KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Senior Writer for National Review & TIME Magazine Columnist; Bestselling Author of "Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore"

Professor of English at UCLA, Literary Critic & Specialist in Medieval Literature

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

American Author & Former Government Official of 29 Years; Worked Directly for Three U.S. Presidents

Environmental Writer & University of Montana Professor Emeritus

Renowned Historian, NY Times Bestselling Author & Pulitzer Prize Finalist

Scholar & Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of New Mexico; Indigenous Literature Author; Member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Reservation

Senior writer at POLITICO and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair

Journalist, Biographer, Historian & Senior Editor at National Review

President & CEO of the National Constitution Center & Contributing Editor of The Atlantic

Historian at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Rocketeer & Author

Cold War Historian & Author

Professor in American Politics, Author & Podcaster

Educator, Writer, Activist & First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Author of "Freedom Summer"

Foreign Policy Expert & President of The Middle East Forum

Documentary Filmmaker; Civil Rights Advocate & Expert on the life of Emmett Till

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Educator, Writer & Researcher

Host & Producer of NPR's Throughline