Carol Lasser

Kiley Kinnard

Carol Lasser, Executive Director of the Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society, is Emerita Professor of History at Oberlin College. She speaks and writes on Oberlin’s rich history, and on women, gender and race in American history. Her books include:  Elusive Utopia: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Oberlin, Ohio (with Gary Kornblith, 2018), Antebellum American Women (with Stacey Robertson, 2010), Friends … Read More

Kimberly Hamlin

Jim Calder

Kimberly Hamlin, speakers bureau

Kimberly A. Hamlin is a historian specializing in women, gender, sex, science, and politics. A recent recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Public Scholar Award, Hamlin regularly contributes to the Washington Post and other media outlets, and she lectures widely on topics related to women and gender. Her latest book, Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen … Read More

Barbara Palmer

Kiley Kinnard

Barbara Palmer, Baldwin Wallace Professor

Barbara Palmer is Professor of Political Science at Baldwin Wallace University and is the Creator and Executive Director of the Center for Women and Politics of Ohio (CWPO).  The CWPO engages students, scholars, media and the public in the sharing of over 100 years of Ohio history and the remarkable stories of women who have run for public office.  Professor … Read More

Ric Sheffield

Kiley Kinnard

Ric Sheffield is Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Sociology at Kenyon College. In addition to having served as Associate Provost of the College, he is the Director of Kenyon’s Law & Society Program and the John Adams Summer Scholars Program in Socio-legal Studies.  His research has focused upon the relationship between law and issues of gender, race, and ethnicity.  … Read More

Susan Trollinger

Jim Calder

Susan Trollinger is professor of English at the University of Dayton where she teaches courses on writing and rhetoric. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Master’s and PhD in Rhetoric and Communication from the University of Pittsburgh. Her first book, Selling the Amish: The Tourism of Nostalgia (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012), explores … Read More