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Mark Abkowitz

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Expert in enterprise risk management, hazardous materials transportation, and impacts of extreme weather on infrastructure adaptation.

    Extreme Weather and InfrastructureEnterprise Risk ManagementSpatial AnalysisInfrastructure ResilienceRisk AssessmentRisk ManagementRisk Assessment and ManagementFreight TransportationDisaster PreparednessHazardous materials transportation

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    Samar Ali

    Research Professor of Political Science and Law

      Expert in the intersection of conflict mediation, national security, economic development and human rights.

      Human RightsNational SecurityPolarizationCybersecurityLaw and GovernmentMiddle EastConflict ResolutionInternational AffairsEconomic Development

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      Hiba Baroud

      Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

        Expert in risk, reliability and resilience of critical infrastructure against climate change and natural disasters, particularly flooding.

        Climate ChangeFlood MitigationNatural DisastersResilience modelingInterdependent Systems Data AnalyticsCritical Infrastructure ModelingRisk AnalysisRisk-informed decision analysisStatistical Modelingclimate and climate changeDisaster RecoveryFlooding

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        Jeffrey Bennett

        Associate Professor of Communication Studies

          Medical humanities expert who specializes in health, citizenship, LGBT/queer studies, cultural studies and rhetorical theory and criticism.

          Queer HealthcareQueer vernacularLGBTQ HealthHIV PreventionHIV & AIDSPrEPDiabetesRhetoric and HIVRhetoric and DiseaseRhetoric of Diabetes ManagementRhetoricMedical Humanities

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          Sophie Bjork-James

          Assistant Professor of the Practice in Anthropology

            Expert on the U.S.-based religious right and the white nationalist movement, particularly online communities.

            Conservative ChristianityReligionWhite NationalismReproductive PoliticsRace and RacismEvangelicalismHate CrimesFeminism & Gender StudiesRacism