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Breonna Grant

Breonna Grant is a Junior studying English and Educational studies. After Denison, she plans to attend law school in the D.C area and obtain a J.D. Breonna enjoys spending her time reading, traveling to countries on a budget, and road-tripping with friends. While her talk concerning race has been inspired by her personal experiences, she believes her story sheds light on a more prominent national issue.

Hanada Al-Masri

Hanada Al-Masri is Professor of Arabic at the Department of Modern Languages. Her research has always focused on language as a means of communication, either through the written form (translation Arabic/English) or the actual interaction between people and language. While she had examined how English is used by its native speakers to achieve certain communicative functions, she also investigated Arabic and Arabs’ attitudes towards their dialectical code switching. In general, her research interests fall under the areas of applied linguistics (literary translation, and language pedagogy), discourse analysis and sociolinguistic (code switching).

Rachel Epstein

Rachel Epstein is a junior political science and English (Creative Writing) double major from London, England. At Denison, Rachel is the Editor-in-Chief of the campus newspaper, The Denisonian, a SHARE advocate, and a tour guide. In her spare time, Rachel enjoys working on poetry and short stories, relaxing on the quad during sunny days, and going on hikes in the Bio Reserve. Rachel's research at Denison is based in critical race theory and phenomenology, a process that uses theoretical foundations to explain real world situations about politics and institutions.

Richard Berman

Richard T. Berman P’05 is Denison’s Dean of Career Preparation and has served since February 2015 in a start-up role with our new Knowlton Center for Career Exploration. Berman joined the University following more than 30 years in career center leadership positions at Oberlin, Carleton, Kalamazoo, and Beloit Colleges. Dean Berman retires at the end of the June this year. He refers to himself as an ‘alternativist,’ turning problems and opportunities upside down to reveal unconsidered possibilities.

Sara Trubridge

Sara Truebridge is consultant, researcher, author, and TED Talk presenter specializing in the area of resilience,combining her experience and expertise in the areas of research, policy, and practice to promote success and equity for all.She is the author of “Resilience Begins With Beliefs: Building on Student Strengths for Success in Schools,” Truebridge collaborates with schools, districts, communities, agencies, organizations, groups, teams,and individuals, addressing opportunities for learning and transformation.

Simran Ali

Simran Ali is a sophomore from the great city of Chicago, Illinois, double majoring in Economics and Global Commerce. On campus, Simran an RA in Curtis East, the President of UPC, a co-chair for Taste of Culture, student manager for Alumni Reunion, co-coordinator for Refugee Awareness Week, and a Peer Mentor. Outside of Denison, she loves to do community service and also serves as a mentor for CRIS (Community Refugee Immigration Services) in Columbus, Ohio. With the little free time she gets after homework, she spends my time learning new languages, reading, or watching Netflix.

Steven Vogel

Steve Vogel has been a Professor of the Philosophy Department at Denison since 1984. He teaches courses in continental philosophy, nineteenth-century philosophy, environmental ethics, social and political philosophy, and logic. He has special research interests in environmental philosophy, in the work of Jürgen Habermas and of the Frankfurt School, and in Marxism, Hegel, and Heidegger. He is the author of Against Nature: The Concept of Nature in Critical Theory, published in 1996 by SUNY Press, and has published articles in Environmental Ethics, Environmental Values, Philosophy Today, Rethinking Marxism, Social Theory and Practice, Tikkun, Dissent, and elsewhere.