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Steering Committee

Matthew Abtahi

Matthew Abtahi

Assistant Director, Multicultural Student Affairs

Nancy Anderson

Nancy Anderson

Associate Director, Residential Academic Initiatives
Shannon P. Bartlett

Shannon P. Bartlett

Associate Dean, Inclusion & Engagement Pritzker School of Law
Sheila Bedi

Sheila Bedi

Clinical Professor of Law
Marquis Bey

Marquis Bey

Assistant Professor of African American Studies
Julie Biehl

Julie Biehl

Clinical Professor of Law Director of the Children and Family Justice Center
Interim Associate Dean for Clinical Education
Interim Director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic
Debra Blade

Debra Blade

Assistant Director, Norris Programs
Thomas Bradshaw

Thomas Bradshaw

Professor of Radio/Television/Film
Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Director, Social Justice Education

Sarah Brown

Sarah Brown

Program Administrator Women's Center
Tom Burke

Tom Burke

Assistant Director, Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Geraldo Cadava

Geraldo Cadava

Associate Professor, History
Nancy Cunniff

Nancy Cunniff

Director, One Book One Northwestern
Rachel D’ Amato

Rachel D’ Amato

Content Marketing Strategist at Northwestern University

Christopher Davidson

Christopher Davidson

Campus & Community Engagement Librarian, User Experience Department of the NU Library
Tracey Gibson-Jackson

Tracey Gibson-Jackson

Associate Director, Student Organizations & Activities
Steven Drizin

Steven Drizin

Clinical Professor of Law
Co-Director, Center on Wrongful Convictions

Henry Godinez

Henry Godinez

Professor, Theatre

Malia Haines-Stewart

Malia Haines-Stewart

Associate Film Programmer, The Block Museum of Art

Dee Hanlon

Dee Hanlon

Alumnae of Northwestern University

Nia Heard-Garris

Nia Heard-Garris

Instructor of Pediatrics, Academic General Pediatrics and Primary Care

Al Heartley

Al Heartley

Managing Director, Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts

Patrick Keenan-Devlin

Patrick Keenan-Devlin

Executive Director, Juvenile Justice Attorney, Moran Center for Youth Advocacy

Alex Kotlowitz

Alex Kotlowitz

Senior Lecturer, Medill

Jennifer Lackey

Jennifer Lackey

One Book Faculty Chair
Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy
Director, Northwestern Prison Education Program

Julie Lee Merseth

Julie Lee Merseth

Assistant Professor, Political Science

Eugene Lowe

Eugene Lowe

Assistant to the President, Office of the President

Shobha L. Mahadev

Shobha L. Mahadev

Clinical Associate Professor of Law

John Márquez

John Márquez

Associate Professor, African American Studies Latina and Latino Studies
Director of Graduate Admissions, Dept. of African American Studies

Alan Mills

Alan Mills

Executive Director, Uptown People's Law Center
Adjunct Professor of Law, Pritzker School of Law

Janice Nadler

Janice Nadler

Nathaniel L. Nathanson Professor of Law, Pritzker School of Law

Brett Neveu

Brett Neveu

Senior Lecturer, Radio/Television/Film

Laura Nirider

Laura Nirider

Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Co-Director, Center on Wrongful Convictions

Sally Nuamah

Sally Nuamah

Assistant Professor, School of Education & Social Policy Political Science

Mary Pattillo

Mary Pattillo

Harold Washington Professor, Sociology, African American Studies

Michele Rogers

Michele Rogers

Clinical Assistant Professor of Non-Profit Executive Education
Kellogg School of Management
Director of Chicago Partnerships

Mónica Russel y Rodríguez

Mónica Russel y Rodríguez

Assistant Provost, Diversity & Inclusion
Senior Lecturer, Anthropology
Latina and Latino Studies

Melissa Simon

Melissa Simon

Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Health Equity Transformation, George H. Gardner, MD, Professor of Clinical Gynecology

Linda Teplin

Linda Teplin

Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Owen L. Coon Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Ava Thompson Greenwell

Ava Thompson Greenwell

Professor, Medill

Deb Tuerkheimer

Deb Tuerkheimer

Class of 1940 Research, Professor of Law

Sarah Wake

Sarah Wake

Associate General Counsel
Office of General Counsel

Richard Zinbarg

Richard Zinbarg

Professor, Department Chair, Psychology