Lynda Lasswell Crist was editor of The Papers of Jefferson Davis from 1979 until completion of the project in 2015. Crist has contributed to all the published volumes, and been…

Sally Anne Schmidt has managed, researched, and helped build the Nau Civil War Collection since 2005. She received her B.A. in history from Johns Hopkins University in 2000 and her…

Mark Nuccio is principal clarinetist of the Houston Symphony since 2016 and a faculty member of the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. He was previously on…

Regina Scruggs is a founding member of the Houston Film Critics Society.  She is a radio broadcasting veteran with over 30 years of experience.  In her radio career, she has…

For more than twenty years, Lynda Crist and Mary Dix were editors of The Papers of Jefferson Davis at Rice University.   Mary Seaton Dix retired in 1995 after twenty-six years with…

Alyssa Harad is a writer based in Austin, Texas. In addition to being a perfume expert and collector, she has worked as a cook, journalist, and creative arts facilitator at…

David Todd is an environmental lawyer, founder of the Conservation History Association of Texas, co-editor of The Texas Legacy Project: Stories of Courage and Conservation and The Texas Landscape Project:…

Paul Hopper serves as Associate Artistic Administrator at The Metropolitan Opera. Previously, he was the Assistant Artistic Director at Houston Grand Opera. Paul has worked for the Santa Fe Opera…

Mark Gunderson, recommended by Houston’s own Steven Fox, is an architect in private practice since 1985. Raised in Austin and practicing in both Fort Worth and Dallas, he has served…

Robert Carp is a professor of political science at the University of Houston. His research and teaching specialties are judicial process and behavior, constitutional law, and law and society. He…