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William Deresiewicz, essayist and book critic; author, Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life (2014) and A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Fr…

Philipp Kaiser, visiting professor, CMC; senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) (2007-2011); co-author, Manfred Pernice: Haldensleben, Bibette Headland, Hotel Hangelar (2014) and Ends of th…

Geoffrey Megargee, senior applied research scholar, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; author, War of Annihilation: Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941 (2007) and…

Ashley Merryman, co-author, Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing (2014) and NutureShock: New Thinking about Children (2011); "Finding Your Inner Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing"

Nancy Aossey, president and CEO, International Medical Corps, Los Angeles: a global first responder that delivers emergency relief and training programs on the frontlines of war, natural disaster and disease; "On the Fr…

Yaki Lopez, Consul for Political Affairs, Consulate General of Israel, Los Angeles; "Israel's Foreign Policy Challenges" (12:00 p.m.)

Lizz Winstead, political satirist; co-creator, head writer, The Daily Show; co-founder, Air America Radio; co-host, Unfiltered; author, Lizz Free or Die (2012)

Zach Wahls, student, University of Iowa; LGBT activist; author, My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family (2012); "What Makes a Family?"

August Kleinzahler, poet; author, forthcoming The Hotel Oneira and Sleeping It Off in Rapid City (2008); "August Kleinzahler Reads from The Hotel Oneira" (6:45 p.m. Parents Dining Room)

Gloria Allred, attorney, founding partner, Allred, Markoko, & Goldberg; co-author, Fight Back and Win: My Thirty Year Fight Against Injustice and How You Can Win Your Own Battles (2006); "Women’s Rights and Women’s Wron…