Wellness in Our Democracy
2024-2025
Chris Crandall
Professor of Psychology
Sayvon Foster
Assistant Professor of Health, Sport, & Exercise Science & Director of the Sport Experience at Special Mission Institutions Research Laboratory University of Kansas
2023-2024
David Roediger, Foundation Distinguished Professor of History and American Studies
Shawn Alexander, professor of African & African-American studies and director of the Langston Hughes Center
AD Boynton, II, PhD Candidate, English, KU
Paul Scott, Professor of French/Affiliate Faculty – Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction
Lucas Bessire, author and anthropologist
Allison Kite, reporter, Kansas Reflector
2022-2023 Events
Jonas Kaiser, assistant professor at Suffolk University and faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
Paul Cope, director of KU’s Master of Science in Homeland Security: Law and Policy Program and judge advocate in the Kansas Army National Guard
Lori Arguelles, director of strategic communications for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Trevor Lies, doctoral student in psychology
Katie Batza, Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, KU
Sarah Deer, University Distinguished Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Indigenous Studies Program, School of Law, KU
Mackenzie Clark, Reporter and Founder, The Lawrence Times
Mike Semel, Local Editor, The Washington Post
Randal Jelks, Professor of African and African-American Studies, American Studies, KU
Shawn Alexander, Professor and Chair of African and African-American Studies, KU
Randal Jelks, Professor of African and African-American Studies, American Studies, KU
Nishani Frazier, Director of Museum Studies Program, Assistant Professor of History and American Studies, KU
Patricia Weems Gaston, Lacy C Haynes Professor of Journalism, KU
Reginald Hubbard, Founder and Chief Serving Officer, Active Peace Yoga