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<p>Dr. Jodi Magness is a Classical and Biblical archaeologist specializing in ancient Palestine (modern Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories) from the time of Jesus up to the tenth century. Her research...

<p>Dr. Lisa Schrenk is a Professor of Architectural History at the University of Arizona’s College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. She is the author of multiple books, including The Oak Park Studio...

<p>Dr. Steven Weitzman is a scholar in the department of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania and his research specializes in the Hebrew Bible, ancient Judaism and the origins of Jewish culture— and it is...

<p>Dr. Sarah Fine is an educator, ethnographer, and the co-author of In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School. She currently directs the High Tech High Graduate School of Education’s...

<p> </p> <p>Dr. Jal Mehta is a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has written extensively on what it would take to improve American education, with a particular focus on the professionalization of...

<p>Shamoyia Gardiner is the executive director of Strong Schools Maryland. Shamoyia is a first-generation American, first-generation college graduate from Miami. Due in part to her identities and experiences as a former...

<p>Today, I’m honored to have the chance to speak with Jeff Carreira. Jeff is a highly respected spiritual teacher and author who has dedicated his life to exploring the nature of consciousness and the vast array of...

<p> </p> <p>Amy Junge is a former California public elementary and middle school teacher and assistant principal. She started working with teacher-powered schools in 2009 and was a contributing author for Trusting...

<p>Massimo Pigliucci is currently the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. His research interests include the philosophy of science, the nature of pseudoscience, and practical philosophies...

<p>Dr. David Bentley Hart is an author. To call him anything else, I found, gets a little tricky. He expressed to me in our conversation, for example, not really enjoying the title of theologian, though many might call...

<p>Michael Horn speaks and writes about the future of education and works with a number of organizations to improve the lives of as many students as possible.</p> <p>Michael Horn is the author and coauthor of multiple...

<p>Dr. Robert Fraser is a renowned author and biographer. His teaching career has taken him to the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, the University of Leeds, The University of London, and Trinity College...

<p>Sharif El-Mekki is the Director of the Center for Black Educator Development (CBED) which he founded in 2019. Prior to that, Sharif was an educator in Philadelphia for nearly 30 years.</p> <p>Sharif served as the...

<p>Dr. Jeffrey J. Kripal is the Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and holds the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University, where he chaired the Department of Religion for...

<p>In his own words, "Strother Purdy is an almost-academic, a lifetime woodworker, a writer of three other books, a teacher, a father of two, a husband to one, a motorcycling enthusiast, and planter of googly eyes on...