Faculty Experts

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  ENERGY & CARBON MANAGEMENT

  Charles McConnell is a subject-matter expert in carbon capture, utilization and storage, and carbon management technologies, policies and business. He has 35 years of energy industry experience including national laboratories management and running the Mid-West Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership. 

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  GRIEF & LOSS

  Rheeda Walker, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Houston and director of the Culture, Risk, and Resilience Lab can talk about how Americans handle grief. "We have to be careful to be supportive and not rush to pathologize the grief process.”
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  PUBLIC POLICY

  Jim Granato is dean of the Hobby School of Public Affairs and a professor of public policy and political economy. He can speak to a wide range of topics surrounding American politics, political economy (monetary policy issues) and public policy.
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  ENERGY, OIL & GAS

  Ed Hirs is an energy economist and can discuss energy markets, energy policy including taxes and tariffs, and a range of issues related to oil and gas production, as well as the ways in which energy prices affect the broader economy.
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  PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS

  Brandon Rottinghaus can address the presidency, political scandal, media and political communication, public opinion, Latino voters and Texas politics. He is also the co-founding designer of the Presidential Proclamations Project at the University of Houston, an online resource documenting presidential use of unilateral powers through executive proclamation.
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  INTERNATIONAL OIL & GAS LAW

  Julian Cardenas Garcia is a research assistant professor in the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center at the UH Law Center. He specializes in International Oil and Gas Law and Latin American issues with a particular focus on Venezuela. Cardenas-Garcia is fluent in English, Spanish and French.

   

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  CYBERSECURITY

  Art Conklin has expertise in security for critical infrastructure, with previous work involving water, utilities and oil and gas delivery. He is the director of the Center for Information Security Research and Education and the author of six books associated with information security. 

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  HEALTH LAW

  Seth Chandler, Foundation Professor of Law, specializes in insurance law and related fields such as health law, economic analysis of law and contract drafting. Chandler has been interviewed frequently about the changing abortion laws.

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  MYOPIA MANAGEMENT

  Kathryn Richdale is an associate professor and optometrist at the University Eye Institute. Richdale is an expert in using special treatments for myopia management in children, which slows down the progression of nearsightedness to improve their overall eye health.
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  INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TRANSPORT

  Maria Burns, professor and director of the Logistics & Transportation Policy Program, can address a wide range of topics including trade agreements and security, homeland security and human trafficking, technology leadership and corporate change management.

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  PSYCHOLOGY

  Adam Fetterman's research spans social, personality and cognitive psychology, with a focus on identity, understanding and belief. His primary work examines metaphor use, nostalgia and the consequences of intellectual humility (including wrongness admission), while also exploring how personal experiences influence science denial and goal orientations predict beliefs.

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  POLITICAL SCIENCE

  Michael Soules is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Houston. His research specializes in terrorism, civil war, rebel group recruitment processes and women's participation in political violence.

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  AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

  Tara T. Green is the CLASS Distinguished Professor and Chair of the African American Studies at the University of Houston. Her areas of specialty are African American studies curriculum; African American literature; representations of race in literature, film and media; Black leadership and activism from the late 19th through 21st centuries; and Black women’s studies.

   

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  ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE AND LAW

  Peter N. Salib is an expert in the law of artificial intelligence. He is an assistant professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center and associated faculty in public affairs. His research applies substantive constitutional doctrine and economic analysis to questions of AI governance.

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