Heather writes non-fiction and poetry. She teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she specializes in environmental humanities, and she also keeps bees. She is the author Where Honeybees Thrive: Stories from the Field (2017), which won the 2017 Sigurd F Olson Nature Writing Award.
Kensy is a cognitive scientist in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. His work has appeared in The Conversation and Nautilus, among others.
Alexander is an assistant professor of history at Williams College, Massachusetts. He specializes in the cultural and intellectual history of early modern Europe (c1450 to 1800). His most recent book is The Republic of Arabic Letters: Islam and the European Enlightenment (2018).
David has been a storyteller all his professional life. He has worked on over five hundred motion pictures. Most notably, David was President of Paramount Pictures and Production President of Walt Disney Pictures. He is Co-Founder of the MIT Center for Future Storytelling. His latest novel is The Dog (2018).
Christian is a cognitive neuroscientist turned science writer, whose work has appeared in New Scientist, the Guardian and Psychology Today, among others. He is editor of the Research Digest blog published by the British Psychological Society, and presents their PsychCrunch podcast. His latest book is Personology: Using the Science of Personality Change to Your Advantage (forthcoming). He lives in England.
Arash serves as the director of the Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic (STARC). He is a board-certified psychiatrist and completed his residency at the University of Michigan. His clinical work is mainly focused on anxiety and trauma-related disorders, and PTSD. He often helps civilians and first responders with PTSD. His clinic utilizes pharmacotherapy (medication), psychotherapy, exercise, and lifestyle modification to help patients achieve their full capacity for a fulfilling life.
Walter is Chauncey Stillman professor of practical ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University in North Carolina. He is co-instructor of the Coursera online course “Think Again” and author of Think Again: How to Reason and Argue (2018).
Sarah is Assistant Professor of Musicology and Director of the Early Music Program at Florida State University. She holds an MA/Ph.D. in musicology and criticism from the University of California, Davis, and an MM in historical performance practices from the Mannes College of Music.
Jonathan is head of philosophy at Cardiff University in Wales, UK. His latest book is Rethinking Existentialism (2018).
