Gwen Bradford is an associate professor of philosophy at Rice University, where she specializes in value theory and normative ethics within the field of moral philosophy. Her book Achievement (Oxford…

George Sher is the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Philosophy at Rice University and is the author of six books including In Praise of Blame (Oxford University Press, 2005) and…

Tony Payan is the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute. He is…

Kevin Shanley is the former CEO of SWA Group, an international landscape architecture and urban design firm that was instrumental in the landmark 1992 plan for Sims Bayou, saving it…

Auggie Campbell is the executive director of the Association of Water Board Directors, the former president and CEO of the West Houston Association, and the co-founder of Houston Stronger, which…

Eric Berger is the co-founder of Space City Weather and is a certified meteorologist and senior space editor at Ars Technica. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist at the Houston…

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar is a fellow for the Middle East at Rice University’s Baker Institute and an associate professor in the department of international affairs at the Bush School of Government…

Najib Ghadbian is an associate professor in the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Arkansas. He has been a frequent political commentator for Al-Jazeera Satellite…

Elena Marks has been president and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation since 2014 and a non-resident fellow in health policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute since 2010. Previously she…

Angel Quesada has worked as a visual artist, producer, curator, exhibition designer, musician, arts administrator, digital editor, and ethnographer. He concentrates on large scale murals, creating dozens of commissioned pieces…