KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Director of the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing; William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University; PI, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Science & Technology Policy Leader, Former Deputy Assistant to President Joe Biden & Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Professor of Sociology at Duke University & Author of "Racism without Racists"

Professor of Sociology & Psychiatry, Director of the Center for Medicine, Health & Society at Vanderbilt University

Belonging Researcher, Professor of Sociology & Director of the Center for Educational Excellence at the University of San Diego; Author of "College Belonging; 33 Simple Strategies for Faculty"

Associate Professor of Education & Social Work and Co-Chair of the Rossier School of Education PhD Program at the University of Southern California

Professor, Author, Researcher, Teacher Advocate

Host of 1A, a Daily Radio Program from WAMU & NPR

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide," Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Pardee Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley

Professor of Management at the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics; Co-director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative

Political Advisor, Former Director of Speechwriting for President Obama; Author of "Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America"

Author, Professor & Radio Personality

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

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist; Breast Cancer Survivor; Certified Diversity Executive & Resilience Expert

Founder of the Chasing Hope Foundation; Author, Professor & Expert on Public Policy

Expert on Race, Immigration & Mass Incarceration; Professor of History, African American Studies, and Urban Planning at UCLA

Forbes Columnist, Author & Professor at Chapman University; Expert on the Metaverse & Extended Reality

Princeton Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer; Author of "Star Power: American Democracy in the Age of the Celebrity Candidate"

Author on Gender, Race & Ethnicity; Professor of Legal Studies and Sociology at Kenyon College