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Writer, Scholar & Distinguished Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico

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Lorna Dee Cervantes

Award-Winning Voice in Chicana Literature, Feminist & Activist Poet

Kathryn Erskine

Children's Author, Best Known For "Mockingbird"

William Schaefer

Professor of Chinese Arts at the University of Rochester

Eric Jager

Professor of English at UCLA, Literary Critic & Specialist in Medieval Literature

Meg Medina

Award-Winning Cuban American Children's Author

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R. Dwayne Betts

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Meredith Talusan

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Ashley Hope Pérez

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Ron Rosenbaum

Journalist & Author of "Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil"

Kay Hymowitz

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

Lucy Calkins

Robinson Professor in Children's Literature; Founding Director of the Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University's Teachers College

Michael Nagler

Professor emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature

Eliot Schrefer

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

S. E. Hinton

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

M.T. Anderson

Novelist, Winner of the National Book Award

Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Former President of the National Women's Studies Association; Founding Director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center at Spelman College

Lillian Faderman

Renowned LGBT Historian & Author

Rachel Ben Dor

Women as Leaders in Ancient and Modern Judaism; Four Mothers’ story- an Israeli successful grassroots movement; Use of biblical texts in the political arena; Gender in Israel; Peace organizations in Israel; Israel-Arab conflict from personal vie

André Aciman

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

Mary Beard

English Classical Scholar and Author of Bestseller "SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome"

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Jody Lewen

Founder & Executive Director of the Prison University Project

Allen Hammond

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

Jill McCorkle

Short Story Writer & Novelist

Jimmy Santiago Baca

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Sanford Levinson

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