W. Caleb McDaniel is professor of history at Rice University. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 2006 and his B.A. from Texas A&M University in 2000. His…

Rex Koontz is a professor in the school of art at University of Houston, as well as its director. He is the author of Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents: The Public Sculpture…

Guy Hagstette, FAIA, is senior vice president of parks and civic projects at the Kinder Foundation. Hagstette was previously project director of Buffalo Bayou Park, overseeing the ambitious plan for…

Sally Anne Schmidt has managed, researched, and helped build the Nau Civil War Collection since 2005. She received her B.A. in history from Johns Hopkins University in 2000 and her…

Lynda Lasswell Crist was editor of The Papers of Jefferson Davis from 1979 until completion of the project in 2015. Crist has contributed to all the published volumes, and been…

Mark Nuccio is principal clarinetist of the Houston Symphony since 2016 and a faculty member of the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. He was previously on…

Regina Scruggs is a founding member of the Houston Film Critics Society.  She is a radio broadcasting veteran with over 30 years of experience.  In her radio career, she has…

For more than twenty years, Lynda Crist and Mary Dix were editors of The Papers of Jefferson Davis at Rice University.   Mary Seaton Dix retired in 1995 after twenty-six years with…

David Todd is an environmental lawyer, founder of the Conservation History Association of Texas, co-editor of The Texas Legacy Project: Stories of Courage and Conservation and The Texas Landscape Project:…

Alyssa Harad is a writer based in Austin, Texas. In addition to being a perfume expert and collector, she has worked as a cook, journalist, and creative arts facilitator at…