Sister Helen Prejean is a Roman Catholic nun of the Congregation of St. Joseph, a leading activist for the abolition of the death penalty, and the founder of Survive, an…

Marsha Recknagel is a writer and artist who received her Ph.D. from Rice University, where she taught creative writing and was named writer-in-residence in 2002. In 1988, Dr. Recknagel was…

Bob Cavnar is a 30-year veteran of the oil and gas industry with deep experience in operations, start-ups, turn-arounds, and management of both public and private companies.  He holds degrees…

Desmond Hoebig is professor of cello and principal cellist at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. As guest soloist, Mr. Hoebig has performed with the Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego, Madison,…

J. Dennis Huston is Professor Emertius of English at Rice University, where he taught from 1969 until 2017. He has won a number of George R. Brown teaching awards, the…

Richard Murray taught political science at the University of Houston from 1966 until his retirement in 2021 from a 55-year teaching career in the University of Houston Department of Political…

Brandon Rottinghaus is professor of political science at the University of Houston. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University. His teaching and research interests include the presidency…

Kim Davenport was the founding director and chief curator of the Rice University Art Gallery from 1994 until her retirement. She holds degrees from Maryland Institute College of Art and…

Roderick P. Hart is the dean and the Allan Shivers Centennial/Cronkite Chair of the College of Communication at the University of Texas, Austin, and was also the founding director of…

Luther Brown spent most of his early life in Elmhurst, Illinois and received his BA from Elmhurst College.  He received is MA and PhD in ecology from Ohio State University,…