Maria Regan Gonzalez
Mayor of Richfield
Bonnie Kristian
Acting editor-in-chief, TheWeek.com
C. Daniel Myers
Assistant Professor of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Moderated by Kevin Lindsey, Minnesota Humanities Center
Annastacia Belladonna-Carrera
Executive Director, Common Cause Minnesota
Miles Rapoport
Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy, Ash Institute, Harvard
Moderated by Kevin Lindsey, Minnesota Humanities Center
Mark Clague, Associate Professor of Musicology and American Culture, University of Michigan
Ekene Ijeoma, Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Sciences and Director of Poetic Justice at MIT Media Lab
Marc Leepson, Journalist, historian, and author
Moderated by Kevin Lindsey, Minnesota Humanities Center
Janet Wong, Associate Artistic Director; New York Live Arts
Pauline Kim Harris, Violinist and Composer
Marie Paspe, Performer; Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
Moderated by Kevin Lindsey, Minnesota Humanities Center
Dr. David Hamlar
Major General (bvt) (RET), Assistant Air Adjutant General
Minnesota Air National Guard
Moderated by Kevin Lindsey, Minnesota Humanities Center
Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General
Georgia Fort, independent journalist
Booker Hodges, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Moderated by Kevin Lindsey, Minnesota Humanities Center
Skyler Dorr (they/them) serves as the IAS program specialist and front desk receptionist. Before working at the IAS, Skyler graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2015 with a BA in both Political Science and German, Scandinavian & Dutch, focusing on German political philosophy. Skyler returned to the University in 2018, working at the Disability Resource Center until moving to the IAS in 2021. Outside of work, most of their time is devoted to community and campus activism as well as creative writing pursuits.
Please help us welcome Skyler Dorr, who is joining us as a project specialist and front desk receptionist. Skyler will also be supporting the Heritage Studies and Public History master’s program.
You’re bringing some great new experience to the team! Tell us about your background and what you were up to before starting this position.
Lei Liang
Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Music
University of California, San Diego
Moderated by Ann DuHamel
Associate Professor of Music, Humanities Division
University of Minnesota, Morris
Queen Quet Marquetta L. Goodwine, Chieftess and Head of State of the Gullah/Geechee Nation
Kate Derickson, Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota
Hannah Jo King, Natural Resources Science & Management, University of Minnesota
Moriah Shumpert, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota
