KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Feminism & Popular Culture Contributing Opinion Writer for the New York Times

Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show Host; Multiple Sclerosis Survivor; Health Equity & Veteran Advocate

Contributing Writer at The Atlantic & Author of "Girl Land" and "To Hell With All That"

Writer, Pulitzer Finalist, Disability Advocate & Author of "Easy Beauty"

Writer, Editor & Author of "The Power of Strangers"

Staff Writer at the New Yorker & Author

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

UNC Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience; Author of "Popular"

Experts on Student Mental Health, Family Relationships & Coauthors of "The Stressed Years of Their Lives"

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Documentary Director, Producer & Author of "All That You Leave Behind"

Author of "All You Can Ever Know;" Contributing Writer for The Atlantic; Asian-American Activist

Award-Winning Investigative Journalist, Texas Monthly Executive Editor & Heart Disease Expert

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Blogger, Author & Mental Health Advocate; Thought Leader on Self-Love & Body Image

Author, Award-winning Journalist

Leading Authority on Healthcare, Washington Post Columnist, CNN Medical Analyst, Physician, Professor & Author

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Preventive Medicine Physician, Lecturer at Yale School of Public Health, Senior Editor & Writer for The Atlantic, Author