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Valorie Thomas is an associate professor of English and Africana Studies at Pomona College and the Athenaeum's Black History Month speaker for 2015. A literary and cultural studies and black studies scholar, Thomas’s wo…

Claire Thomas '07 is a food enthusiast turned creative blogger and author. A self taught chef, Thomas is the founder of the food blog thekitchykitchen.com and author of the book The KitchyKitchen: New Classics for Livin…

Azure Antoinette is a poet, spoken word artist, and youth and arts education advocate whose performance poetry explores the ways social media is reshaping humanity. In 2011, she founded an arts-in-education program that…

James Joseph is emeritus professor of the Practice of Public Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Joseph has had a distinguished career in business, education and civil society and has serve…

Brian Cuban is a lawyer, public speaker, and an eating disorder survivor whose book Shattered Image: My Triumph Over Body Dysmorphic Disorder chronicles his first-hand experiences surviving eating disorders, drug addict…

Mona Prince, assistant professor of English literature at Suez University in Egypt, is an Egyptian novelist and literary translator. A political and women’s rights activist, Prince was a presidential hopeful following t…

Zerlina Maxwell, political analyst and contributing writer for ESSENCE Magazine and Mic.com, will discuss rape culture, its prevalence on college campuses, and the role college students can play to combat this trend. Hi…

Paul Vandeventer, President & CEO of Community Partners, Wendy Garen, President & CEO of the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and Chelina Odbert '99, Founder & Principal of Kounkuey Design Initiative, will discuss effective…

Mignon Fogarty is the creator of Grammar Girl and the founder and managing director of Quick and Dirty Tips. A magazine writer, technical writer, and entrepreneur, Fogarty’s kicky, practical, and easy-to-remember advice…

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco is the Wasserman Dean & Distinguished Professor of Education?at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences. A renowned administrator and prolific award-winning writer, his researc…