Professor of Comparative Literature Emerita, Margery Arent-Safir founded the Arts Arena, a non-profit initiative for the creative and performing arts, film, and issues of culture and society, in 2007. Her scholarly publications include works on major figures of contemporary Latin American literature and on the interactions of science and literature, most recently Storytelling in Science and Literature (2015). She has served as an elected member of the Board of Governors of Yale University’s Alumni Association, on the International Advisory Council of the Aspen Institute Global Initiative on Arts, Culture, and Society, the Board of Directors of JA.CA, and, currently of the Baroque music ensemble Les Arts Florissants.