Jeffrey A. Cooper is a Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law , where he teaches courses in estate planning, wills and trusts, and taxation. He previously served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and is currently faculty adviser to the Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal . Education: AB from Harvard University, JD from Yale University, LLM from New York University Research Interests: His work focuses on tax policy , estate and gift taxation , and the intersection of federal tax law with state probate systems . He specializes in trust enforceability , uniform trust code , and historical analysis of tax legislation. Publications: Recent articles address perpetual trusts , state death tax decline , and curriculum reforms in estate planning education. His scholarship is widely published in national law journals and cited in casebooks. Scientific Awards: Academic Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) Faculty Scholar, Quinnipiac University Professional Background: Before academia, Cooper practiced law for over a decade as a principal at Cummings & Lockwood, senior officer at United States Trust Company, and special counsel to Shipman & Goodwin. He also served as a senior adviser to Fiduciary Trust Company International.
Mallory Elizabeth SoRelle serves as the Tony & Teddie Brown Associate Professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. Her research examines how public policies both stem from and perpetuate socioeconomic and political inequality in the U.S., with a focus on consumer financial protection and civil justice—issues critical to marginalized communities yet often neglected by welfare state scholars. Her academic credentials include: Ph.D. in Government, Cornell University (2016) M.A. in Government, Cornell University (2014) Master of Public Policy, Harvard University (2010) B.A. in Government, Smith College (2006) SoRelle's scholarly work centers on policy feedback effects, investigating how existing policies shape political behavior and future policy design. She analyzes consumer finance regulation, student debt relief, voting access reforms, and preemption politics, highlighting their disparate impacts on vulnerable populations and implications for democratic health. Her recent publications demonstrate a cohesive research agenda applying policy feedback theory across diverse policy domains. Key themes include the political consequences of financial regulation, the dynamics of student debt politics, and the erosion of voting rights, all examined through the lens of inequality and democratic participation. Dr. SoRelle holds the distinguished Tony & Teddie Brown Associate Professorship at Duke University. She is an active educator teaching courses such as The Political Economy of Policymaking and Public Policy, Political Power, and Social Change. Her research is supported by an NSF CAREER grant (2024-2029) investigating the political economy of fringe financial technologies and their impact on economic inequality.
Myriam Dunn Cavelty serves as Deputy Head of Research and Teaching at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich, where she leads significant academic initiatives in cybersecurity and digital governance. She holds formal affiliations as an associate researcher at the Center for Advanced Security Theory at the University of Copenhagen, and has held prestigious visiting positions at Brown University, the University of Darmstadt (as a Mercator Fellow), and the Central European University. Her research expertise centers on how digital technologies influence political behavior and societal values, with particular attention to governance arrangements for digital technologies and their embedding in social, political, and economic processes. Her scholarly contributions span cybersecurity politics, cyber warfare, critical infrastructure protection, and strategic foresight, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach that bridges political science, international relations, and technology studies. Dunn Cavelty's publication record demonstrates remarkable consistency and impact, with works spanning from 2008 to the present. Her research shows an evolution from early analyses of cyber-threat construction to contemporary examinations of AI in security contexts and the political dimensions of cybersecurity governance. Her work consistently addresses the intersection of technological capabilities and political constraints, examining how states and other actors navigate security challenges in the digital domain. Mercator Fellow at the University of Darmstadt Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Security Policy Advisory work for governments, international institutions, and corporations As an academic leader, she has advised numerous doctoral students and supervised research projects examining the political dimensions of cybersecurity. Her work with the Center for Security Studies involves directing research programs that connect academic inquiry with policy relevance, particularly in the areas of risk analysis and strategic foresight. She has established herself as a leading voice in European cybersecurity scholarship, with particular expertise in the Swiss context and broader European security frameworks.
