Hortense Spillers, Fall 2023
Hortense Spillers, the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor Emerita from Vanderbilt, whose pioneering work on arts and letters from an African American perspective have launched hundreds of careers and conversations. Spillers will be affiliated with the Department of English and Creative Writing.
Atifete Jahjaga, Winter 2024
Atifete Jahjaga, former president of Kosovo and founder of the Jahjaga Foundation, will be a visiting professor in the Program in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
George Takei, Spring 2024
George Takei is a social justice activist, social media superstar, Grammy-nominated recording artist, New York Times bestselling author, and pioneering actor. He has appeared in more than 40 feature films and hundreds of television roles, most famously as Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek.

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