Lynn Randolph is a Houston-based artist who has exhibited her work widely in Texas and throughout the U.S. She was a fellow at the Radcliffe Center for Advanced Study. Her…

James Hollis received his doctorate from Drew University and taught humanities for 26 years in various colleges and universities before retraining as a Jungian analyst at the C. G. Jung…

Sasha West’s poems have appeared in the Southern Review, Ninth Letter, Forklift, Ohio, Third Coast, Born, and elsewhere. She holds graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the University of…

Ed Hirsch serves as president of the John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and lives in New York. As a beloved member of the University of Houston Creative Writing faculty, he…

Jane Curtis is an experienced landscape architect who was most recently the Director of Horticulture, Hermann Park Conservancy. Previously, she worked as a landscape architect on various commercial and residential…

Doreen Stoller is president of the Hermann Park Conservancy and has successfully led the Conservancy's efforts at Hermann Park for more than eighteen years. Under her direction, the Conservancy launched…

Alecia L. Lawyer is the founder, artistic director, and principal oboist of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Lawyer regularly presents her entrepreneurial model and dynamic ideas to conservatories, universities,…

Ussama Makdisi is professor of history at the University of Houston, and was the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University. In 2020,…

Hermes Mallea is a partner in M(Group), an interiors and architecture firm based in New York. His work has been featured in such publications as The New York Times, Architectural…

Donald Friary was executive director of Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, Massachusetts for 27 years.  After his retirement in 2003, he became Historic Deerfield's Senior Research Fellow.  A native of Boston…