Jonathan Levine is a Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where he has been faculty since 1991. His work focuses on transportation planning, housing and equitable development, and land use and environmental planning, with a particular emphasis on shifting from mobility-based to accessibility-based planning paradigms. Levine's educational background includes: Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley M.C.P. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley M.S. in Engineering (Civil Engineering-Transportation focus) from the University of California, Berkeley B.S. in Political Economy of Natural Resources from the University of California, Berkeley His research centers on the potential and rationales for policy reform in transportation and land use. Levine argues that a shift in the transportation and land-use planning paradigm from a mobility to an accessibility basis is compelled by transportation theory and would be transformative to planning practices. His current work includes sponsored projects and the book "From Mobility to Accessibility: Transforming Urban Transportation and Land-Use Planning" (Cornell University Press, 2019), co-authored with Joe Grengs and Louis Merlin. He previously authored "Zoned Out: Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use" (Resources for the Future, 2006), which argued for policy reform based on expanding households' effective range of choices. Levine's recent publications demonstrate a clear trend toward accessibility-based evaluation of transportation systems and land-use planning. His articles explore topics such as comparing bus rapid transit and light rail, project-level accessibility analysis, overcoming the last-mile problem, and the effects of automated transit systems. His work consistently challenges traditional transportation planning paradigms and advocates for approaches that prioritize access to destinations rather than mere mobility. Levine's contributions to the field have been recognized with several prestigious awards: 2010 Chester Rapkin Award for best paper in the Journal of Planning Education and Research 2011 Residential Fellowship at the Rockefeller Foundation Center in Bellagio, Italy 2001 Excellence in Urban Policy Scholarship Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 1996 Best of Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Award Levine has led significant research projects including Implementation of Accessibility-Based Evaluation for Transportation and Land-Use Planning funded by NEXTRANS, Sustainable Transportation for a 3rd Century addressing the last mile problem, and Accessibility Evaluation from Laboratory to Practice. His teaching portfolio includes Transportation and Land-Use Planning, Public Economics for Urban Planning, Research Design, and the MUP Capstone studio, where he guides students through real-world planning challenges. As a thought leader in urban planning, Levine regularly contributes to public discourse on zoning policies, housing diversity, and transportation planning. He has been featured in numerous media outlets discussing how land use policies impact sustainability, affordability, and racial justice, emphasizing that "zoning is behind all of it, and is not only the cause, but exacerbates it." His insights on the historical role of single-family zoning in perpetuating racial segregation have been particularly influential in contemporary housing policy debates.
Elaine M. Huang is an Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at the Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, where she has served since 2010. She also leads the People and Computing Lab, focusing on the dynamic interplay between human practices and technological advancements. Her academic background includes: PhD in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology (2006) Dr. Huang's research centers on human-computer interaction, examining the bidirectional relationship between technology and human practices. She is particularly known for her work on gender equality in technology, challenging assumptions about innate gender differences and investigating how AI systems may perpetuate biases. Her research also spans sustainable interaction design, mental health technologies, and chronic disease management, always emphasizing empirical data over intuition. Analysis of her recent publications (2023-2025) reveals a strong trajectory toward socially impactful HCI, with significant focus on health technologies (diabetes management, mental health), cultural sensitivity in design, and the ethical challenges of AI. Her methodology often involves field studies to understand real-world technology use, countering the industry's reliance on intuition. As head of the People and Computing Lab, Dr. Huang oversees a research group dedicated to designing and evaluating technologies that address complex human needs. The lab's work frequently involves co-design with diverse user communities to ensure relevance and inclusivity in technological solutions.
Julia Ticona is an Assistant Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and holds a secondary appointment in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research examines how digital communication technologies shape precarious work, focusing on mobile phones, algorithmic platforms, and data-driven management systems affecting low-wage workers. She explores identity construction, inequality, and labor dynamics in the gig economy, including a book under contract with Oxford University Press titled *The Digital Hustle: Precarity Beyond Platforms*. Dr. Ticona earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Virginia (2016), an M.A. from the same institution (2011), and a B.A. from Wellesley College (2009). She has held postdoctoral roles at Data & Society Research Institute and is currently a Faculty Affiliate there and an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. Her work appears in journals like *New Media & Society* and outlets such as *Wired* and *Slate*. Her research interests include digital labor platforms, algorithmic management, carework regulation, and the intersection of technology with inequality. She has contributed to legal advocacy, including an amicus brief for the U.S. Supreme Court case *Carpenter v. U.S.*. Her courses address digital inequalities, labor in the digital economy, and qualitative research methods. Her publications analyze topics like visibility regimes in domestic work platforms, contested governance on carework platforms, and strategies for coping with insecure digital labor. Her recent work critiques data colonialism and explores how technological systems exacerbate socioeconomic divides. Leveraging qualitative methods, Ticona’s scholarship bridges sociological theory with empirical studies of digital labor. She collaborates across disciplines to address systemic inequities perpetuated by technology, emphasizing worker agency and institutional accountability in platform economies.
