Panelists will include:

Dr. Cathryn Bennett (Journal of Critical Scholarship of Higher Education and Student Affairs/University of Delaware)

Cathryn B. Bennett, Ph.D., engages the discipline of Higher Education across issues of equity and access with historically minoritized populations, including refugee/formerly resettled, first generation, and Latina/o/x/e college students. Her open access published master's thesis investigated free libre open source software (FLOSS) educational tools in the Kingdom of Bhutan where she was a lecturer of academic skills and research methodology. Currently, Dr. Bennett is an assessment and research analyst in the University of Delaware’s Office of Institutional Equity.

Dr. Jennifer J. Griffin (Quinlan School of Business)

Dr. Jennifer J. Griffin is currently the Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J. Endowed Chair of Business Ethics and Professor of Strategy at Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business.  She examines how organizations innovatively craft ethical strategies addressing critical business-society impacts, such as ESG challenges. An internationally recognized educator, Jenn has earned numerous educator awards including the Teaching Excellence Award and the MBA Teaching Award and is most proud of the student-led nomination for the National Inspire Integrity Award.  

Dr. Tim Hoellein (Biology)

Tim Hoellein completed a BS in Biology from West Virginia Wesleyan College and a Ph.D. in Biology at the University of Notre Dame. He is an Associate Professor at Loyola University Chicago, where he has worked since 2010. Dr. Hoellein's research focuses on the sources, fate, and biological interactions of pollutants including dissolved chemicals (i.e., nitrogen and phosphorus) and particulate material (i.e., microplastic and trash) in urban aquatic environments. Dr. Hoellein's goals are to contribute to a greater understanding of freshwater ecosystems, incorporate students into research, and to communicate results to colleagues, policy makers, and the general public. This is a quickly growing field of study with a global audience, and open access publishing makes the science accessible to all interested parties.

Dr. Amy Krings (School of Social Work)

Amy Krings is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. She received her Ph.D. from the Social Work and Political Science Joint Doctoral Program at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on how marginalized groups collectively advance social and environmental justice, and how social workers and community organizations can support individuals in becoming social change agents. Dr. Krings has published on the topics of environmental justice organizing, political engagement and participatory decision-making processes, youth participation, gentrification and equitable development, and social justice education. She is a leader of the Social Work profession’s Grand Challenge on “Social Responses to a Changing Environment”.

Dr. Paula Skye Tallman (Anthropology)

Dr. Paula Skye Tallman is biocultural anthropologist who focuses her research on the drivers of health inequities among marginalized populations in South America and Southeast Asia. She received her B.A. in Behavioral Biology from Johns Hopkins University and her Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from Northwestern University. She is currently a Research Associate at the Field Museum of Natural History and an Assistant Professor of Anthropology here at Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Tallman believes that open access publishing is key to promoting equitable access to scientific research and to facilitating international, interdisciplinary collaborations.