John Zogby
Chairman of the Board and Chief Insights Officer of IBOPE Zogby International (IZI) and author of The Way We’ll Be, John Zogby remains by all accounts the hottest and most accurate pollster and trendspotter in the United States today. No one can tell you more about what’s happening—from politics to social ...
Jennifer James
With wit and authority, Dr. James speaks on the dynamics of adaptation and pinpoints the problems that affect corporations and individuals as they strive to move successfully into the future. Dr. James is a specialist in areas of cultural change, diversity, and marketing intelligence.
Richard Florida
Richard Florida is the author of the best-selling books The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure Community and Everyday Life, The Flight of the Creative Class, and his latest book, Who’s Your City?, which provides the first ever ranking of cities by life-stages. He is ...
Jonathan Kozol
A former inner city teacher, Kozol has been an activist and advocate for social justice and equity in public education for over 40 years. His newest book, Letters to a Young Teacher, reignites a number of controversial issues: the mania of high-stakes testing, the invasion of our public schools by private ...
Deborah Tannen
Dr. Tannen is best known for her book You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, which was onThe New York Times bestseller list for over three years, including eight months as number one, and has been translated into twenty-nine languages. In her latest book, You’re Wearing That? ...
James Gilligan
Psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, author of Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic, known for his insight into the psychology of crime and punishment and the prevention of violent behavior, Dr. Gilligan speaks on issues surrounding mental health, violence and other societal issues.
Robert D. Manning
Author of Credit Card Nation Robert D. Manning is a specialist in the deregulation of retail banking, household debt, consumer finance, comparative economic development, immigration & globalization.
Heidi Durrow
In her NYT best-selling novel The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, Heidi Durrow tells the story of a biracial girl growing up in 1980s Portland, a story based loosely upon elements of her life.
William Julius Wilson
America's preeminent sociologist, Wilson is a University Professor at Harvard and recently co-authored There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America.
Jack Levin
Director of the Program for the Study of Violence and Conflict at Northeastern University. Author of "Killer on Campus". An authority on school crime and violence, Dr. Levin offers strategies and solutions for keeping students safe.
Todd Gitlin
A critic of contemporary culture and media sociology, Gitlin captivates audiences with his take on issues from student activism to the analysis of journalism. His book, The Whole World is Watching: Mass Media in the Making and Unmaking of the New Left, offers a stable perspective in the constantly changing American culture.
Gerald Early
Early is the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in the English Department at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of several books including "The Culture of Bruising: Essays on Prizefighting, Literature and Modern American Culture," which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism in ...
Bakari Kitwana
Author of The Hip Hop Generation and The Rap on Gangsta Rap, Kitwana is the former executive editor of The Source and former editorial director of "Third World Press".
Sabrina Weill
Weill is an author and the former editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine. Weill's third book, The Real Truth about Teens and Sex, tells parents what's really going on in their teenagers' minds, hearts, and bedrooms--and gives down-to-earth advice to help parents talk about sex the "right" way, so their teens ...
Molefi Kete Asante
Dr. Asante has published more scholarly books than any contemporary African author and has been recognized as one of the ten most widely cited African Americans. His book, African American History: Journey of Liberation, is used in more than 400 schools throughout North America. His most recent book, Maulana ...
Clifton L. Taulbert
Taulbert has been honored throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan, South Africa and the Middle East as a gifted writer of warm, honest and heartfelt stories.
Tukufu Zuberi
A host on the hit Public Broadcasting System (PBS) series The History Detectives, Dr. Tukufu Zuberi is a preeminent academic voice in America for his studies on race and African and African Diaspora populations. A proponent for social justice and equality, Zuberi shares his vast knowledge with audiences during his ...
Julia Boyd
Julia Boyd is a psychotherapist and author of best-selling health books.
Adrian Nicole Leblanc
A prolific author of magazine and newspaper articles, many on the effects of poverty on adolescents, LeBlanc redefined immersion reporting in her first book, Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx. The result of a decade spent closely involved in the lives of her subjects, this ten-year odyssey ...
Cruz Reynoso
An internationally recognized civil rights leader, professor of law, keynote speaker, and proponent for government reform, Cruz Reynoso was the first Hispanic person to sit on the California Supreme Court. Currently a Professor of Law at UC Davis, he is an impassioned civil rights activist who speaks on everything from ...
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