Author and science Journalist Laura Spinney and moderator, Udodiri R. Okwandu, Presidential Scholar, Harvard University.
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James Carroll is author of 21 books, both fiction and non-fiction. His essays and articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Daedalus, The Daily Beast and other publications. He wrote a Boston Globe op-ed column for 23 years.
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José Andrés, David Beasley, and Laura Reiley
John F. Kennedy Library
Barbara Abrams, PhD., Suffolk University, Mira Morgenstern, PhD, The City College of New York, and Karen Sullivan, PhD, Queens College/CUNY discuss their latest book, Reframing Rousseau’s Lévite d’Ephraïm: The Hebrew Bible, hospitality, and modern identity. The afternoon’s moderator is Jennifer Vanderheyden, PhD., Marquette University.
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Beth Lew-Williams
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Dr. Kelley Lee is trained in International Relations and Public Administration with a focus on international political economy. She spent over twenty years at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She was a core member of donor-led studies of WHO reform during the 1990s. She co-established the WHO Collaborating Centre on Global Change and Health, and chaired the WHO Resource Group on Globalization, Trade and Health. Her research focuses on the impacts of globalization on population health, and the ways collective action and global governance can mitigate these impacts. Her current research, leading the Pandemics and Borders Project, focuses on the use of cross-border measures (travel and trade) during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the implications for global responses governed by the WHO International Health Regulations. She is also working with leading scholars worldwide to advance the conceptualization and measurement of the commercial determinants of health.
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Katharine Hayhoe and Reyhaneh Maktoufi
John F. Kennedy Library
Isabel Wilkerson
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Jonas Kaiser is a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Assistant Professor at Suffolk University. William Schaffner, MD Professor of Preventive Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Arsenal Center for the Arts
LUIS ALFARO, award-winning playwright and educator RALPH REMINGTON, Director of Cultural Affairs, City of San Francisco HANA SHARIF, Artistic Director, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis DIEP TRAN, arts journalist
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