Sandra Guerra Thompson is the Newell H. Blakely Professor in Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. She is the recipient of the…

Professor Sparrow studies American political development and, in particular, the conjunction between the American state and the international system. He teaches courses on American territorial expansion, American political institutions and…

Elliott Witney is chief program officer of Good Reason Houston’s program team, where he oversees district and school support, early childhood work, and human capital strategy. Prior to joining Good…

Della Barbato, Native Prairies Association of Texas’ director of education for the Lawther-Deer Park Prairie, has over 15 years of experience in education and professional communication; including middle school science…

Galia Golan is professor emeritus and former head of the political science department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a founder of the activist advocacy group Peace Now, and…

Nizar Farsakh is a principal at Farsakh Training Consulting LLC;  Chairman of the Board of the Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington, D.C.; and a lecturer at the Elliott…

Michelle García is a journalist and essayist and recent Soros Equality fellow with Open Society Foundations. In 2019, she completed the prestigious Dobie Paisano writer’s residency, while roaming a 200-acre…

Lyn Ragsdale is the Radoslav A. Tsanoff Professor of Public Affairs and professor of political science at Rice University. She has written five books and numerous articles on the American…

Lindita Camaj is an associate professor at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston. She researches individual and societal factors that determine the impact of…