Experts

Carol Anderson, PhD, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies, is a nationally recognized historian, educator, and author. Her research focuses on public policy, particularly the ways that domestic and international policies intersect through the issues of race, justice, and equality in the US.

Mary Anne Bobinski, LLM, JD, is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory School of Law. She is the first female dean since the law school’s founding in 1916. Her research and teaching interests include torts, health law, health care finance, reproductive health law issues, bioethics, and legal aspects of HIV infection.

David Howard, PhD, is an associate professor of health policy and management at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. He is a health economist by training, and his research employs economics and statistics to better understand physician decision-making and its implications for public policy. He is knowledgeable about Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, and drug pricing.

As Assistant Vice Provost, Shinsaeng (Shinn) Ko, MS, leads a team of dedicated professionals who serves Emory University’s diverse, vibrant international community through advocacy, collaboration, education, intercultural competency and leadership training, programming, policy consultation, and U.S. immigration regulatory/policy expertise.

Ed Lee, EdD, is senior director of inclusivity for Emory College of Arts and Sciences. He previously served as senior director of the Alben W. Barkley Forum for Debate, Deliberation, and Dialogue, which houses Emory’s nationally acclaimed debate team. He continues to support the organization as a senior adviser, is a relentless advocate for public debate and dialogue, and is a national media commentator for US presidential debates and the use of arguments in public discourse.

Benjamin Lopman, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, with a secondary appointment in the Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health and Hubert Department of Global Health. He conducts global and domestic research on the epidemiology of diarrheal disease. He also works extensively on the epidemiology of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rebecca Martin, PhD, is vice president for Global Health and director of the Emory Global Health Institute at Emory University. She is also a research professor in HDGH/RSPH. Her expertise is in global health, health systems strengthening, surveillance systems and emergency preparedness and response, immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases, HIV, maternal and child health, and global health diplomacy and governance.

Molly McGehee, PhD, is senior associate dean for Teaching, Scholarship, and Strategic Initiatives at Oxford College at Emory University. She is also professor of English and American Studies. Her research focuses on the Atlanta imaginary in fiction, monuments and memorials, LGBTQ life and literature in the South, and race, class and gender relations within Southern literature and history.

Daphne Orr is the senior director of Global Oxford, which is housed in the Oxford College's Center for Pathways and Purpose (CPP). With her guidance and under the umbrella of CPP, Global Oxford will sharpen Oxford's focus on helping students broaden their worldview and foster inclusive, worldwide perspectives.

Fred Smith Jr., JD, associate professor at Emory School of Law, is a scholar of the federal judiciary and constitutional law. His research focuses on accountability, federal jurisdiction, and state sovereignty.

Tom Smith, PhD, is considered a specialist in the areas of labor economics, pricing, film finance, sports economics and finance, and the economics of the entertainment and health care industries. 

Suhas Sridharan is an associate professor of accounting at Emory’s Goizueta Business School. Her research focuses on corporate political finance and how financial connections are impacted by political organizations. She specifically looks at the role of lobbying and campaign contributions in the policymaking process.

Miriam Udel, PhD, is associate professor of German Studies and Judith London Evans Director of the Tam Institute of Jewish Studies at Emory University, where her teaching focuses on Yiddish language, literature, and culture.

Saloni Firasta Vastani, PhD, joined the faculty in 2016 after an extensive career in corporate America. She has experience in the travel and technology industries in both domestic and international markets including South America, Asia, and Europe. Vastani’s research interests are focused on pricing strategy and innovation management. She is interested in how buyers consciously and subconsciously process price information, remember it, and use it to make purchase decisions.