Academic Speakers

Expertise and Inspiration: Engage Audiences with Top Academic Keynote Speakers

List of Academic Speakers

The academic keynote speakers in this category include professors, bestselling authors, scholars, education experts, and learning advocates across a broad range of industries. Whether in the classroom, on a conference stage, on social media and television, or through their award-winning writing, these academic speakers are inspiring educators who use their platforms to advance research and spark important conversations in science, business, philosophy, politics, social issues, and history.

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Kanya Balakrishna
(2 ratings)

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate

Kumu Hina
(1 rating)

Native Hawaiian Transgender Teacher, Award-Winning Filmmaker, Cultural Practitioner & Community Leader

Ronald A. Heifetz

Foremost Authority on Leadership & Organizational Adaptability; Founding Director of Center for Public Leadership; Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School

Arie Kapteyn

Professor of Economics & Executive Director of the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research

Alexandra Lord

Chair of the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Olaf Weber

Professor and Research Chair in Sustainable Finance; Senior Fellow at the Centre for National Governance Innovation

Ilya Fushman

Partner at Kleiner Perkins with a Focus on Fintech, Enterprise Software & Infrastructure Investments; Former Head of Product at Dropbox

Lella Gandini Ed.D

United States Liaison for the Reggio Emilia Program in the United States and Adjunct Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Mohsen Mostafavi

Architect & Educator; Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design

Janet Iwasa

Molecular Animator & TED Fellow

Thomas Gilovich

Behavioral Scientist, Expert on Decision Making; Professor, Cornell University

Luke Williams
(1 rating)

Innovation Leader, NYU Professor, Best-Selling Author & Keynote Speaker on Disruption

Ellen Langer

Mother of Mindfulness Theory; Social Psychologist; Authority on Leading and Living Boldly; Harvard University Professor

James Davison Hunter

Sociologist, Author & Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture and Social Theory at the University of Virginia

Carol Swain
(1 rating)

Former Professor at Vanderbilt University, Political Commentator & Award-Winning Author

Christina Liaghati

Strategy Execution & Operations Manager at AI & Autonomy Innovation Center at MITRE

Dr. Vicki Crawford

Director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Collection at Morehouse College