Sherry L. Smith
Sherry L. Smith, Distinguished Professor of History (Emerita) at Southern Methodist University, now resides in Moose, Wyoming. A historian of the American West and Native American History, her books include Reimagining Indians: Native Americans Through Anglo Eyes, 1880-1940; Hippies, Indians the Fight for Red Power; and most recently, Bohemians West: Free Love, Family and Radicals […]
Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist, former columnist, and associate editor of The Washington Post, author, and political analyst. His prior positions included foreign editor, London correspondent, and South American correspondent. Born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, he graduated from the University of Michigan and worked at the San Francisco Chronicle before joining The […]
Luther Propst
Luther Propst serves as a county commissioner for Teton County, Wyoming. A land use lawyer and planner by training and background, Propst founded the Sonoran Institute in 1991 and served as its executive director until 2012. Propst has worked extensively throughout Western North America, helping communities manage growth and change to protect local values. A […]
Dr. Victoria Medvec
Dr. Victoria Medvec is a leading global expert in negotiation strategy, corporate governance, and decision-making, sought after by CEOs, senior leaders, and boards of directors to advise on critical strategic decisions and transactions. For the last two decades, as CEO of the boutique advisory firm, Medvec & Associates, Dr. Medvec has advised on mergers and […]
Leslie Mattson
Leslie has served as president and CEO of the Grand Teton National Park Foundation since July 2004, overseeing all aspects of the organization, including fundraising, financial management, and governance. She has raised more than $150 million from private-sector donors for park projects. Leslie has over forty years of experience in nonprofit administration and development, including […]
Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus is a current contributor to the New Yorker magazine and a former Washington Post editor and columnist. Marcus is the author of Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover. Marcus has covered Washington, the courts, the judiciary, and politics for more than forty years. Ruth splits her time between Jackson and Maryland […]
Tom Lin
Tom Lin was born in Beijing, China, and grew up in New York City. His second novel, Babylon, South Dakota, is TIME Magazine’s most anticipated book of the year – a tantalizing, American West saga about a Chinese American immigrant family trying to survive on their Dakota farm as a powerful, mysterious, and morally dubious […]
Jean Garrison
Jean Garrison is a professor of political science and international studies at the University of Wyoming and co-director of the Wallop Civic Engagement Program. She specializes in American foreign relations, U.S.-China relations, energy security, and civic engagement. Her recent scholarship includes a co-edited book (with co-editors Tanja A Börzel, Thomas Risse, and Stephanie B. Anderson), […]
Lucas Fralick
Lucas is the Director of the Wyoming Center for the Book, hosted by Wyoming Humanities. Lucas holds an MA in History from the University of Wyoming. He is an avid reader and lives in Laramie, WY. VIEW ALL MODERATORS
Alison Engel
After a career at large advertising agencies on both Coasts, and a break to wrangle some kids, Alison Engel has enjoyed every minute of running a successful, small business organizing, curating, and facilitating book groups for adults and for parents and their children for the past decade. Whether helping young reluctant readers to become voracious […]