TEDxUVA Speaker Interviews (ft. Rajan Chidambaram, Abby Fifer Mandell, and Erin Clabough)

TEDxUVA hosted the 2026 Professional Speakers Conference titled “Unbound.” WUVA President Conwell Morris sat down with Rajan Chidambaram (Co-founder of Royal Oaks Retreat), Abby Fifer Mandell (Director of the Galant Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship), and Erin Clabough (Professor of Psychology at UVA and Chief Scientific Officer at Neuro) to discuss their motivation for speaking at the conference and UVA’s culture of student self-governance and entrepreneurship more broadly.

Produced by Conwell Morris and Sam Shibu

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Conwell Morris is the President of WUVA, Inc. Conwell is a third-year from Washington, D.C., and he is majoring in Political Philosophy, Policy & Law. In addition to WUVA, Conwell draws cartoons for the Cavalier Daily, is a fellow at the Blue Ridge Center, writes for Virginia Cavaliers on SI, and officiates high school lacrosse in the spring. Reach out Conwell at jpc4ab@virginia.edu.
Sam Shibu is the Operations Manager at WUVA. He is a second year College student, hoping to double major in Computer Science and Media Studies. For any inquiries or questions, contact Sam at sgt9hp@virginia.edu.

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