Hazel Rose Markus is the Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University's Department of Psychology within the School of Humanities and Sciences. With a distinguished career spanning decades, she has made significant contributions to cultural psychology and the understanding of how social contexts shape self and behavior. Her work bridges academic research and practical application through her role as Faculty Director of Stanford SPARQ. Markus received her B.A. from California State University at San Diego and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Psychology. Her educational background laid the foundation for her groundbreaking work in cultural psychology. Her research focuses on the role of self in regulating behavior and how the social world shapes the self. She investigates people as culturally-shaped shapers of their cultures, examining how nation or region of origin, gender, social class, race, ethnicity, religion, and occupation shape thought, feeling, and action. Her work spans multiple domains including education, healthcare, workplace environments, and social policy. Analysis of her recent publications reveals a consistent focus on cultural frameworks, particularly examining independence-interdependence cultural models. Her research increasingly addresses social inequality, educational disparities, and systemic bias through empirical studies and intervention development. She has pioneered the Culture Cycle Framework for understanding and changing cultural patterns that perpetuate inequality. Member of the National Academy of Sciences Member of the British Academy Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award Donald T. Campbell Award from SPSP APS William James Award for lifetime achievement Markus actively mentors doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars, with current advisees including Leslie Remache, Enna Chen, Ayo Dada, and Efrain Garcia Sanchez. She teaches courses including Graduate Seminar in Social Psychology Research, Intergroup Communication Facilitation, and Mind, Culture, and Society. As Faculty Director of Stanford SPARQ, she leads initiatives that partner with industry leaders to tackle disparities and inspire culture change in criminal justice, economic mobility, education, and health. Her laboratory work focuses on cultural psychology, examining how cultural contexts shape cognition, emotion, and behavior across diverse populations. Through SPARQ, she connects academic research with real-world applications to address societal challenges.
Jennifer D. Oliva is a Professor of Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law where she holds the Val Nolan Faculty Fellow position. She maintains significant interdisciplinary affiliations as a Research Scholar at Georgetown University Law Center's O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law and as a Senior Scholar with the UCSF/UC Law Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy. Her academic work bridges legal scholarship with practical health policy development, focusing on the intersection of constitutional protections, public health needs, and modern surveillance technologies. Professor Oliva's research interests center on health law, privacy law, and drug policy with particular expertise in prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), health information privacy, and the legal dimensions of the opioid crisis. Her scholarship critically examines how law enforcement surveillance of prescription data impacts patient privacy rights, particularly for vulnerable populations including those with substance use disorders. She has developed significant expertise in how constitutional privacy protections apply to health data in the digital age, especially following the Supreme Court's decision in Carpenter v. United States. Her recent publications reveal a growing focus on algorithmic regulation in healthcare, examining how risk scoring systems and coverage algorithms can perpetuate health disparities. She has published extensively on the intersection of reproductive rights and health data privacy in the post-Dobbs landscape, analyzing how prescription monitoring systems could be weaponized against individuals seeking reproductive healthcare. Her work consistently connects doctrinal legal analysis with public health realities, advocating for evidence-based policy approaches that prioritize patient privacy and health equity over punitive enforcement. Dosing Discrimination: Regulating PDMP Risk Scores (2022) The "New" Drug War (2024) Prescription Drug Policing: The Right to Health Information Privacy Pre- and Post-Carpenter (2020) Opioid Multidistrict Litigation Secrecy (2019) Surveillance, Privacy, and App Tracking (2020) Professor Oliva actively engages with policymakers and has contributed to amicus briefs in significant cases including Ruan v. United States. Her scholarship has been cited in legal proceedings and she regularly presents at major academic conferences including the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting. She has collaborated with scholars across disciplines including public health researchers, medical ethicists, and data scientists to address complex challenges at the intersection of law, technology, and healthcare.
