Scholars & Writers

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JOIA MUKHERJEEE, M.D.

Professor of Global Health, Harvard University

LIZABETH COHEN

Professor of History, Harvard University

NIKHIL PAL SINGH

Professor of Social & Cultural Analysis, NYU

FRED TURNER

Professor of Communications, Stanford University

ELISSA MASSIMINO

Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Human Rights Institute, Georgetown University

DOUGLAS McADAM

Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

DAVID KILCULLEN

Professor of Practice, Center on the Future of War and the School of Politics and Global Studies, ASU

Former Advisor to General David Petraeus & Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Counterinsurgency Expert & President of Cordillera Applications Group

RICHARD ALLEY

Professor of Geosciences, Penn State University

CRAIG CALHOUN

Professor of Sociology, Arizona State University

A distinguished group of scholars and writers are contributing original essays to Act One: A Century in the Making, offering fresh insights into some of the most pressing issues of our time. Their work spans a wide range of topics including conflict, global health, the environment, race in America, technology, geopolitics, and human rights, with each essay providing a deeply informed and thought-provoking perspective. Together, these contributions form a powerful intellectual foundation for understanding the cultural and historical forces that have shaped the first 25 years of this century.

We are sincerely grateful to each of these scholars and writers for sharing their insight and knowledge through which this book finds its intellectual foundation and framework.