Saturday, September 6th 3pm CT - Grace Place Stage Dr. Ned Scott Laff has over 35 years of university experience, working in curriculum development, program assessment, general education review and revision, self-designed majors, and developing centers that integrate mentoring, and career development. He was awarded the Civic Engagement Award from The Washington Center for his ... Read more

Saturday, September 6th 5pm CT - Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage Miriam Petty is Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the Graduate School and Associate Professor in Radio/Television/Film at Northwestern University. A scholar of race, stardom, and African American representation in Hollywood, her work appears in leading media studies journals. Her award-winning book Stealing ... Read more

Saturday, September 6th 11am CT - Grace Place Stage Sarah Perry (she/they) is the author of Sweet Nothings: Confessions of a Candy Lover (Mariner, 2025) and After the Eclipse: A Mother’s Murder, a Daughter’s Search (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017), which was named a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Her writing has also appeared ... Read more