Innovation: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Sara Becker

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Alice Hamilton Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Public Health

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Behavior Change, Innovation

Jonathan Copulsky

Kellogg School of Management, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Senior Lecturer of Marketing and Academic Director, Business Marketing Strategy Program

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Audience Engagement and Insight, B2B Marketing, Brand and Reputation Management, Content Marketing, Innovation, Publishing

Hayes Ferguson

Field: Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management and Organizations, Marketing

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Gender Diversity and Equality, Innovation

Mark Fisher

McCormick School of Engineering

Clinical Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Manufacturing, Medical Device Development, Product Management and Development

Rayvon Fouché

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, School of Communication

Professor, Communication Studies and Medill School of Journalism

Field: Communications, History, Journalism

Focus Areas: African American Studies, American Culture and Politics, Cultural Heritage, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Innovation, Race and Ethnicity

Elizabeth Gerber

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical Engineering

Focus Areas: Crowdsourcing, Design Thinking, Human-Machine Interaction, Innovation, Organizational Culture, Social Networks

Jeremy D. Gilbert

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Professor, Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Journalism

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Visualization, Design Thinking, Digital Media, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Journalism Industry

Paul Hirsch

Kellogg School of Management

Professor Emeritus of Management & Organizations

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Corporate Governance , Innovation, Journalism Industry, Mergers and Acquisitions, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture

Julie N Hook

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Associate Professor

Field: Business Strategy, Management and Organizations, Psychology

Focus Areas: Innovation, Marketing Strategy, Medical Device Development, Product Management and Development, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychological Counseling, Statistics and probability, Telemedicine

Sylvester Johnson

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Black Studies

Field: History, Religion

Focus Areas: African American Studies, American Culture and Politics, Artificial Intelligence, Data Bias, Discrimination, Human-Machine Interaction, Inequality, Innovation, Race and Ethnicity, Robotics, Social Justice

Benjamin Jones

Kellogg School of Management

Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship

Field: Business Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Economic Growth and Development, Emerging Markets, Entrepreneurship, Globalization, Innovation, International Business and Marketing

Dr. Abel N Kho

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Director of the Center for Health Information Partnerships

Field: Data Science, Genetics, Primary Care and Internal Medicine

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Data Science, Electronic Health Records, Genetic Medicine and Health, Innovation, Machine Learning and Automation, Patient Care, Precision Medicine

Philip Kotler

Kellogg School of Management

Professor Emeritus of Marketing

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: B2B Marketing, Brand and Reputation Management, Business Strategy, Economic Growth and Development, Innovation, International Business and Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Nonprofits, Product Management and Development, Sales Force Management, Urban Economics

Candy Lee

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Professor of Journalism and Integrated Marketing Communications

Field: Journalism, Marketing

Focus Areas: Communication Skills, Innovation, Journalism Industry, Leadership Theory and Practice, Marketing Strategy, Sports Marketing

Gregory Ferrell Lowe

Northwestern University in Qatar

Professor and Director of Executive Education

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Business Strategy, Communications Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Digital Media, Industrial Organizations and Economics, Innovation, Nonprofits, Organizational Change

Joel Mokyr

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics and History

Field: Economics, History

Focus Areas: Innovation

Steve Reed

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Clinical Professor of Law

Field: Business Law

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights, Mergers and Acquisitions

Mohanbir Sawhney

Kellogg School of Management

McCormick Foundation Chair of Technology

Field: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Marketing

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Entrepreneurship, Information Systems and Technology, Innovation, Machine Learning and Automation, Product Management and Development, Technology Companies

David Schonthal

Kellogg School of Management

Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Field: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation

Joel Shalowitz

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Clinical Professor of Strategy Emeritus

Field: Public Health

Focus Areas: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Policy, Health Insurance, Innovation, Medical Device Development, Social Safety Net

Ryan Smerek

School of Education and Social Policy

Associate Professor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program

Field: Education

Focus Areas: Decision Making, Higher Ed Administration, Innovation, Learning and Organizational Development, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture

Daniel Spulber

Kellogg School of Management

Elinor Hobbs Professor of International Business

Field: Business Strategy

Focus Areas: Antitrust Law, Contract Theory, Entrepreneurship, Globalization, Industrial Organizations and Economics, Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights, International Business and Marketing, Microeconomics

Reed Stevens

School of Education and Social Policy

Professor of Learning Sciences

Field: Education

Focus Areas: Childhood Education, Innovation, STEM Education

Spencer Striker

Northwestern University in Qatar

Associate Professor of Digital Media Design

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Communications, Education, History, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Visual Arts

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Design Thinking, Digital Media, Educational Development, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Innovation, Sound Design, Technology Companies, Wearable Technology

Brian Uzzi

Kellogg School of Management

Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech (Financial Technologies), Innovation, Machine Learning and Automation, Social Media, Social Networks