Richard Lui

Journalist, Anchor of NBC News' "Early Today Show" & Author of "Enough About Me"

Michigan Ross Commencement 2023 Guest Speaker: Richard Lui ...

Jodi Kantor

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist & Author

Charles Blow

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Katherine Stewart

Investigative Reporter & Author of "The Power Worshippers"

The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

Dolores Barclay

Author, Professor at Columbia School of Journalism & Former National Writer and Arts Editor of The Associated Press

Roland Martin

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

Jeffrey Kluger

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Juan Williams

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fox News Political Analyst, Co-Host of "The Five" & Award-Winning Columnist

Tavis Smiley

Broadcaster, Author, Publisher, Advocate, and Philanthropist

John Kasich

Former Governor of Ohio

Eliza Griswold

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Poet & Author of "The Tenth Parallel" and "Amity and Prosperity"

Donna Brazile

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee

Ayesha Rascoe

Host of NPR's 'Weekend Edition Sunday' & 'Up First'

Amara Walker

CNN Anchor; Foreign Affairs & Political Correspondent

Shereen Marisol Meraji

Senior Producer & Co-Host of the 'Code Switch' Podcast on NPR

Clarissa Ward

Journalist & Chief International Correspondent for CNN

Tahl Raz

NY Times Bestselling Author & Award-Winning Journalist

Mimi Swartz

Award-Winning Investigative Journalist, Texas Monthly Executive Editor & Heart Disease Expert

Ben Domenech

Editor at Large of The Spectator, Fox News Contributor, Podcast Host & Co-Founder of The Federalist

David Von Drehle

Columnist for The Washington Post

The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man

Ijeoma Oluo

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Stacey Abrams

Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Julissa Arce

Political Commentator & Author

Jennifer Senior

New York Times Book Critic; Best-Selling Author of "All Joy & No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood"

Charles Graeber

Award-Winning International Journalist & Author of the Bestselling True Crime Book, "The Good Nurse"

Fariba Nawa

Award-Winning Afghan-American Journalist & Author

Annette Gordon-Reed

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Norman Ornstein

Bestselling Author, Political Analyst & Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute

Julianne Malveaux

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women