Vicky Dominguez is the Chief Operating Officer at the Houston Symphony. (Fall 2024)

John Mangum is the Executive Director/CEO, Margaret Alkek Williams Chair, of the Houston Symphony. Mangum previously served as the President and Artistic Director of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, a nationally…

Ben Koush is a graduate of Columbia University and Rice University. He is a registered architect and interior designer in Texas with two decades of architectural experience. He has a…

Nadia Hayat Agha is a lecturer in the Kinesiology Department at Rice University. Dr. Agha joined the Rice Faculty in 2023 and currently teaches Exercise Physiology. Agha earned her BS…

Augusto X. Rodriguez is chair of Rice University’s department of kinesiology and the co-director of the Center for Human Performance. He holds a PhD. in kinesiology from the University of…

Denise Hulett is a librarian and professor at Houston Community College Central. (Fall 2024)

Alexander Chapman is a professor at Houston Community College Central and curator of HCC's Fashion Archive. He earned a B.S. in  Fashion Design and Couture at the Fashion Institute of Technology.…

Kathryn O’Rourke is a Professor of the History of Art at Trinity University. She earned a B.A. in Architecture from Wellesley College and a M.A. and Ph.D. in the History…

Stephen Fox is an architectural historian and a lecturer at the Rice University School of Architecture. He is also a lecturer at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at…

Kevin Prufer is the author of nine poetry collections and the editor of many books on literary translation, literary publishing, and European and American poetry. He is also the recipient…