Laia Becares is a Professor of Social Science and Health at King's College London, part of the School of Global Affairs and the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine. She previously held roles at the University of Sussex (2018-2022) and the University of Manchester (2010-2018), where she maintains an Honorary position. She serves as an Editor of Sociology of Health and Illness and on the Academic Reference Group of the NHS Race and Health Observatory. Her work is funded by organizations such as the Nuffield Foundation and the Health Foundation. Laia holds a PhD in Social Epidemiology from University College London (UCL) and a Master's in Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health. Her research employs an interdisciplinary approach, collaborating with sociologists, psychiatrists, geographers, and demographers to understand how discrimination and marginalization perpetuate social and health inequities. Key areas include racism, homophobia/heterosexism, LGBTQ+ inequalities, and the impact of systemic oppression across life stages. She co-developed the Queerantine Study on pandemic impacts on LGBTQ+ communities and leads the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, fostering student mentorship in health inequality topics. Her scientific awards include ESRC/MRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2010-2012), Hallsworth Research Fellowship (2012-2016), and ESRC Future Research Leader Fellowship (2012-2015). Recent work focuses on ethnic healthcare disparities in multimorbidity and longitudinal studies of racism's effects on health outcomes. Ongoing projects include LGBTQ+ policymaking networks and the GHSM Anti Racism Steering Group, addressing structural inequities in academia and healthcare. Laia’s grants include Nuffield Foundation funding for ethnic inequalities in later life and Health Foundation support for healthcare equity studies. She advocates for integrating lived experiences into research design, particularly through the Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS). Her lab affiliations include Queer@King’s and the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, emphasizing collaborative, community-driven approaches.
Prof. Dr. Gerold Alsmeyer is a faculty member at the Institute of Mathematical Stochastics, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Münster. He is an active researcher with a focus on stochastic processes, particularly stochastic fixed-point equations and iterated function systems. His work is supported by his role as an Investigator in Mathematics Münster in the project EXC 2044 - C1: Evolution and asymptotics. His primary research interests include the theory of stochastic processes, branching processes, Markov random walks, renewal theory, and the asymptotic analysis of random structures such as random trees and polytopes. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of fluctuation theory, perpetuities, and the smoothing transform. His recent publications (2017–2023) reveal a sustained focus on theoretical probability, with recurring themes in random difference equations, iterated function systems, and limit theorems for stochastic processes. The work spans pure mathematical theory and applications in mathematical biology and combinatorics, indicating a broad yet deep research profile. Prof. Alsmeyer has supervised numerous doctoral and master’s students, including Viet Hung Hoang, Christopher Eick, Philipp Godland, and Fabian Buckmann, whose dissertations cover topics in branching processes, random walks, and stochastic fixed-point equations. He has no listed scientific awards in the provided texts. He teaches courses in probability theory, mathematical statistics, branching processes, and stochastic recursion equations, demonstrating a strong commitment to academic mentoring and education.
University of California , Santa Barbara (UCSB)United States
Jaime Alves is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His work critically examines racial capitalism, antiblackness, and state violence across Latin America and Brazil. Specializing in urban sociology and political theory, his research interrogates how racialized spatial practices and necropolitical governance structure Black marginalization. Key research themes include the intersection of urban policing, colonial legacies, and Black resistance in cities like São Paulo and Cali. He analyzes how racialized temporal frameworks (e.g., "chronos") and spatial discourses (e.g., "necropolis") perpetuate systemic inequities. His work bridges anthropology, critical theory, and decolonial studies to challenge dominant narratives of multiculturalism and racial democracy. Notable contributions include critiques of Colombia's postconflict policies and Brazil's far-right political shifts. His publications consistently highlight the global dimensions of antiblackness and its urban manifestations. While no awards are explicitly listed, his scholarship has significantly impacted critical race studies in Latin America. Jaime's research extends beyond academia through public engagement with social movements addressing police brutality and spatial justice. Though no formal grants or student advisories are documented, his work serves as a foundational resource for understanding contemporary Black urban struggles in the region.
Troy Duster is the Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Fellow at the Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University (1962), an M.A. from UCLA (1959), and a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern (1957). His career includes roles as Silver Professor at New York University (1999–2012) and Professor at UC Berkeley (1979–99), alongside leadership positions such as Director of the Institute for the Study of Social Change (1979–1997) and Chair of the Sociology Department (1985–88). Research Interests focus on the intersection of race, genetics, criminal justice, and science policy. Key areas include the social consequences of genetic research, the ethics of DNA databases, and the historical and cultural dimensions of race. His work critiques how scientific advancements like genetic testing and forensic databases perpetuate racial disparities. Publications span over five decades, with notable works such as Backdoor to Eugenics (2003) and Whitewashing Race (2003). His articles address topics like the misuse of genetic data, the implications of the Human Genome Project, and the sociological challenges posed by behavioral genetics. Awards include the DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award (2001) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1971–72). He has advised institutions like the National Institutes of Health on ethical issues in genetics and contributed to public debates through media appearances and museum collaborations. Professional Contributions include over 20 years on advisory boards for organizations like the National Advisory Council for the Human Genome Research and the American Sociological Association. His work bridges academia and public policy, advocating for equitable science practices and social justice.
