Sociology Speakers

Emmy-nominated, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, Host of Brad Meltzer’s "Lost History" & Brad Meltzer’s "Decoded" on the History Channel

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party; Author of "A Lonely Range" & "Seize the Time"

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist & Executive Producer; Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside"

Sports Journalist, Analyst & Talk Show Host Known for "First Take"; Author, "Straight Shooter"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Leading Urbanist, Economist & Author of "The Rise of the Creative Class"

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

Sociologist, Best-Selling Author, Comedian

Clinical Sexologist and Sex Educator, Known for the Online Video Series "Sexplanations"

Neurodiversity Speaker, Social Psychologist & Blogger; Author of "Unmasking Autism" and "Laziness Does Not Exist"

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society

Two-Time TED Speaker; Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Florida International University; Expert in Education in Relation to Social Mobility

Senior Advisor & Former Senior Partner & Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group

Israeli-born American Computer Scientist and Philosopher; Father of Slain Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl; President of the Daniel Pearl Foundation

Economist & Sociologist Researcher at Boston College; Focused on Work, Consumption & Climate Change

Award-Winning Journalist, Novelist & Dynamic Futurist Exploring Technology, Culture & Human Nature; Author of "Email from the Future: Notes from 2084"

Author, Psychologist & Expert on Violence & Children; Senior Faculty Fellow at the Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University

Leading Poverty Researcher & William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology & Public Affairs at Princeton University; PI of the Fragile Families & Child Wellbeing Study