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Class is in session! In our first-ever Professors Tournament, educators from 15 colleges and universities will compete for a $100,000 grand prize and a spot in the upcoming Tournament of Champions.
Hosted by Mayim Bialik, the tournament kicks off Monday, December 6. But first, let’s meet the professors who will take the ultimate test with Jeopardy!
J.P. Allen
Professor of Business and Innovation at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, CA
Hester Blum
Professor of English at Penn State University in University Park, PA
Sam Buttrey
Associate Professor of Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA
Marti Canipe
Professor of Elementary Science Education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ
Lisa Dresner
Associate Professor of Writing Studies at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY
Ramón Guerra
Associate Professor of English American Literature and Latino Studies at the University of Nebraska-Omaha in Omaha, NE
Gautam Hans
Associate Clinical Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School in Nashville, TN
John Harkless
Associate Professor of Chemistry at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Ed Hashima
Professor of History at American River College in Sacramento, CA
Gary Hollis
Professor of Chemistry at Roanoke College in Salem, VA
Alisa Hove
Professor of Botany at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC
Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders
Assistant Professor of U.S. and African American History at University of Colorado-Boulder in Boulder, CO
Katie Reed
Associate Professor of Musicology at California State University-Fullerton in Fullerton, CA
Deborah Steinberger
Associate Professor of French Literature at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE
Julia Williams
Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN