#  Judges 

 



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  [### Steph Burt

 ](/people/stephen-burt)Professor of English

 

 

 Steph Burt is Professor of English at Harvard and the author of several books of poetry and literary criticism, most recently The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems And How To Read Them (Harvard UP, 2016). 

 

 

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   [### Kurt Crowley

 ](/people/kurt-crowley)Associate Conductor, "Hamilton"

 

 

 Kurt Crowley is currently the music director/conductor of Hamilton on Broadway. Previous work in theater includes Hamilton (Public Theater), Bring It On (Broadway), Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Off-Broadway), In The Heights (National Tour... 

 

 

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   [### Franklin Leonard

 ](/people/franklin-leonard)Founder, The Black List

 

 

 Franklin Leonard is the founder of the Black List, the yearly publication highlighting Hollywood’s most popular unproduced screenplays and the company birthed to continue its mission. Over 300 Black List scripts have been produced as feature films earning... 

 

 

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   [### Marcyliena Morgan

 ](/people/marcyliena-morgan)Professor of African and African American Studies

Executive Director of the HipHop Archive and Research Institute at the Hutchins Center

 

 

 Marcyliena Morgan is a Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies and Founding Director of The Hiphop Archive and Research Institute (HARI) at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. She earned both her B.A... 

 

 

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   [### Carol J. Oja

 ](/people/carol-j-oja)William Powell Mason Professor of Music

 

 

 Carol J. Oja is William Powell Mason Professor of Music at Harvard University and on the faculty of Harvard’s graduate program in American Studies. She is currently at work on a book about Marian Anderson and the racial desegregation of classical music... 

 

 

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##  News 

 



  [###  Finalists announced in Alma Mater competition 

 ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/finalists-announced-in-alma-mater-competition/) December 19, 2017 

 

   [###  Alma mater semi-finalists announced 

 ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/alma-mater-finalists-announced/) October 01, 2017 

 

   [### Diversity Task Force Announces 'Fair Harvard' Lyric Semifinalists

 ](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/10/3/fair-harvard-lyric-finalists/) October 03, 2017 

 

   [### Till the Song of the Puritans Dies

 ](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/10/6/editorial-alma-mater-voting/) October 06, 2017 

 

   [### Faust Says ‘Fair Harvard’ Change is Warranted Reexamination

 ](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/4/17/faust-fair-harvard/) April 17, 2017 

 

   [### Fair Harvard, We Revise Thy Jubilee Throng

 ](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/4/10/fair-harvard-lyric-change/) April 10, 2017 

 

  

 

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