September 28th - October 1st
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Tuesday
Barbara Schaffer Bacon
Co-director, Animating Democracy
Americans for the Arts
Tuesday
Angela Schill, Visiting Professor of Organizational Leadership, UVU
Jill Jasperson, Professor of Legal Studies, UVU
Jeff Peterson, Professor of Organizational Leadership, UVU
Jonathan Westover, Academic Director, UVU Center for Social Impact
Tuesday
Kevin Wolfe
Assistant Professor of Religion, Claremont Graduate University
Derek Monson
Vice President for Policy, Sutherland Institute
Michael Goode
Associate Professor of History, UVU
Tuesday
Diane McAdams-Jones
Associate Professor of Nursing, UVU
Pauline Fonua
School of Education, UVU
David Ssejinja
Advisor, UVU Multicultural Student Services
Wednesday
Ryan Vogel
Director, UVU Center for National Security Studies
Greg Jackson
Deputy Director, UVU National Security Studies Program
Wednesday
Yuval Levin
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Editor-in-Chief, National Affairs
Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the
American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair
in Public Policy. The founding and current editor of National Affairs, he is also
a senior editor of The New Atlantis and a contributing editor to National Review.
Dr. Levin and scholars in the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies research
division study the foundations of self-government and the future of law, regulation,
and constitutionalism. They also explore the state of American social, political,
and civic life, while focusing on the preconditions necessary for family, community,
and country to flourish.
Dr. Levin served as a member of the White House domestic policy staff under President George W. Bush.
Wednesday
Brittney Nystrom
Executive Director,
American Civil Liberties Union of Utah
Brittney Nystrom joined the ACLU of Utah as Executive Director in August 2016.
Prior to this, Brittney served as Director for Advocacy at Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) in Washington, D.C. where she advocated on behalf of refugees, unaccompanied children, immigrants in detention, and other vulnerable populations. Before LIRS, Brittney was the Director of Policy and Legal Affairs at the National Immigration Forum, where her advocacy focused on due process concerns and overdue reforms to the immigration system.
Earlier in her career, she represented detained individuals facing deportation and advocated for humane detention conditions as the Legal Director at the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition. She spent several years in private practice, as well, as part of the litigation team at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsen, LLP, also in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday
Christian Anderson
Associate Professor of Higher Education
University of South Carolina
Chris Goslin
Associate Professor Student Leadership & Success Studies, UVU
Benjamin Johnson,
Associate Professor Student Leadership & Success Studies, UVU
Thursday
Axel Ramirez, Professor of Secondary Education, UVU
Kalee Crandall, Assistant Professor of School Counseling, UVU
Dale Cox, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, UVU
Moderator:
Bryan Waite, Professor and Chair of Secondary Education, UVU
Thursday
Heather Thiesset, Assistant Professor of Healthcare Administration, UVU
Francine Jensen, Associate Professor of Nursing, UVU
Allison Ensign, Assistant Professor of Nursing, UVU
Sarah Hall, Associate Professor of Public Health, UVU
Moderator: Jennie Olson, Academic Advisor, CHPS, UVU
Thursday
Leandra Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Communication, UVU
David W. Scott, Professor of Communication, UVU
Stevie Munz, Assistant Professor of Communication, UVU
Friday
Jay DeSart
Professor and Chair, Department of History & Political Science, UVU
Richard Cho
Assistant Professor of Political Science, UVU
Moderator: Lynn England
Director, Peace & Justice Studies Program, UVU
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