Past Events

Tony Wagner, Ed.D.

Senior Research Fellow at the Learning Policy Institute and bestselling author

Ulrik Juul Christensen, MD

Chief Strategist at the Area9 Group

Fernande Raine, Ph.D.

Historian, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder and Co-Lead of History Co:Lab

Corinne Low, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Jessica Calarco, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Michael Geruso, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin

Katy Milkman, Ph.D.

James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Jeff Selingo

Journalist and New York Times bestselling author

Frank Bruni

Journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and the Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University

Eve L. Ewing, Ed.D.

Writer, cultural organizer, and Associate Professor at the University of Chicago

Ta-Nehisi Coates

National Book Award-winning author and MacArthur Fellow

Kate Williams

New York Times bestselling ghostwriter who has authored seven uncredited books in addition to four young adult novels

Jennifer Mathieu

Critically acclaimed author of seven novels for young adults

Jens Ludwig, Ph.D.

Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy

Christian Mitchell

Vice President for Civic Engagement for the University of Chicago

Susan Dominus

Pulitzer Prize-winning staff writer for The New York Times Magazine

Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

Psychologist, New York Times bestselling author, and "Ask Lisa" podcast co-host

Emily M. Bender, Ph.D.

Professor of linguistics at the University of Washington

Alex Hanna, Ph.D.

Director of research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)

Timnit Gebru, Ph.D.

Founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)