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

Stacy Smith

Founder & Director of the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative at the University of Southern California

James Davison Hunter
(1 rating)

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

Lisa Miller

Bestselling Author & Psychology Professor at Columbia University; Founder of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute

Grace Chenxin Liu
(1 rating)

UN & TEDx Speaker; Founder of Sharing to Empower; Researcher, Advocate, Changemaker for Gender Equality & STEM Role Model

Gerald Vizenor
(1 rating)

Scholar & Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of New Mexico; Indigenous Literature Author; Member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Reservation

Craig Mello
(1 rating)

Nobel Prize Winner, Known for His Research on RNA Interference; Distinguished Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School & Co-Director of the RNA Therapeutics Institute

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