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
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
Tamara Ansotegui
Educator
Basin School District, Idaho City
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: Midwifes Tale, Author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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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
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: Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama, by Bob Odenkirk; My Heart Is a Chainsaw, by Stephen Graham; A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Alaskan Nets; Dark Winds; First Reformed; Summer of Soul
Susan Gibson
Retired, Vice President, Mission and Human Resources
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: Nothing to See Here,
Author Kevin Wilson
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Jo Jo Rabbit
Renee Holt
Contractor and Faculty
Nez Perce Tribe & Northwest Indian College
Lewiston, ID
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Margaret Johnson
Professor of English
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID
Recommended Book Title: Mortal Acts, Mortal Words, Author Galway Kinnell, and Find Me, Author André Aciman
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Pain & Glory
Matthew Levay
Associate Professor of English
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID
Recommended Book Title: Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
Recommended Movie/TV Title: TV Titles: In the Mood For Love, directed by Wong Kar-wai; The Power of the Dog, directed by Jane Campion
Bill Manny
Writer/Producer
Idaho Public Television
Boise, ID
Recommended Book Title: Making a State, Author Fred T. Dubois
Recommended Movie/TV Title: Idaho's Constitution Revealed, Idaho PTV 3/8/2020
Monique Michel
Teacher, 9th Grade Advisor, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Foothills School of Arts and Sciences, 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
Randy’L Teton
Public Affairs Manager
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Blackfoot, ID
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Recommended Movie/TV Title: Reservation Dogs
(written & produced by a Native American film producer)
via Hulu
Blair Williams
Owner, The Art Spirit Gallery
Coeur d'Alene, ID
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