Sociology Speakers

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor of City & Regional Planning & Sociology, University of Pennsylvania; Authority on Urban Planning & Housing Policy

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

Professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; New York Times Opinion Columnist; 2020 MacArthur Fellow

Digital Futurist & 9x Bestselling Author; Head of Global Innovation at ServiceNow; Former Vice President of Global Innovation at Salesforce

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

Professor & North Hall Chair of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara

World-Renowned Expert On Aging & Longevity; Research Associate at the University of Chicago's Center on Aging

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

Feminist Author, Social Justice Advocate, Film & TV Producer

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

Science, Technology & Society Scholar; Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress