George&nbsp;Yancy&nbsp;is the Samuel&nbsp;Candler&nbsp;Dobbs Professor of Philosophy at Emory University and a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College, one of the college’s highest honors. He is also the University of Pennsylvania’s inaugural fellow in the Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellowship Program (2019–2020 academic year).&nbsp;Yancy is the author, editor, and co-editor of over 20 books. He&nbsp;is cited as one of the top 10 influential philosophers in the last 10 years, 2010–2020, based upon the number of citations and web presence.&nbsp;He has also published over 200 combined scholarly articles, chapters, and interviews that have appeared in professional journals, books, and at various news sites.&nbsp;He&nbsp;is well known for his influential essays and interviews at the&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;philosophy column “The Stone,” and at&nbsp;the prominent political website&nbsp;Truthout. He is also series editor of Philosophy of Race at Lexington Books.

George Yancy

Karlyn Crowley is provost and professor of English at Ohio Wesleyan University. She has published in academic and popular publications, including Inside Higher Ed on leadership, social justice issues, and higher education. Her book, Feminism’s New Age, explores the relationship between feminism, whiteness, and New Age culture. Previously, Karlyn was founding director of the Cassandra Voss Center at St. Norbert College which is a sister center to the bell hooks center at Berea College.

Karlyn Crowley

Joy James is the Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College and author of <a href="http://www.thecarceral.org/cn12/14_Womb_of_Western_Theory.pdf">“The Womb of Western Theory.”</a>

Joy James

Bettina L. Love is an award-winning author and the Athletic Association Endowed Professor at the University of Georgia.&nbsp;Her writing, research, teaching, and educational advocacy work meet at the intersection of education reform, urban education, abolition, and Black joy.&nbsp;In 2018, Georgia’s House of Representatives presented Dr. Love with a resolution for her impact on the field of education.&nbsp;She has also provided commentary for various news outlets including NPR,&nbsp;Ed Week,&nbsp;The Guardian, and the&nbsp;Atlanta Journal-Constitution.&nbsp;She is the author of&nbsp;the book&nbsp;We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom.

Bettina L. Love

john a. powell is director of the Othering and Belonging Institute and professor of Law, African American, and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He was previously the executive director at the Kirwan&nbsp;Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University, and prior to that, the founder and&nbsp;director of the Institute for Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota. john formerly served as the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He is a co-founder of the Poverty &amp; Race Research&nbsp;Action Council and serves on the boards of several national and international organizations. john led the&nbsp;development of an “opportunity-based” model that connects affordable housing to education, health, health care,&nbsp;and employment and is well known for his work developing the frameworks of “targeted universalism” and&nbsp;“othering and belonging” to effect equity-based interventions. john has taught at numerous law schools including&nbsp;Harvard and Columbia University. His latest book is&nbsp;Racing to Justice: Transforming our Concepts of Self and Other&nbsp;to Build an Inclusive Society.

john a. powell

Stephanie Troutman Robbins (she/her) is a Black feminist scholar, mother, and first-generation college student. She is the department head of Gender &amp; Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona, where she is also an associate professor of English. She is a formally affiliated faculty member in Africana Studies, Teaching, Learning &amp; Sociocultural Studies, and the LGBT Institute. She received a dual PhD in Curriculum &amp; Instruction and Women’s Studies from the Pennsylvania State University in 2011.&nbsp;Her research interests include literacies focused on social justice, feminist pedagogy, critical race theory, film studies, Black feminist theory, schooling, identity/ies and education. She is co-author of the 2018 book, Narratives of Family Assets, Community Gifts, &amp; Cultural Endowments: Re-Imagining the Invisible Knapsack (Lexington Books) and co-editor of the two-part encyclopedia, Race &amp; Ethnicity in US Television (ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Press) published in 2021.

Stephanie Troutman Robbins

Gloria Steinem is an American activist, journalist, and leader in the global feminist movement. Steinem contributed to feminism internationally as a writer, lecturer, organizer, and media spokeswoman on the issues of equality. At the age of 87, she continues her work toward a more just world through her support of seasoned and budding activists and organizations, such as the Women’s Media Center, the ERA Coalition, and Equality Now. She is a co-founder of Ms. Magazine.

Gloria Steinem

A Tribute to bell hooks

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

Philosophy &amp; Religion

Joy James is the Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College and author of <a href="http://www.thecarceral.org/cn12/14_Womb_of_Western_Theory.pdf">“The Womb of Western Theory.”</a>