gretchen Macht, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering
University of Rhode IslandAssistant Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering, community ergonomist, human factors and ergonomics, Industrial Engineering, architectural engineering, postdoctoral scholar
Gretchen A. Macht is an Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at The University of Rhode Island, where she has been on the faculty since 2015, and presented the 40 Under Forty Award by Providence Business News in 2019. Dr. Macht is a computational, community ergonomist who directs URI VOTES (Voter OperaTions and Election Systems) and the Sustainable Innovative Solutions (SIS) Lab. She initiated the URI VOTES project after a Rhode Island statewide Kaizen of the 2016 Presidential Election. URI VOTES executes recommendations through extensive data analysis, simulation, and allocation resource modeling to overcome new and future obstacles in the voting and election processes. As the director of URI VOTES, an interdisciplinary group of political scientists, various architects, and engineers, we explore the role of utilizing engineering to sustain democracy. Her research has been supported by collaborations with the Rhode Island Secretary of State, the Rhode Island Board of Elections, Democracy Fund, Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, National Science Foundation, and the US Elections Assistance Commission. Her public talks were sponsored by The Boston Society of Architecture, RI Common Cause, Center for Technology and Civic Life, and the Bipartisan Policy Center. Professor Macht received her degrees from The Pennsylvania State University, with her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Human Factors and Ergonomics, her M.S. and B.S. in Industrial Engineering with tracks in Manufacturing, as well as a Postdoctoral Scholar in Architectural Engineering.
Latino Politics, Politics of race and ethnicity, Urban Politics, Voting rights policy, Immigration Policy, Educational Policy
Luis Ricardo Fraga is an American political scientist. He was raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. He earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard University and completed a master's and doctoral degree at Rice University. He was president of the Western Political Science Association between 1997 and 1998, and has since served the American Political Science Association in several positions, among them secretary and vice president. Fraga has taught at the University of Washington, Stanford University, and the University of Oklahoma. He holds the Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Professorship of Political Science and is the Rev. Donald P. McNeill, C.S.C., Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership at the University of Notre Dame, where he began teaching in 2014.
Andrew DeVigal
Director, UO-SOJC's Agora Journalism Center; Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation and Civic Engagement; Professor of Practice
University of OregonJournalism, Journalism and Democracy, Community-Centered Journalism, Civic Engagement, Media Collaboration
Andrew DeVigal is an Emmy award-winning storyteller with expertise in journalism innovation, community-centered journalism, media collaboration, and civic engagement. His latest report which he co-authored, "Assessing Oregon’s Local News & Information Ecosystem 2022," focuses on the role of local news in the civic health of communities. DeVigal holds the endowed chair in journalism innovation and civic engagement and is the director of the Agora Journalism Center, the forum for the future of local news and civic health at the University of Oregon's School of Journalism & Communication. A constant connector and bridge builder, DeVigal’s leadership at the school has led to industry-recognized initiatives such as Gather, a platform to support community-minded journalists, and the Doers Gathering, a toolkit to drive community-driven solutions addressing pressing local issues. Prior to joining the UofO, DeVigal was the multimedia editor at The New York Times where he directed the multimedia team and conceived and produced ground-breaking story forms and processes that continue to shape the industry today.
Carey Thomson, MD, FCCP, MPH
Chair, Dept. of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA Chair, Chair of the National Lung Cancer Roundtable Early Detection of Lung Cancer Implementation Task Group
Beth Israel Lahey HealthLung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Mammogram
Education and Training Medical School 1992-1996 Dartmouth Medical School Internship/Residency Combined Program 1996-1999 Stanford University, CA Fellowship 2000-2003 Harvard Medical School's Combined Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, MA Academic Appointments Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School Board Certification Critical Care Medicine Pulmonary Medicine
Karen Guillemin, PhD, Stanford University
Phillip H. Knight Chair and Professor of Biology
University of OregonMicrobiology, Cell Biology, Zebrafish, Microbiota
Biologist Karen Guillemin is an internationally recognized expert in microbiology, cell and development biology, and host-microbe systems, and is developing new models to define host-microbe interactions in development and disease. Guillemin examines how hosts and their associated microbial communities shape each other, with the goal of understanding the principles by which complex host-microbe systems function and to learn how they can be manipulated to promote the health of human systems. Karen pioneered the use of zebrafish to study host-microbe interactions, including the influence of the gut microbiome on development, metabolism, and immunity. A fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, she serves as Phillip H. Knight Chair and professor of biology at the University of Oregon in the Institute of Molecular Biology. She has been on the faculty of the UO since 2001 and published more than 100 scientific papers.
Theory, Global Sociology, Comparative Political Sociology & Social Movements, Comparative Migration & Citizenship, Political Economy of Gender
Mara Fridell works at the Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba, where she teaches social theory. Dr. Fridell does research in Social Policy, Inequality, Political Sociology, and Social Reproduction. She has recently published on gender and immigration policy, with the project 'Small States in the Multipolar World,' as well as work in a separate collaboration on solidaristic, egalitarian economic development and its policy infrastructure. Current research projects include studies of the policy institutionalization of inegalitarian relations within education and state bureaucracy; the epigenetic turn; and a third collaborative project researching historical, comparative American working class and global capitalist class responses to the US's social citizenship era.
Adrian Parr, PhD
Dean, College of Design; Professor, Planning, Public Policy and Management; Associated Faculty, History of Art and Architecture and Landscape Architecture
University of OregonCOP27, Climate Change, climate change action, Unesco, environmental degredation, Watersheds, watershed urban, UNITWIN, Resilience
Adrian Parr served as a UNESCO Water Chair from 2013-2021. Her 2016 documentary, “The Intimate Realities of Water,” won more than a dozen awards, including Best Documentary at the 2016 United International Independent Film Festival. She curated an extensive exhibition on Watershed Urbanism as part of the 2021 European Cultural Center's Venice Architecture Biennale. Parr has published ten books, the most recent, Earthlings: Imaginative Encounters with the Natural World is a transdisciplinary exploration of the myriad ways in which climate change and environmental degradation impacts all species on earth. The is the coordinator of the recently formed UNESCO international research network: UNITWIN on water and resilient human settlements.
COP27, Food, Food Policy, Farming, Farm Bill, International Trade, Climate Change, Environment, climate change and food
Michael Fakhri is the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (2020-2026), which means he is the leading independent UN expert on matters of hunger, malnutrition and famine from a human rights perspective. He reports regularly to the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly. He has also advised the Security Council, UN Food and Agricultural Organization, Committee on World Food Security, and International Fund for Agricultural Development. He is the author of the book Sugar and the Making of International Trade Law (Cambridge University Press).
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