Breakout Sessions

Session 1: History

• Richard R. Beeman, John Welsh Centennial Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania (moderator)
• Alan Brinkley, Allan Nevins Professor of American History, Columbia University
• Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker, Florentine Films
• Sam Chaltain, educator and organizational change consultant
• Joseph J. Kelly, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Humanities Council
• Dayna Laur, educator, Central York High School
• Jennifer Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California-Irvine
• Stefanie Malone, Community Outreach Manager, KCTS 9
• Daniel Okrent, author & journalist
• Nicole Roper, educator, West Philadelphia Catholic High School
• Ralph Young, Professor, Department of History, Temple University

Session 2: Ethics and Political Philosophy

• Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania (moderator)
• Carl Ackerman, educator, Constitution High School
• William B. Allen, Professor of Political Philosophy, Michigan State University
• Ann Fisher, executive producer and host, All Sides with Ann Fisher, WOSU
• Amy Gutmann, President and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
• Stephanie Jasky, Founder and Director, FedUpUSA
• Andrew March, Associate Professor of Political Science, Yale University
• Dennis Thompson, Professor of Government and Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy, Harvard University
• John Yoo, Professor, School of Law, University of California – Berkeley

Session 3: Media and Communications

• J. Michael Hogan, Liberal Arts Research Professor and Co-Director, Center for Democratic Deliberation, Pennsylvania State University (moderator)
• Tony Blankley, Executive Vice President, Global Affairs, Edelman
• Mona Charen, syndicated columnist
• Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School of Communication and Walter & Leonore Annenberg Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
• Tanya Hamilton, film director and writer  
• Richard Kilberg, President, Fred Friendly Seminars
• Lynn Novick, documentary filmmaker, Florentine Films
• Siobhan Reardon, President & Director, Free Library of Philadelphia
• Michael Schudson, Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Session 4: Religion

• Erik Owens, Associate Director, Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theology and International Studies, Boston College (moderator)
• Jeff Bundy, Community Relations Manager, WHYY
• Francis Graham Lee, Professor of Political Science, St. Joseph's University 
• Jeanne Halgren Kilde, Director, Religious Studies Program, University of Minnesota
• Thomas Kidd, Associate Professor of History and Senior Fellow, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University
• Munir Kreidie, teacher, Kensington CAPA
• Susan Meyer, Senior Director, Marketing, Communications, and Organizational Development, WOSU Public Media
• Laurence Tom, pastor, Chinese Christian Church and Center

Session 5: Civic and Social Entrepreneurs

• David Eisner, President & CEO, National Constitution Center (moderator)
• W. Wilson Goode, Sr., National Director, Amachi Program
• Lauren Hughes, Community Relations Coordinator, WHYY
• Caren Izzo, teacher, Haddonfield Middle School
• David Karpf, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University School of Communication and Information; Faculty Associate, Eagleton Institute of Politics
• Lauren Schwarze, Project Manager, Nine Network of Public Media