Lori C. Teague is an choreographer/activist who joined the dance faculty at Emory University in 1994.  She teaches modern, improvisation, choreography, dance literacy, dance pedagogy, contact improvisation, and interdisciplinary courses combining movement and math concepts. At the heart of her movement research is a drive to…

Emorja Roberson is a conductor, vocalist, and composer who specializes in classical and gospel music. After obtaining his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of North Florida (’13), he began his graduate experience at the University of Notre Dame. In 2017, Roberson…

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Emory University. My students and I make up CAV Lab where we focus on cognition and visualization. I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science at Georgia Tech in 2020. My research involves decision making using data visualization…

Loren Michael Mortimer is a historian, digital humanist, and community-engaged scholar. With intersecting research interests in Native American history, early American studies, political ecology, historical GIS, and transnational border studies, Mike’s interdisciplinary scholarship investigates sites of Indigenous resilience and self-determination rather than decline and dependence…

Shawana S. Moore is a nationally recognized, board-certified women’s health nurse practitioner who specializes in providing women’s and gender-related care throughout the lifespan. Shawana served as the Director of the Women’s Health- Gender Related Nurse Practitioner Program at Jefferson College of Nursing from 2014-2022. Dr.…

Dr. Khaalisha Ajala, MD, MBA, FHM is an assistant professor of medicine, Emory University School of Medicine and a hospital medicine faculty physician at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA. She is a Small Group Advisor within the Semmelweis Society of the School of Medicine and Assistant Site Director of Education of Emory at…

Dr. Amy Zeidan is an Assistant Professor at Emory University School of Medicine and works clinically at Grady Memorial Hospital. She received her medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, completed an Emergency Medicine residency at The Hospital of The…

The central theme of my teaching philosophy has been one of “engagement”. Learning is accomplished best when one is actively participating in the lesson and material. My aim is to teach scientific concepts in an engaging manner that captivates my students. My lectures are designed…

Julio Medina is a Xicano artist and educator from Los Angeles. His work focuses on the metaphysics of dance, considering resilience, connection, and restoration. I Gotta, Medina's work, has been presented at The New Dance Alliance Performance Mix Festival in Brooklyn, NY (2017), the ConderDance…

Ellie Schainker is the Arthur Blank Family Foundation Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies and Winship Distinguished Research Professor at Emory University.  She is the author of Confessions of the Shtetl: Converts from Judaism in Imperial Russia, 1817-1906, National Jewish Book Award winner in…