The Hauenstein Center Collection Creators & Guests

Jeffrey Rosen is an academic, commentator on legal affairs, and president & CEO of the National Constitution Center.

Emma Green is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Her work focuses on religion, especially as it overlaps with politics and culture.Green received her B.A. in government from Georgetown University. She began a fellowship with The Atlantic after graduating and has been there ever since.In 2017, Green won first place for the Religion News Association’s Excellence in Religion News Analysis for Multi-Media Coverage.

Ian Millhiser is a journalist and researcher who specializes in the United States Supreme Court. He is currently the SCOTUS correspondent for Vox.Prior to writing for Vox, Millhiser was a columnist at ThinkProgress and editor of ThinkProgress Justice. He was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the Nation, the American Prospect, and the Yale Law & Policy Review.Millhiser received his JD from Duke University and clerked for Judge Eric L. Clay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Dr. Jeremy C. Young is a historian and the senior manager of free expression and education at PEN America.Previously, Young was the communications and marketing manager at the American Historical Association, and directed the AHA’s Freedom to Learn Initiative combating legislative censorship in history classrooms. Before that, he was an assistant professor of History and Director of the Institute of Politics and Public Affairs at Utah Tech University.Young's first book, "The Age of Charisma: Leaders, Followers, and Emotions in American Society, 1870-1940," was published in 2017.Young received his Ph.D. in U.S. history from Indiana University.

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela is a scholar, writer, teacher and activist, her latest research traces the rise of fitness culture since the 1950s, she is also co-founder of HealthClass2.0, an experiential health education program and co-host of the Past Present Podcast.

Akhil Reed Amar is an American legal scholar known for his expertise in constitutional law and criminal procedure. He holds the position of Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, and is an adjunct professor of law at Columbia University. In 2008, a Legal Affairs poll placed Amar among the top 20 contemporary American legal thinkers.