Society & Culture Speakers — Page 7

Tarana Burke is the founder of the #MeToo movement, which she started in 2006 to support survivors of sexual violence before it became a global phenomenon in 20...

Amanda Palmer is a musician, author, and TED speaker whose talk 'The Art of Asking' has been viewed over 13 million times and became a bestselling book. She pio...

NYU Stern professor and author of 'Irresistible' about technology addiction and 'Anatomy of a Breakthrough' about getting unstuck. He speaks on behavioral addic...

Creator of The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings), one of the internet's most beloved sources of cultural and intellectual nourishment. She speaks on creativ...

British-American author of 'The Professor and the Madman' and 'The Map That Changed the World,' acclaimed for making arcane subjects riveting. He speaks on hist...

The late Supreme Court Justice whose pioneering work on gender equality and her status as a cultural icon through the 'Notorious RBG' persona inspired millions....

The late Congressman and civil rights icon who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday. His legacy o...

The late South African Anglican Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate whose leadership of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission showed the world a model f...

The late Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Holocaust survivor, and author of 'Night' whose life was dedicated to bearing witness to the Holocaust and fighting injusti...

Yale psychologist and author of 'Against Empathy' and 'The Sweet Spot' who challenges conventional wisdom about morality, pleasure, and suffering. He speaks on ...

British concert pianist, author of 'Instrumental,' and mental health advocate who has spoken candidly about childhood abuse, mental illness, and the healing pow...

Disability activist, founder of the Disability Visibility Project, and author of 'Year of the Tiger' who is one of the most important voices in disability justi...

Former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford and author of 'How to Raise an Adult' who challenged helicopter parenting culture with evidence and compassion. She speaks o...

Author of 'The Storytelling Animal' and 'The Story Paradox' who argues that humans are fundamentally storytelling creatures and explores both the power and dang...

Author of 'A Long Way Gone,' a memoir about his experience as a child soldier in Sierra Leone who was rehabilitated and eventually educated at Oberlin College. ...

George Mason University economist, author of 'The Great Stagnation' and 'Average Is Over,' and co-author of the hugely popular Marginal Revolution blog. He spea...

Author of 'How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life' and host of EconTalk, one of the most respected economics podcasts in the world. He speaks on economics, Adam Sm...

Award-winning Haitian-American author and MacArthur Fellow whose novels and essays have made her the foremost literary voice of the Haitian diaspora. She speaks...

Beloved American novelist and filmmaker whose 'New York Trilogy' helped define American postmodern fiction. He speaks on writing, chance, identity, New York, an...

Author of 'There There,' one of the most celebrated debut novels in recent memory, which centers on the Native American urban experience in Oakland. He speaks o...

MacArthur Fellow, poet, and author of 'On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous' who came to America as a refugee from Vietnam and has become one of the most luminous li...

Ugandan climate activist and author of 'A Bigger Picture' who was infamously cropped out of a photo of fellow activists at Davos, sparking a global conversation...

Contemporary art museum director and cultural leader, Heidi Zuckerman discusses the intersection of art, culture, and society. Her curatorial perspective and cu...

Sociologist and research scholar specializing in race relations, criminal justice, and social inequality. Ray provides evidence-based insights into complex soci...