Honoree Lorrie Faith Cranor Lorrie Faith Cranor FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science and of Engineering & Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University Lorrie Faith Cranor is the FORE Systems Professor of Computer Scien...
Honoree J. Alex Halderman J. Alex Halderman Professor of Computer Science and Engineering University of Michigan J. Alex Halderman is a professor of computer science and engineering and director of the Center for Compu...
Honoree Young Mie Kim Young Mie Kim Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Wisconsin–Madison Young Mie Kim is a professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University o...
Honoree Benjamin Lessing Benjamin Lessing Assistant Professor, Political Science University of Chicago Benjamin Lessing is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago who studies organized...
Honoree JeeLoo Liu JeeLoo Liu Chair and Professor of Philosophy California State University, Fullerton JeeLoo Liu is the department chair and professor of philosophy at California State University, Fullerton. He...
Honoree Stewart A. Weaver Stewart A. Weaver Professor of History University of Rochester Stewart A. Weaver is a professor of history and former department chair at the University of Rochester where he teaches courses i...
Honoree Sera L. Young Sera L. Young Assistant Professor of Anthropology Northwestern University Sera L. Young is an assistant professor of anthropology and the program in global health studies at Northwestern Unive...
Honoree Angelika Amon Angelika Amon Cancer Researcher and Professor, MIT | Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science Growing up in Austria, Angelika Amon considered becoming a paleontologist or a zoologist, but she got h...
Honoree Branka Arsić Branka Arsić Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University | Guggenheim Fellow As a scholar of the American Renaissance, Serbian-born Branka Arsić brings a fresh perspe...
Honoree Peggy Cherng Peggy Cherng Cofounder, Cochair, and Co-CEO, Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. Born Peggy Tsiang in Myanmar (then Burma), Peggy Cherng grew up in Hong Kong and came to the United States to study a...
Honoree Aleksandar Hemon Aleksandar Hemon Writer and Professor of Creative Writing, Princeton University | MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow In 1992 Aleksandar Hemon was a young journalist visiting Chicago as part of a...
Honoree Midori Midori Violinist, Educator, and Arts Advocate Born in Okinawa, Midori became known to American audiences when the 11-year-old violin prodigy was the surprise guest at the New York Philharm...
Honoree Debbie Mucarsel-Powell Debbie Mucarsel-Powell U.S. Congresswoman, Florida, District 26 Representing Florida’s 26th district, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is the first Ecuadorian American and the first immigrant from Sout...
Honoree M. Rosaria Piomelli M. Rosaria Piomelli Architect and Former Dean, Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York M. Rosaria Piomelli was born in Naples, Italy, in 1937. Her father was part of the Ital...
Honoree Mariano Rivera Mariano Rivera Hall of Fame Baseball Player and Philanthropist Considered one of the best relief pitchers in history, Mariano Rivera grew up in Puerto Caimito, a fishing village in Panama, wh...
Honoree Linus Torvalds Linus Torvalds Creator of Linux and Git | Millennium Technology Prize Winner Any time you withdraw cash from an ATM, call someone on a cell phone, or watch a movie during a flight, chances ar...
Honoree Nari Ward Nari Ward Artist and Distinguished Professor/Head of Sculpture, Hunter College | Guggenheim Fellow and Rome Prize Winner Born in Jamaica, Nari Ward moved to the United States at age 12. Today...
Honoree Rohit De Rohit De International Peace and Security Associate Professor of History Yale University Rohit De, an associate professor of history at Yale University, is a legal historian who studies South A...
Honoree Azmat Khan Azmat Khan International Peace and Security Investigative Reporter and Professor of Journalism; Future of War Fellow New America Azmat Khan is the Future of War Fellow at New America and an inv...
Honoree Jason Lyall Jason Lyall International Peace and Security James Wright Chair in Transnational Politics and Associate Professor of Government Dartmouth College Jason Lyall is the James Wright Chair in Transn...
Honoree Ana Raquel Minian Ana Raquel Minian Democracy Associate Professor of History Stanford University Ana Raquel Minian is an associate professor of history at Stanford University who studies Latin America and immigr...
Honoree David A. Pietz David A. Pietz Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History; UNESCO Chair in Environmental History University of Arizona David A. Pietz is an associate professor of modern Chinese history and...
Honoree Jennifer Anne Richeson Jennifer Anne Richeson Democracy Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology Yale University Jennifer Anne Richeson is the Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology and director of the Social Percept...
Honoree Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im Professor of Law Emory University School of Law Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im was born in a village on the Nile in Sudan. As a law student in the 1960s at the University of...
Honoree Fabian Arias Fabian Arias Pastor, Iglesia de Sion Saint Peter’s Church, New York City Fabian Arias was born in Argentina and received his training in the Catholic Church at the Santa María Seminary in Buen...