Kurt Gray is a Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he directs the Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding. He received a PhD in Social Psychology from Harvard University. With over 120 published scientific papers, he explores the psychology of morality, politics, religion and AI. Gray is the recipient of numerous early-career and best paper awards, and his findings has been featured in New York Times, the Economist, Scientific American, Wired, and Hidden Brain. He is a regular guest on podcasts and has spoken at multiple TEDx events. Gray is the author of the book Outraged: Why We Fight about Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground (Pantheon). He was almost a geophysicist, but a night trapped in the Canadian wilderness convinced him otherwise.

Ken Carter is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology at Oxford College of Emory University and the founding director of the Emory University Center for Public Scholarship. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan. He is the author of several textbooks including Psychopathology: Understanding Psychological Disorders (Cambridge University Press) and the forthcoming Living Psychology (SAGE Publications). He has published in both academic and lay publications, translating psychology research into engaging everyday language. His articles have been published in magazines such as Psychology Today and Women’s Health, and he has appeared on news programs such as CNN Tonight, NPR’s: ShortWave, All Things Considered, and NBC’s Today show. The psychology of thrill-seeking is the current focus of Dr. Carter’s research. He has delivered TEDx talk on thrill-seekers and is the host of Mind of a Motorhead an NBC Sports web series that examines the personalities of motorsport athletes. His most recent book is Buzz!: Inside the Minds of Thrill-Seekers, Daredevils, and Adrenaline Junkies (Cambridge University Press). When not teaching, speaking, or writing, Dr. Carter prefers reading and relaxing on the beach rather than wingsuit flying or BASE jumping.

Jane Halonen is a Professor of Psychology at the University of West Florida. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. has dedicated her academic career to the scholarship of teaching and learning. Her academic interests include improving student learning, assessing undergraduate programs, helping good departments become great ones, and helping the public understand the discipline of psychology. She is co-author of The Psychology Major’s Companion: How to Get You Where You Want to Go with Dana Dunn, and primary author of Critical Thinking Companion for Introductory Psychology, now in third edition, with Cynthia Gray. Her service to the teaching of psychology includes helping the American Psychological Association develop guidelines and standards on academic performance from high school through graduate levels of education; serving as chief reader for the Psychology Advanced Placement Reading from 2004 through 2009, and presenting at almost every regional teaching conference in psychology. She has been recognized for her commitment to the profession. In 2013, she received the Applications in Education and Training Award, and named an “Eminent Woman” in Psychology from the American Psychological Association (2003). She won the American Psychological Foundations Distinguished Teaching Award in 2000. In 2009, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology designated their Early Career Award in her honor in recognition of the generations of psychology faculty whom she has mentored.