Connecticut
 Wendy Walker

Novelist and Women's Issues Expert

 Matthew Dicks

Moth StorySLAM Champion, Novelist, Award-Winning Public School Teacher

 Jerry Oppenheimer

Bestselling chronicler of the Rich, Famous and Infamous

 Gina Barreca

Novelist, Humorist, Womens' Speaker

 Erica Jong

Celebrated Poet, Novelist

 James Forman, Jr.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Former Public Defender, & Criminal Justice Reformer

 Marc Brackett

Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence; Lead Developer of RULER

 Lewis R. Gordon

Award-Winning Author, Scholar, and Musician

 Kerri Arsenault

Author, Editor, Book Critic

 Woo-Kyoung Ahn

Psychology and Reasoning Expert, Award-Winning Teacher at Yale University