Experts
As one of the nation's most comprehensive public research universities, The University of Toledo has a unique opportunity to provide a wide variety of information and expertise on a broad range of topics.
Meet our featured Experts
Rebecca Zietlow, J.D.
Interim Dean, Distinguished University Professor, and Charles W. Fornoff Professor of Law and Values
Rebecca Zietlow is interim dean, Distinguished University Professor, and the Charles W. Fornoff Professor of Law and Values at The University of Toledo College of Law, where she teaches constitutional law, federal courts, and constitutional litigation.
In 2020, Zietlow was elected a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She received the University's Creative and Scholarly Activity Award in 2018 and the UToledo Outstanding Faculty Research and Scholarship Award in 2012. She formerly served as chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Constitutional Law and its Section on Women and Legal Education.
Celia Williamson, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor of Social Work and Director of the Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute
Celia Williamson is well-known for her community advocacy against human trafficking
and domestic violence, along with her extensive research into the issue. She organizes
the Annual International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference at UToledo
that has welcomed people from 49 states and 40 countries since it began in 2004 as
they work to advance collaborative research, advocacy and program development. She
also studies prostitution, vulnerable women, and drug abuse.
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Paul Hong, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor of Global Supply Chain Management and Asian Studies
Whether it’s food at the grocery store, Christmas gifts or cars, Paul Hong is an expert
on supply chains, network capabilities and global supply chain management. He can
speak about the comprehensive logistical process that takes products from farm harvests
and factory assembly lines to distribution by truck, rail or air, and, ultimately,
onto retail shelves and showrooms — or directly to your front door. He is an expert
in international comparative studies and building growth engine industries for national
competitiveness.
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Experts by Topic
Astronomy
Rupali Chandar, Ph.D., Galaxy Formation
Michael Cushing, Ph.D., Cool Temperature Stars
Tom Megeath, Ph.D., Milky Way Star Birth
J.D. Smith, Ph.D., Galaxy Evolution
Business
Paul Hong, Ph.D., Global Supply Chain, Panic Buying
Education
Lisa Pescara-Kovach, Ph.D., Bullying
Electrical Engineering
Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga, Ph.D., Battery Power Systems
Health and Medicine
Bina Joe, Ph.D., Hypertension
Law
Rebecca Zietlow, J.D., Affirmative action/civil rights.
Geoffrey Rapp, J.D., Sports Law
Politics
Jami Taylor, Ph.D., Transgender Politics and Policy
Religion
Ovamir Anjum, Ph.D., Islam
Social Issues
Celia Williamson, Ph.D., Human Trafficking
Water Quality
Thomas Bridgeman, Harmful Algal Blooms, Water Quality, Great Lakes