Brendan Jamal Thornton: Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Caroline Druschke: Professor, Department of English and Director of Headwaters Lab
Tamara Dean: author and founder of “Stories from the Flood”

Deva R. Woodly: Associate Professor of Politics, The New School
Sun Yung Shin: Acclaimed poet, writer, & cultural worker

Steven Thrasher: Assistant Professor and Daniel H. Renberg Chair, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

Johanna Dunaway: Professor, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University 

NOTE: This event was originally scheduled for Thursday, September 29 and has been rescheduled for Thursday, October 13, 2022.

Jennifer Gunn: Director (outgoing), Institute for Advanced Study
Bianet Castellanos: Director (incoming), Institute for Advanced Study

Institute for Advanced Study, Northrop, and University Honors Program Present

Saonli Basu: Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Mark Fiecas: Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Institute for Advanced Study, Northrop, and University Honors Program Present

Lisiane Pruinelli, PhD, MS, RN, FAMIA: Associate Professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Mary O. Whipple, PhD, RN, PHN: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Institute for Advanced Study, Northrop, and University Honors Program Present

Carl Flink: Director of Dance & Nadine Jette Sween Professor of Dance, University of Minnesota & Artistic Director, Black Label Movement
David Odde: Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Institute for Advanced Study, Northrop, and University Honors Program Present