Alvia Wardlaw is Curator and Director of the University Museum at Texas Southern University, an institution central to the development of art by African Americans in Houston. She also is a…

Stephanie Smither (1941-2016) was a renowned collector and supporter of folk art. Her extensive collection of artwork by 20th–century self-taught artists has been shown in many museums, including the Museum…

Robert Shimko is the Director of the UH School of Theatre & Dance and the Executive Director of the Houston Shakespeare Festival. He is also assistant professor of playwriting and dramaturgy…

Jeffrey J. Kripal holds the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. He studies contemporary and historical mystics, eroticism and sexuality, the paranormal and the…

Emilee Dawn Whitehurst is the President and CEO of the Houston Area Women's Center. She previously served as executive director of the Rothko Chapel in Houston from 2008 until 2014.…

David Ferris is an associate professor of musicology in the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. He teaches seminars on the classical style, Mozart, Romantic song, Mendelssohn, Schumann, text…

Patricia Covo Johnson was born in Mexico City where she lived until moving to Houston in 1973.  She earned a BA in art history from the University of California, Santa…

Dr. Eduardo Alemán is an associate professor in the department of political science at the University of Houston. He specializes in the comparative analysis of political institutions and Latin American…

Donna De Cesare is an award-winning journalist and photographer who has lived in Central America and an associate professor, University of Texas school of journalism and media. Through her books…

Dr. John Booth is considered a foremost authority on Central America and has co-authored the two most recent editions of Understanding Central America: Global Forces, Rebellion, and Change (Boulder, CO:…