Aaron J. Place, PhD, is professor of biology at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma, where he teaches courses in animal ecology, evolution,... Read More

Peter Miesler writes from rural southwest Colorado.

Barbara G. Walker (1993 Humanist Heroine) is the author of twenty-four books and numerous articles on topics ranging from comparative religion, history, mythology, and... Read More

Tris Mamone is a bisexual genderqueer humanist blogger who writes about the intersections of social justice and secular humanism at Bi Any Means. They... Read More

Katherine Paige is a former staff attorney for the American Humanist Association's Appignani Humanist Legal Center.

Beth Staas holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s in English, and taught writing at the high school and college level for twenty... Read More

Muhammad Syed is the president of Ex-Muslims of North America, a community-building and advocacy organization for ex-Muslims across the nontheist spectrum. He can be... Read More

Oriana Ivy is the author of three prize-winning chapbooks, a widely published poet and translator. Her work has appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, Best American... Read More

Ken Levy is a recently tenured associate professor of law at LSU Law School. In 1999 he received a PhD in philosophy from Rutgers... Read More

Cameron Cohen is one of this year’s First in the Family Humanist Scholarship awardees.He a twenty-year old from South Los Angeles and a student at... Read More