Research Fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University Josh A. Goldstein is a Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where he works on the CyberAI Project. Prior to joining CSET, he was a pre- and postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford Internet Observatory. His research has included investigating covert influence operations on social media platforms, studying the effects of foreign interference on democratic societies, and exploring how emerging technologies will impact the future of propaganda campaigns. He has given briefings to the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of State, and senior technology journalists based on this work. He has been published in outlets including Brookings, Lawfare, and Foreign Policy. He holds an MPhil and DPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Clarendon Scholar, and an A.B. in Government from Harvard College.
Assistant Professor of Media & Information, Michigan State University Jean Hardy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media & Information at Michigan State University. His research focuses on the role of digital technology in rural economic and community development.
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong Jen Roberts (PhD) is a senior lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong. Her interests include: - Australian history - humanitarian disasters, conflict and peace building - psychological effects of war, including shell shock and PTSD - social history of health and psychiatry. She has published in the field of Australians' experience of death and bereavement in the wake of World War 1.
Research Assistant, Anthropolgist, The University of Melbourne James Barry, PhD, is an anthropologist specialising in ethnic and religious minority identities. He is the author of "Armenian Christians of Iran: Ethnicity, Religion and Identity in the Islamic Republic". He is currently working with Dr Simon Wilmot on a documentary film about Muslim Anzacs in the Second World War.
Associate Professor of Management and Dean Paul R. Gowens Excellence Professor in Business, Texas State University Joshua J. Daspit, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Management and the Dean Paul R. Gowens Excellence Professor in Business at Texas State University. He specializes in entrepreneurship research, focusing on family firms and small businesses. Dr. Daspit has over 40 scholarly publications. His work has appeared in numerous well-known outlets, such as California Management Review, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Family Business Review, Human Resource Management Review, Journal of Business Research, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, and others. He serves as an Associate Editor for Family Business Review and previously held a similar role for the Journal of Family Business Strategy. Additionally, he is on the editorial boards of Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Journal of Family Business Management, and several other academic journals. Dr. Daspit is focused on conducting relevant research and applying insights to help businesses. To this end, Dr. Daspit serves as the Director of SCALEUP (scaleup.txst.edu), a university-wide program at Texas State with the goal of helping small businesses grow. Additionally, as a Research Fellow, he worked with the university's Translational Health Research Center to launch an awards program recognizing small businesses across Texas. Dr. Daspit is also passionate about helping students. In 2020, he received international recognition as "Best Advisor," along with co-advisor Dr. Corey Fox, for working with the Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization. In 2021, he was honored with a Presidential Award for Excellence at Texas State University. That same year, he was recognized as a "Top 40 Under 40" LGBTQ leader in North America, an honor given to those demonstrating excellent leadership and making noteworthy contributions. Before entering academia, Dr. Daspit worked as a senior consultant for an international consulting firm and served as Director of Community Affairs for a member of the United States Congress. He founded a business in 2017 and currently works with various organizations through his consulting work and community engagement.
Professor of Management, Mississippi State University James J. Chrisman is the Julia Bennett Rouse Professor of Management at Mississippi State University. He also is a Senior Editor of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. His primary research interests are family business, entrepreneurship and strategic management. He has published over 175 articles in academic journals on those subjects and has been designated as a highly cited researcher seven times by Clarivate and ranked 23rd in his field in the US (38th in the world) by Research.Com. In addition, he has conducted over 1,000 studies of national and state-level Small Business Development Center programs. That work has twice been presented at U.S. Congressional Hearings on Small Business.
