Rob Neyer

Baseball Author, Sports Writer

Stuart Dybek

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

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

Mitzi Miller

Public Speaker & Motivator; Head of Development for Rainforest Entertainment; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ebony & Jet

Laura Snyder

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

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Jay Nordlinger

American Journalist, Senior Editor of National Review

Bruce Watson

Author of "Freedom Summer"

Jimmy Santiago Baca

Award-Winning Author & Poet; Founder of Cedar Tree

Mary Ehrenworth

Deputy Director of Teachers College Reading and Writing Project

Elaine Watson

Editor, Food-Navigator-USA; Journalist

Julie Dixon

Strategy, Research & Communications Consultant; Former Executive Director of Gravity Research

Ashley Michelle Berry

Anti-Bullying Advocate, Actress, TV & Radio Host

John R. Erickson

Cowboy and Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"

J.A. Jance

NY Times Best-Selling Murder Mystery Author

Alice Dreger

Writer, Historian & Journalist Whose Work Centers on the Epistemology of Democracy

Philip Yancey

Christian Author

Emma Bell

Actress Who Played Amy in "The Walking Dead" and Emma in the TNT Drama Series "Dallas"

Clare Kramer

Actress Best Known for "Bring It On" & "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"; Creator of GeekNation.com

Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board