Faculty Experts

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These members of the faculty and other members of the community are knowledgeable in various disciplines and can provide expert commentary on a wide range of issues in the news. Please contact the  Communications Office if you would like to reach them.

Faculty Experts Spotlight

Faculty Experts Spotlight

Climate finance
Multilateral economic institutions
Global inequality & poverty
International political economy
Global environmental governance

Ayse Kaya

Ayse Kaya

Black autobiography
Literature of Black Philadelphia Post-civil rights
Black culture
African American literature

Anthony Foy

Anthony Foy

Behavioral economics
Decision-making
Public policy
Experimental economics
Public economics

Syon Bhanot

Syon Bhanot

Fields of Expertise

SwatTalk Shorts: Yvonne Chireau on African American Religious Traditions and Ancestral Recovery

Professor of Religion, Yvonne Chireau on the diversity of African American religious traditions and modern political practices

SwatTalk Shorts: Edwin Mayorga on the Impacts of the Pandemic and Racial Justice on Public Education

Professor of Education Studies, Edwin Mayorga on the challenges and opportunities presented by COVID-19 and heightened racial injustice awareness to improve public education throughout Pennsylvania