Aaron Shelsby
Aaron Shelsby is a Great Books teacher at St. Stephen's Classical Christian Academy in Eldersburg, Maryland.
Contributors
Our Writers
Meet the thinkers, essayists, Substack Salvatores and scholars behind Better Argument.
Ahmed Abdalla Ahmed Esmail
Ahmed is the engineer behind the Better Argument. He is a senior IAM consulting engineer at Anomalix, and an avid reader of Camus.
Bryan Dawson
Bryan completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy at University of California, Berkeley and is completing a law degree at University of Southern California. In his free time, he records music with his bands "Ruth Serum" and "The Ivories." He also enjoy intending to read Ulysses but instead playing Dark Souls with the book in his lap, only to later tell people he was reading, not playing Dark Souls.
Selective Reader
A contemptuous reader.
Shannon Chamberlain
Award-winning author Shannon Chamberlain's book, 'A Murder Most Un-Canadian', will be released in February, with five more titles in the series to follow.
Kem-Laurin Lubin
Kem-Laurin Lubin specializes in computational rhetoric, with a focus on the intersection of emerging technologies, human agency, and the societal implications of artificial intelligence and data-driven systems. She will be the Keynote Speaker at the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Congress, 2026.
Benjamin Scott
Benjamin Scott is the assistant lab director at St. John's College. He is an interdisciplinarian, combining complexity theory, philosophy of technology, and evolutionary biology to make sense of the world of machines, AI, and the ethics of technology.
James Hartree
James Hartree is the Director of the Institute for Classical Dialogue, and the publisher of the Better Argument magazine. James' focus is bringing philosophy and the classical tradition to underserved teenagers in New Mexico, and promoting the use of philosophy to interpret the transformations taking place in the world today.
Avery Lin
Avery Lin is a nursing assistant, a writer, and the Head Student Fellow at Tecolote. Highly loved and respected in his community, Avery brings a spirit of listening and humility everywhere he goes.
Elliot B Garamond
EB Garamond is a writer of short stories, and an observer of the world.
Jack Schaaf
Jack Schaaf is the editor of the Better Argument magazine. His writing has appeared in L'Amour La Mort and in Stimulant magazine, where he also serves as an editor. In his freetime, he enjoys being a devoted student of life.