Dr. John R. Shook lives in the Washington, DC, area, teaching phil­osophy at Bowie State University, Maryland, and Georgetown University. He co-edited the Oxford... Read More

Philip Kitcher is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and the past president of the American Philosophical Association. He is the... Read More

Rebecca Manski is a communications consultant for non-governmental organizations who specializes in environmental justice issues. She is also an entrepreneur. Manski has been involved... Read More

Sarah Layden has an MFA in fiction writing from Purdue and a BS in journalism from Syracuse. She's won two Society of Professional Journalists... Read More

Frank S. Robinson is the author of The Case for Rational Optimism and blogs at The Rational Optimist.

Marvin Lee is an Invited Professor in the College of Art & Design at Ewha Womans University (South Korea). Eli Park Sorensen is an Assistant Professor in... Read More

Art Busse’s interdisciplinary studies in social theory at Princeton and Stanford led to an interdisciplinary life. An award-winning writer and architectural designer, his work... Read More

Cenk Uygur is the co-creator and main host of the Internet and cable news show The Young Turks.

Debra Sweet is the American Humanist Association’s 2012 humanist heroine and the executive director of World Can’t Wait, headquartered in New York City.

Ira Flatow is the host of Science Friday on NPR and recipient of the 2012 Isaac Asimov Science Award from the American Humanist Association.