Sharryn M. Kasmir serves as Professor of Anthropology at Hofstra University, where she conducts critical research on labor, capitalism, and working-class communities through ethnographic fieldwork in Spain's Basque region and the U.S. South. Her institutional affiliation centers within the Department of Anthropology, though the specific school/college structure isn't explicitly stated in available materials. Her academic credentials include: PhD from CUNY Graduate School and University Center MPhil from CUNY Hunter College BA from University of Massachusetts Amherst Professor Kasmir's research program critically interrogates Global Capitalism's impact on working-class lives, with specialized focus on Labor and Working Classes, Nationalist Movements and Identity, and Popular Culture across Western Europe and North America. Her fieldwork at Mondragon's worker cooperatives challenged idealized narratives through working-class perspectives, while her Saturn factory research exposed how auto workers navigate perpetual plant closure threats and economic insecurity. As co-editor of the seminal volume Blood and Fire: Toward a Global Anthropology of Labor , she established foundational frameworks for contemporary labor anthropology that bridge ethnographic detail with macro-political economic analysis. Her publication trajectory since the 1990s reveals persistent engagement with labor anthropology's core questions: analyzing worker cooperatives as contested sites within global capitalism (1996-2016), documenting working-class dispossession amid industrial restructuring (2008-2016), and developing theoretical tools like 'unevenness' for cross-cultural labor studies (2016). This body of work consistently synthesizes cultural anthropology, political economy, and critical theory to center workers' lived experiences within broader capitalist transformations. Available documentation contains no references to scientific awards, research grants, student advising activities, laboratory facilities, or collaborative research teams.
Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan holds the Joint Chair in Women’s Studies at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa (2023-2025). She is a faculty member in Carleton's Department of Sociology and Anthropology and cross-appointed with the Feminist Institute for Social Transformation and the Institute for Political Economy. Her work bridges feminist anthropology, visual ethnography, and critical studies of institutional power. Her research investigates institutional abandonment in Québec school systems for autistic students, analyzing transportation access crises through material ethnography of policies and lived experiences. Concurrently, she examines sex tourism in Brazil, particularly during the 2014 World Cup, revealing how anti-trafficking campaigns perpetuate urban exclusion. Carrier-Moisan pioneers multimodal knowledge translation, notably through the graphic novel Gringo Love: Stories of Sex Tourism in Brazil developed with illustrator Débora Santos. She supervises graduate students across anthropology, sociology, and political economy on topics including carceral harm reduction, Indigenous women's rights, and gender fluidity. Funded by SSHRC, her current work collaborates with Autisme-Québec and the Comité pour le droit à la scolarisation to address school exclusion. Key collaborators include Dr. Laurence Simard-Gagnon and narrative cartography initiatives exploring alternative research dissemination.
Lauren Rivera is the Peter G. Peterson Chair in Corporate Ethics and Professor of Management & Organizations at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management , with a courtesy appointment as Professor of Sociology at the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences . Her research focuses on how merit definitions in organizations perpetuate social inequalities, including studies on hiring bias, gender disparities, and elite labor markets. PhD, Sociology (Harvard University, 2009) AM, Sociology (Harvard University, 2006) BA, Sociology and Psychology (Yale University, 2000) Her work spans disciplines such as hiring discrimination , gender equity , and disability studies , often employing qualitative and mixed methods . Recent articles examine racial bias mitigation , disability exclusion in education, and gendered promotion regimes in law firms. She has authored the best-selling book Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs and contributed to media outlets like the New York Times and Harvard Business Review . Scientific awards include the Granovetter Award , Max Weber Book Prize , and multiple Kellogg Teaching Awards . Her editorial roles include positions at the American Sociological Review and Princeton University Press Series in Cultural Sociology.
