Previous Speakers
Dr. Nader Saiedi
Nader Saiedi, born in Tehran, Iran, is a retired sociologist with a distinguished career spanning over four decades. He dedicated more than 25 years to teaching sociology at Carleton College and offering Baha’i studies at UCLA. He holds a master’s degree in economics from Pahlavi University in Shiraz and earned a Ph.D. in sociology from […]
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Anthony A. Lee, Ph.D.
He is a retired professor of African and African American history, who taught most recently at UCLA and West Los Angeles College. He has published a number of books and papers on the history of the Baha’i Faith in Africa and in Iran. He is co-owner of Kalimat Press www.kalimat.com, a small, independent Baha’i publishing […]
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Dr. Jay R Miller, DC, DACNB
Jay Miller is a chiropractic physician in practice for over 30 years. He has been married for 44 years and has two children and five grandchildren. He was introduced to the teachings of Baha’u’llah as a young child in the early 1960’s. He has served in various capacities for the Bahá’í community over the years. […]
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Dr. John Woodall
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.- Hafiz Dr. John Woodall is a Board Certified Psychiatrist formerly of the faculty of Harvard Medical School and the Founder and Director of the Unity Project, a resilience learning system that was developed to promote resilient strengths […]
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Mr. Graham R Nicholson
Graduated with LLB (hons) in Uni Western Australia in the mid 60s. Practiced law briefly as a solicitor before moving to Darwin in 1974 as a public lawyer. First member of the new NT Dept of Law on grant of NT Self-Government. First NT Crown Solicitor. Later NT Senior Crown Counsel with NT Department of […]
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Mr. Robert Stockman
Robert H. Stockman obtained his Master’s degree and doctorate in Religious Studies from Harvard University, where he specialized in history of religion in the United States. He is the author of The Bahá’í Faith in America, volumes 1 and 2, which cover Bahá’í events in the United States from 1892 to 1900 and 1901 […]
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Mr. Jay Tyson
Jay Tyson grew up outside of Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Princeton University with a degree in civil engineering in 1976. He and his wife Eileen spent four years in Liberia, where Jay worked on road construction projects. They also spent seven years in Haifa, Israel, where he assisted with historic restoration at the Baha’i […]
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Mr. Wade Fransson
Wade Fransson is the author of a successful trilogy, and the founder of Something or other Publishing (SOOP), which utilizes Social Media and Publishing to provide flexible Author Driven Publishing services. He is a former Worldwide Church of God Minister, with an undergraduate degree in Theology and an MBA. His diverse background includes having lived […]
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Ms. Jaime Manfra
Ms. Jaime Manfra is the principal and founder of SLS Micro-school, a registered private school in the state of Florida. She graduated from the Blue Heron Academy of Healing Arts and Sciences (BHA) in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2002, where she completed a 4-year program in Naturopathic Medicine. Her ability to quickly master topics and […]
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Dr. Donald Streets
Dr. Donald Streets, was an Assistant Professor at the Center for the Study of Human Potential at the University of Massachusetts, serving as the associate director of the “ANISA Project”. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Indiana University and an M.A. in school administration from Notre Dame. He received his doctorate […]
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