Dr. Larry Jackson is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Director of the Witten Center for the Core Curriculum, and a Lecturer in philosophy at Columbia University. He teaches Literature Humanities, Contemporary Civilization, and Music Humanities in Columbia’s Core Curriculum, and a course on justice for the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society and the Eric H. Holder Initiative for Civil and Political Rights. Prior to Columbia, Larry held positions at The New School for Social Research, New York University, and the City University of New York. His writing has appeared in several peer-reviewed academic journals and popular publications, and he lectures internationally on education and philosophy. Originally from the greater Philadelphia area, Larry was the first in his family to attend college. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from The New School for Social Research, where he also received two master’s degrees (in Philosophy and Liberal Studies); he received his bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Skidmore College.

Monica L. Lypson MD, MHPE is the Vice Dean for Education at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and serves as the Rolf H. Scholdager Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She previously served as a professor, and Vice-Chair of Medicine, Division Director of General Internal Medicine at The George Washington University School of Medical and Health Sciences and as Director of Medical and Dental Education for the Department of Veteran Affairs. She has been serving the generalist community as National Secretary and President of the Society of General Internal Medicine. She is also an associate editor for Academic Medicine. In these roles, Dr. Lypson provides leadership for a diverse group of faculty and learners involved in educational innovation, medical education research, and community outreach. Dr. Lypson graduated from Brown University and received her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She completed her graduate medical training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Internal Medicine – Primary Care, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and went on to complete a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program at the University of Chicago and a master’s in Health Professions Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago.