Ariel Dorfmann (1991-1992)

Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean-Argentinian-American novelist, playwright, academic, and human rights activist. He is an exile from the Pinochet regime in Chile and the child of Holocaust refugees. At Duke University, Dorfman is the Walter Hines Page Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Literature. With expertise in Latin American culture and politics, he has also taught at the Universidad de Chile, the Sorbonne (Paris IV) and the University of Amsterdam.

Barbara Kopple (1994-1995)

Barbara Kopple is a two-time Academy Award winning filmmaker. She directs documentaries, as well as narrative television and film. Her recent work includes the film Running from Crazy (2013), about the life of actress Muriel Hemingway, and Fight to Live (2012), which chronicles the struggles of those with rare diseases as they seek treatment against roadblocks imposed by the FDA approvals process.

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