Joe Novak received his B.S. summa cum laude with special honors in botany from Ohio University in 1965. He received his Ph.D. in vegetable crops with minors in plant pathology…

David George Haskell is an American biologist, author, and professor of biology at Sewanee: The University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee. In addition to scientific papers, he has written…

Mari Carmen Ramírez is the Wortham Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA) at the Museum of Fine Arts,…

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the author of fifteen books, including two prize-winning story collections, Arranged Marriage and The Unknown Errors of Our Lives, four volumes of poetry, and the bestselling…

Anne Chao is adjunct lecturer in the humanities at Rice University, and program manager of the Houston Asian American Archive (HAAA), which focuses on the immigration experience of Asian Americans…

Nancy Bailey is lecturer in Vocal Studies for the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and has taught music appreciation courses for the School of Continuing Studies since 1984.…

Sandy Edwards is the senior director of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Prior to Crystal Bridges, Edwards and her late husband, Clay, served as the management team for University…

Raised in Texas by an Italian mother, Flaminia Chapman moved to Rome in the early 2000s to work as a tour guide alongside her mother and brother and younger sister,…

Jim Nelson is a former professional dancer who moved into nonprofit administration in 2000, when he became Houston Ballet's general manager, before being named executive director of the company in…

David Hanlon is a composer, conductor, and pianist. Achampion of contemporary music, Hanlon has taken part in many notable premieres such as the world premiere and recording of Ted Hearne’s…