Robert Fuller is a physicist, a former president of Oberlin College, and a leader of the dignity movement to overcome rankism. In a multi-faceted career, he has co-authored the bestseller Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics, advised the Carter administration's Commission on World Hunger, worked in the USSR to defuse the Cold War, and keynoted a Dignity for All conference hosted by the president of Bangladesh. Fuller's books have been published in India, Bangladesh, China, and Korea, covered on NPR and the BBC, and featured in the New York Times and Oprah Magazine. His recent works include Somebodies and Nobodies, All Rise, and The Rowan Tree: A Novel.