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Steering Committee

Matthew Abtahi

Matthew Abtahi

Assistant Director of Multicultural Student Affairs
Nancy Anderson

Nancy Anderson

Associate Director, Residential Academic Initiatives
Yarrow Axford

Yarrow Axford

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Admissions & Recruitment, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Patricia A. Beddows

Patricia A. Beddows

Director, Environmental Sciences Program; Assistant Chair, Earth & Planetary Sciences; Associate Professor of Instruction, Earth & Planetary Sciences; Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Mark Berry

Mark Berry

One Book fellow
Neal Blair

Neal Blair

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science  and Earth & Planetary Sciences;  Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Jen Brown

Jen Brown

Co-Director & Co-Founder, Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities Center for Community Health, Northwestern University Institute for Public Health & Medicine, Lecturer, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
Bruce G. Carruthers

Bruce G. Carruthers

John D. MacArthur Professor, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University
Nancy Cunniff

Nancy Cunniff

Director, One Book One Northwestern
Ruth Martin Curry

Ruth Martin Curry

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Civic Engagement
Christopher Davidson

Christopher Davidson

Campus & Community Engagement Librarian, User Experience Department of the NU Library
Jennifer B. Dunn

Jennifer B. Dunn

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Associate Director of the Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience
Abigail Foerstner

Abigail Foerstner

Director-Graduate Science Journalism; Associate Professor, Clinical, Journalism; Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
Tracey Gibson-Jackson

Tracey Gibson-Jackson

Associate Director, Student Organizations & Activities
Jim Hambleton

Jim Hambleton

Louis Berger Junior Professor and Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dee Hanlon

Dee Hanlon

Alumnae of Northwestern University
Leslie Harris

Leslie Harris

Professor, History;  Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Teresa H. Horton

Teresa H. Horton

Associate Professor of Research; Department of Anthropology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Amy Iler

Amy Iler

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Program of Plant Biology and Conservation; Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Alicia Jones

Alicia Jones

One Book fellow
Dean Karlan

Dean Karlan

Professor of Economics and Finance, Frederic Esser Nemmers Chair, Co-Director, Global Poverty Research Lab NU Kellogg School of Management
Kiarri N Kershaw

Kiarri N Kershaw

Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine;  Feinberg School of Medicine
Greg Kozak

Greg Kozak

Director, Sustainability
Ivy Leung

Ivy Leung

Clinical Research Project Manager, Center for Health Equity Transformation, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Feinberg School of Medicine
Nancy Loeb

Nancy Loeb

Clinical Professor of Law Director, Environmental Advocacy Center NU Pritzker School of Law
Eugene Lowe

Eugene Lowe

Assistant to the President, President's Office
Madison McClellan

Madison McClellan

One Book fellow
Michael Metzger

Michael Metzger

Pick-Laudati Curator of Media Arts, Block Museum
William Miller

William Miller

One Book Faculty Chair
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Director of the Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience; McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Adilson Motter

Adilson Motter

Professor, Physics and Astronomy; Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Erin Northington

Erin Northington

Susan and Stephen Wilson Associate Director, Campus and Community Education and Engagement, The Block Museum of Art
Justin Notestein

Justin Notestein

Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering; McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Aaron Packman

Aaron Packman

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Melissa Rosenzweig

Melissa Rosenzweig

Interim Director, Program in Environmental Policy and Culture; Assistant Professor of Instruction, Anthropology; Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Brad Sageman

Brad Sageman

Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences; Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; Co-Director, Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern Academic Director, Master of Science in Energy & Sustainability (MSES)
Iliana Schmidt

Iliana Schmidt

One Book fellow
James Schwoch

James Schwoch

Professor, Communication Studies; School of Communication
Linsey Seitz

Linsey Seitz

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Jessa Shortridge

Jessa Shortridge

One Book fellow
Ines Sommer

Ines Sommer

Associate Professor of Instruction; Associate Director, MFA in Documentary Media, Northwestern School of Communications
Barbara Spoerl

Barbara Spoerl

Alumnae of Northwestern University
 Brittney Thompson

Brittney Thompson

One Book Graduate Assistant
Suzan van der Lee

Suzan van der Lee

Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences; Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Albert Wang

Albert Wang

One Book fellow
Klaus Weber

Klaus Weber

Deputy Director, Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs; Professor of Management & Organizations; Thomas G. Ayers Chair in Energy Resource Management, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern
Mark Werwath

Mark Werwath

Clinical Full Professor; Executive Director of the Office of Professional Education; Director of Master of Engineering Management Program, Co-Director of Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Mark Witte

Mark Witte

Professor of Instruction, Economics; Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Keith Woodhouse

Keith Woodhouse

Associate Professor, History; Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Sera Young

Sera Young

Associate Professor of Anthropology; Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Nyree Zerega

Nyree Zerega

Biological Sciences and Director of Plant & Biology Conservation Program; Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences