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Carol Flint has written and produced over 400 hours of episodic television. Her credits include long-running prime time dramas such as CHINA BEACH, LA LAW, ER, THE WEST WING, THE UNIT, and ROYAL PAINS. In addition, she created the NBC sci-fi series EARTH-2 and the Supreme Court series THE COURT with Sally Field. Her movie THE BIG TIME, based on the early days of television, aired on TNT. She has recently written and produced INSTINCT for CBS. She co-wrote the story for the Carol Ballard film DUMA. Carol has been nominated for Emmy Award 7 times, and an Emmy Award winner for ER. She’s been a multiple nominee for The Writers Guild Award including for an episode of THE WEST WING. In addition to her writing, Carol volunteers with The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), a group that lobbies for issues of peace and justice. She has a BA in Humanities from New College and an MFA in Playwriting from University of California, Davis.

Maureen T. Cannon is a retired attorney who attended New College from 1973-1976, graduating with a B.A. in history.  After obtaining a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and completing a judicial clerkship, she practiced at both the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and the Washington, D.C. law firm of Williams and Connolly.  She then opened her own law practice, where she represented individuals and corporations in a wide variety of business matters.  During her lengthy legal career, she represented leading executives in the fields of higher education and professional sports, and served as special counsel to the Baltimore Orioles, the San Diego Padres and the Boston Red Sox professional baseball teams.  Ms. Cannon is an avid gardener and lives with her husband in Maryland.

Maria D. Vesperi is Professor of Anthropology Emerita at New College of Florida and Executive Coordinating Editor, Anthropology Now.  Co-founder of the Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) and founding editor of North American Dialogue, she has served on the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Executive Board and key committees, including Executive Program Committee Chair. She is recipient of the AAA President’s Award, Undergraduate Teaching Award, Anthropology & Media Award, and the SANA Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America. A trustee of the Poynter Institute from 1995-2015 and former reporter, columnist, and editorial writer at the Tampa Bay Times, she came to New College from the Times Washington Bureau in 1993. She taught Newspaper Writing and Production and College Newspaper Editing in addition to anthropology, with the award-winning Catalyst weekly newspaper as her class project.