Christine Haynes, Ph.D., educated at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago, is an expert in modern European, especially French, history. She has written widely about the political, military, economic, and cultural history of France, particularly in the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleon.
Emily Makaš has a Ph.D. in the history of architecture and urbanism from Cornell University (2007), a master's degree in historic preservation from Columbia University (1997), and a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Tennessee (1995).
Marek Ranis (PL/USA) is an associate professor of Art in the College of Art + Architecture at UNC Charlotte. He is a multi-media environmental artist. Through sculpture, installation, painting, photography and video, Ranis is exploring social, political and anthropological aspects of phenomena such as the climate change.
Shannon Sullivan is a professor of Philosophy and Health Psychology and chair of the Philosophy Department at UNC Charlotte. She is author or editor of eight books, including most recently "Good White People: The Problem with Middle-Class White Anti-Racism" (2014), "The Physiology of Sexist and Racist Oppression" (2015), and "Feminist Interpretations of William James" (2015).
