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Contributing Content Experts

(Please “Meet the Expert” on each page of the Diviner’s Guide for bios)

  • Astrology: Kathleen Medina, practitioner
  • Aztec Rituals: David Carrasco, Professor, Harvard Divinity School
  • Casting Lots: Laura Nasrallah, Professor, Harvard Divinity School
  • Comets: John Overholt, Curator, Houghton Library, Harvard University; Owen Gingerich, Professor, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and & Sara Schechner, Curator of the Collection of Historical Science Instruments at Harvard University
  • Egyptian Statue: Peter Der Manuelian, Professor, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Haruspicy: Piotr Steinkeller, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Science
  • Ifa: Jacob Olupona, Professor, Harvard Divinity School
  • Maya Spacetime: Dylan Clark, University of North Carolina (Asheville)
  • Oracle Bones: Rowan Flad, Professor, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Oracle of Delphi & Roman Augury: Emma Dench, Professor, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Tarot: Colin Fredericks, practitioner; James Leonard, independent performance artist
  • Tasseography: Cengiz Cemaloglu, practitioner

Coming Soon: A Selection of Predictive Treasures from Houghton Library, with Emilie Hardman, Librarian, Houghton Library, Harvard University and also a special conversation with a practicing medium, Maria Halvorsen

Course Creation

  • Alyssa Goodman, Professor, Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
  • Drew Lichtenstein, Producer, HarvardX
  • Colin Fredericks, Producer, HarvardX
  • Jared Voss, Editor, HarvardX
  • Amanda Justice, Editor, HarvardX
  • Dylan Clark, Teaching Fellow, Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences
  • Mirac Suzgun, Teaching Fellow, Harvard College and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
  • Cengiz Cemaloglu, Teaching Fellow, Harvard College and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
  • Man Hin Sum, Teaching Fellow, Harvard College and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
  • Alex Auriema, Videographer, HarvardX
  • Kevin Belli, Videographer, HarvardX
  • Gabrielle Follet, Videographer, HarvardX
  • Teresa Hartmann, Videographer, HarvardX
  • Morgan LaForge, Videographer, HarvardX
  • Mark Steele, Videographer, HarvardX
  • Annie Valva, Associate Director, Instructional Development, HarvardX
  • Heather Sternshein, Manager of Instructional Development, HarvardX 

Illustration Credits

  • All of the icons for the Diviner's Guide systems comes from Rachel D'Erminio, a freelance artist and designer. Check out her other work on her website.
  • The Table of Contents image comes courtesy of Jamie Rothwell, via The Noun Project