Kunio Minami, a member of the Hermann Park Conservancy board of directors, facilitates the annual visit of the Japanese gardeners. He chairs the Japanese Garden Advisory Committee. (Spring 2020)

Reginald Moore is an historian and community activist, and has a particular interest in prison reform and prison re-entry into society. He served as a correctional officer in the Texas…

Andrew J. Torget, historian and professor at the University of North Texas, will give a lecture based on his book, Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the…

Professor Sparrow studies American political development and, in particular, the conjunction between the American state and the international system. He teaches courses on American territorial expansion, American political institutions and…

Elliott Witney is chief program officer of Good Reason Houston’s program team, where he oversees district and school support, early childhood work, and human capital strategy. Prior to joining Good…

Della Barbato, Native Prairies Association of Texas’ director of education for the Lawther-Deer Park Prairie, has over 15 years of experience in education and professional communication; including middle school science…

Sandra Guerra Thompson is the Newell H. Blakely Professor in Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. She is the recipient of the…

Lyn Ragsdale is the Radoslav A. Tsanoff Professor of Public Affairs and professor of political science at Rice University. She has written five books and numerous articles on the American…

Michelle García is a journalist and essayist and recent Soros Equality fellow with Open Society Foundations. In 2019, she completed the prestigious Dobie Paisano writer’s residency, while roaming a 200-acre…

Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton is the first Black Poet Laureate of Houston, Texas. This seven-time National Poetry Slam Competitor, and Head Coach of the Houston VIP Poetry Slam Team, has been…