Chris Hedges

Foreign Correspondent & Author

Alex Michel

Digital Media Executive & Television Personality; Known as the First Star of ABC's "The Bachelor"

Susan Herman

Constitutional Law Scholar; Former President of the American Civil Liberties Union

Kay Hymowitz

William E. Simon Fellow, The Manhattan Institute; Author, Manning Up

Gary Schwartz

Gary Schwartz was born and spent much of his youth in mining towns in central Africa.

David Grossman

Internationally Acclaimed Best-Selling Author

Christopher Paul Curtis

Newbery Medal-Winning Children's Book Author

Lawson Inada

There are few people who can articulate the Asian American experience quite the way Lawson Inada does.

Dominique Browning

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Abdellah Taia

Franco-Moroccan writer.

André Aciman

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Pearl Duncan

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Dr. Stephen Owen

Harvard University Professor, Expert in Classic Chinese Literature

Roger Jahnke

Wellness Expert, Integrative Medicine Consultant, Author, and Health Futurist

Sandro Galea

Physician, Epidemiologist, Author & Dean of the Boston University School of Public Health

Sharon M. Draper

Educator and Author of Children's Books

Lois Smart

Mother of Elizabeth Smart; Activist, Author, and Educator

Elisa Donovan

Actress & Author, Best Known For "Clueless"

Mary Ellen Hannibal

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Eliot Schrefer

New York Times Bestselling Author; Two-Time Finalist, National Book Award in Young People's Literature

Thomas Armstrong

Award-winning author of 14 books including 7 Kinds of Smart, In Their Own Way, and You're Smarter Than You Think

Alexa Hirschfeld

Co-Founder of Paperless Post

Allen Hammond

Vice President, Special Projects and Innovation, Sustainable Enterprise Program, World Resources Institute

Fiona Harvey

Environmental Correspondent, The Guardian.

Lisa Unger

New York Times and Internationally Best-selling Author

S. E. Hinton

One of the most popular and best known writers of young adult fiction

Joe Lurie

Author, Cross-Cultural Communications Speaker, Trainer;Exec Director Emeritus UC Berkeley's International House.

William Schaefer

Professor of Chinese Arts at the University of Rochester

Ashley Hope Pérez

Literary Scholar, Educator & Author of "Out of Darkness"

Banned Book Author Ashley Pérez

Tasneem Alsultan

Investigative Photographer, Storyteller & Global Traveler