debate Experts

Jed Forman

Assistant Professor of Theological StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Karin Fry

Department Chair, Philosophy and Religious StudiesGeorgia Southern University

Karin Fry is an expert in continental, social and political philosophy as well as the works of Arendt, Lyotard, and Kant.

Vincent Conitzer

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Vincent Conitzer researches the ethics, safety, and societal consequences of AI.

Lisa F. Clark

Research Associate University of Saskatchewan

Political Scientist researching food politics and food policy

Denise Amyot

President and CEOColleges and Institutes Canada

Denise Amyot is President and CEO of CICan, the national voice of Canada's public colleges, institutes, cegeps and polytechnics.

Juergen Hahn

Professor & Department Head, Biomedical EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Specializes in systems biology and process modeling and analysis with a focus on Autism diagnosis and treatment

Andrew McAninch, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Andrew McAninch specializes in ethics and applied ethics, with an emphasis on bioethics, engineering ethics, and ethics of AI.

John Hayes, PhD

Associate Professor of HistoryAugusta University

Dr. Hayes is an expert in the history of the US South, with special focus on memory and commemoration, race and civil rights, and religion.

Aashish Kumar

Professor of Radio, Television, FilmHofstra University

Prof. Kumar is a social action scholar and a documentary filmmaker.

Jason R. Sellers

Associate Professor of HistoryUniversity of Mary Washington

Jason R. Sellers is a cultural and environmental historian of 17th-and 18th-century North America interested in landscapes and bodies.