Chair
Shelley McEuen-Howard
Professor of English
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, ID
Recommended Book Title: Braiding Sweetgrass, Author Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Why We're Polarized, Author Ezra Klein
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Homecoming King, Hasan Manaj special
Vice Chair/Secretary
Mac Test
Professor, Theatre, Film and Creative Writing
Boise State University
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: Be With (Poetry),
Author Forrest Garder
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Parasite
Treasurer
Dulce Kersting-Lark
Head, Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Libraries
Moscow, ID
Recommended Book Title: Palaces for the People: How
Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality,
Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life by Eric Klinenberg;
What to Expect the First Year, by Heidi Murkoff.
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Call the Midwife from
the BBC.
Mary Ann Allison
Hofstra University, Professor Emerita; Citibank Executive and Consultant, Retired
Idaho Falls, ID
Recommended Book Title: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems, Author Joy Harjo
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Jamie Jensen speaking at the Museum of Idaho
Kenton Bird
Associate Professor, Journalism/Mass Media and American Studies
Moscow, ID
Recommended Book Title: Blue Latititudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Enjoys watching British crime fiction and doesn’t miss an episode of Grantchester, Shetland or Endeavour
Catherine Black
Idaho Falls Academic Program Coordinator/Advisor
Idaho Falls, ID
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Eve Chandler
History Writer and Author
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: James Castle: Memory Palace by John Beardsley
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Benjamin Franklin, PBS series by Ken Burns
Dan English
Coeur d'Alene City Councilmen
Retired, Library Clerk, North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Recommended Book Title: Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian
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Andrew Finstuen
Associate Vice President for Strategic Planning and Dean of the Honors College
Boise State University
Boise, ID
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Stephan Flores
Retired, Associate Professor of English, Emeritus
University of Idaho
Enrolled member, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa; Alaska Native, Tsimshian
Moscow, ID
Recommended Book Title: Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood: A Novel (2023); Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other (2019); Victor LaValle’s Lone Women: A Novel (2023)
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Anatomy of a Fall (2023); Bergman Island (2021); Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
renee holt
Contractor and Faculty
Nez Perce Tribe & Northwest Indian College
Lewiston, ID
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Monique Michel
Director and Owner of Ballet Folklorico Mexico Lindo
Boise, ID
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Christina Olson
Principle
Kerros Cultural Resource Management
Idaho Falls, ID
Recommended Book Title: West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 (Claudio Saunt)
Recommended Movie/TV Title: The Shape of Water
Bob Reinhardt
Associate Professor of History
Boise State University
Boise, ID
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Randy’L Teton
Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Forest Service
Blackfoot, ID
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Recommended Movie/TV Title: Reservation Dogs
(written & produced by a Native American film producer)
via Hulu
Justin Vipperman
History Instructor
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, ID
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Blair Williams
Owner, The Art Spirit Gallery
Coeur d'Alene, ID
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