Dr. Robert W. Livingston
Faculty Chair, Program on Racial Equity, Harvard University - Cambridge, MA
Dr. Robert Livingston is a social psychologist and one of the world’s leading experts on the science of diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations. Prior to joining Harvard in 2015, he held faculty positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Kellogg School of Management, and the University of Sussex in England, where he was also department chair and faculty director of the Centre for Leadership, Ethics, and Diversity (LEAD).
His 20+ years of scientific research have been published in top-tier academic journals and have also been featured in popular press outlets such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, BBC, Newsweek, USA Today, Time, MSNBC, and Harvard Business Review.
His Harvard Business Review article “How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace” was the winner of the 2020 Warren Bennis Prize, awarded to the best article on leadership published in HBR each year. This article was also showcased in HBR at 100—a book containing the most influential articles published in Harvard Business Review over the last 100 years.
His highly acclaimed and bestselling book The Conversation was selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2021 and was also nominated for a 2022 NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Literary Work” in nonfiction.
In recognition of his academic achievement and social impact, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Cambridge College in June 2022. That same year he was also elected as a Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, an honor bestowed upon “individuals who have made extraordinary and unique contributions to the field of personality and social psychology.”
In his spare time, he enjoys jazz, wine and whiskey tasting, gastronomy, philosophy, cinema, interior design, and nature documentaries. He has resided in six countries and speaks four languages.
Prof. Kenji Yoshino
Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU Law School - New York, NY
Kenji Yoshino is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law and the Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. A graduate of Harvard (AB summa cum laude), Oxford (MSc as a Rhodes Scholar) and Yale (JD), he specializes in constitutional law, antidiscrimination law, and law and literature. He received tenure at Yale Law School, where he served as Deputy Dean before moving to NYU.
Yoshino has published in major academic journals, including the Harvard Law Review, the Stanford Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal. He has also written for more popular forums, including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Yoshino is the author of three books. His fourth book (co-authored with David Glasgow), Say the Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice was published by Simon & Schuster in February 2023.
Yoshino has served as the President of the Harvard Board of Overseers. He currently serves on the Board of the Brennan Center for Justice and Meta’s Oversight Board (the body that adjudicates content moderation for Facebook and Instagram). He also serves on advisory boards for diversity and inclusion for Morgan Stanley and Charter Communications, and on the board of his children's school. He has won numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship, including the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award, the Peck Medal in Jurisprudence, and the University's Distinguished Teaching Award. He lives in Manhattan with his husband, two children, and a Great Dane.