Last Lecture Series Past Recipients
All Last Lecture Series Recipients
Dr. John Lynch
Barrett Honors College
"Wolves and Creationists and Nietzsche, Oh My!"
Dr. Jane Maienschein
School of Life Sciences
"Will Stem Cells Make us Smarter ... or Live Longer .. or What?"
Dr. Stephanie deLuse
School of Letters and Sciences
"Problems, Paradoxes, and Pleasures: Life Lessons Learned from Teaching"
Barrett Honors College
"Wolves and Creationists and Nietzsche, Oh My!"
Dr. Jane Maienschein
School of Life Sciences
"Will Stem Cells Make us Smarter ... or Live Longer .. or What?"
Dr. Stephanie deLuse
School of Letters and Sciences
"Problems, Paradoxes, and Pleasures: Life Lessons Learned from Teaching"
Dr. Peter Killeen
Psychology
"Greek Mind, Geek Mind; Chaos, Complementarity, Consciousness"
Dr. Claudia Mesch
Art History
"The Paintings of Others: Art, Television and Identity in Cold War Germany"
Dr. Thomas Davis
History
"Beyond Me to We: Public Goods and the "General Welfare" of the U.S. Constitution"
Psychology
"Greek Mind, Geek Mind; Chaos, Complementarity, Consciousness"
Dr. Claudia Mesch
Art History
"The Paintings of Others: Art, Television and Identity in Cold War Germany"
Dr. Thomas Davis
History
"Beyond Me to We: Public Goods and the "General Welfare" of the U.S. Constitution"
Prof. Michael Berch
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
"A Defense Plea for Leniency at the Mitigation Hearing – State v. Raskolnikov"
Prof. Glenn Hurlbert
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
"Is 42 Really the Answer?"
Prof. Diane Wolfthal
School of Art
"In and Out of the Marital Bed: Picturing Marital Sex from the Arnolfinis to Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southampton"
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
"A Defense Plea for Leniency at the Mitigation Hearing – State v. Raskolnikov"
Prof. Glenn Hurlbert
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
"Is 42 Really the Answer?"
Prof. Diane Wolfthal
School of Art
"In and Out of the Marital Bed: Picturing Marital Sex from the Arnolfinis to Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southampton"
Prof. Ariel Anbar
Department of Philosophy
"God or No God: What Makes Life Valuable Either Way"
Prof. David Hrabe
Department of Nursing
"Finding Boundaries in Chaos: Living Life While Loving Your Work"
Prof. Waziyatawin Wilson
Department of History
"Breaking Through the Fear of Honesty in America: What Every American Should Know"
Department of Philosophy
"God or No God: What Makes Life Valuable Either Way"
Prof. David Hrabe
Department of Nursing
"Finding Boundaries in Chaos: Living Life While Loving Your Work"
Prof. Waziyatawin Wilson
Department of History
"Breaking Through the Fear of Honesty in America: What Every American Should Know"
Prof. Ted Guleserian
Department of Philosophy
"God or No God: What Makes Life Valuable Either Way"
Prof. David Hrabe
Department of Nursing
"Finding Boundaries in Chaos: Living Life While Loving Your Work"
Prof. Waziyatawin Wilson
Department of History
"Breaking Through the Fear of Honesty in America: What Every American Should Know"
Department of Philosophy
"God or No God: What Makes Life Valuable Either Way"
Prof. David Hrabe
Department of Nursing
"Finding Boundaries in Chaos: Living Life While Loving Your Work"
Prof. Waziyatawin Wilson
Department of History
"Breaking Through the Fear of Honesty in America: What Every American Should Know"
Prof. Ed Garnero
Department of Geological Sciences
"A Journey Within: Discovering Earth's Innermost Secrets"
Prof. Rose Weitz
Department of Women's Studies
"Smurfs, Marlboro Men, and Cosmo: How the personal is political and the seemingly trivial can be truly important"
Prof. Allan DeSerpa
Department of Economics
"Bald Eagles, Body Parts, and Haunted Houses: The Many Margins of Economics"
Department of Geological Sciences
"A Journey Within: Discovering Earth's Innermost Secrets"
Prof. Rose Weitz
Department of Women's Studies
"Smurfs, Marlboro Men, and Cosmo: How the personal is political and the seemingly trivial can be truly important"
Prof. Allan DeSerpa
Department of Economics
"Bald Eagles, Body Parts, and Haunted Houses: The Many Margins of Economics"
Prof. Greg Durham
Department of Finance
"Parting Thoughts: Alternative Perspectives on Education and Capitalism for the Overachieving Undergraduate Student"
Prof. Daniel Brouwer
Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
"The Rhetoric of the Body"
Prof. Chris Smith
Department of History
"Looking for History Everywhere and Anywhere I Can Find It: Insights from the American Material and Popular Culture"
Department of Finance
"Parting Thoughts: Alternative Perspectives on Education and Capitalism for the Overachieving Undergraduate Student"
Prof. Daniel Brouwer
Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
"The Rhetoric of the Body"
Prof. Chris Smith
Department of History
"Looking for History Everywhere and Anywhere I Can Find It: Insights from the American Material and Popular Culture"
Prof. Neal Lester
Department of English
"Let's Give 'Em Somethin' to Talk About': African American Self-Creation, Self-Preservation and Community Through Talkin' and Testifyin"
Prof. Laurie Manchester
Department of History
"The Olympics, Mail-Order Brides and the Cold War: Is Russia Deviant or Part of the Western World ?"
Prof. Paul Knauth
Department of Geology
"What is Nature Doing? Campfire Reflections on the History of Life in the Cosmos"
Department of English
"Let's Give 'Em Somethin' to Talk About': African American Self-Creation, Self-Preservation and Community Through Talkin' and Testifyin"
Prof. Laurie Manchester
Department of History
"The Olympics, Mail-Order Brides and the Cold War: Is Russia Deviant or Part of the Western World ?"
Prof. Paul Knauth
Department of Geology
"What is Nature Doing? Campfire Reflections on the History of Life in the Cosmos"
Dr. Daniel Canary
Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
"The Three Rules for Life"
Dr. Lynn Nelson
Department of English
"Warriors with Words: Taking Back the Peaceful Power of Story"
Dr. Trevor Thornton
Department of Electrical Engineering
"Lies, Damned Lies and Undergraduate Courses"
Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
"The Three Rules for Life"
Dr. Lynn Nelson
Department of English
"Warriors with Words: Taking Back the Peaceful Power of Story"
Dr. Trevor Thornton
Department of Electrical Engineering
"Lies, Damned Lies and Undergraduate Courses"
Dr. Richard Burdick
Department of Economics
"Statistical Thinking to Improve Your Life"
Dr. Barbara Kerr
Psychology in Education
"When Dreams Differ: Gender Relations on the College Campus"
Prof. Max Underwood
Architecture
"You Are Not Designer Yet? Everyone Else Is!"
Department of Economics
"Statistical Thinking to Improve Your Life"
Dr. Barbara Kerr
Psychology in Education
"When Dreams Differ: Gender Relations on the College Campus"
Prof. Max Underwood
Architecture
"You Are Not Designer Yet? Everyone Else Is!"
Dr. Jess Alberts
Communications
"Power, Passion, and Prudence"
Dr. David William Foster
Language and Literature
"Humanities-- The Really Hard Sciences"
Dr. James Green
English
"Truth, Goodness and Beauty: The Study of Literature"
Communications
"Power, Passion, and Prudence"
Dr. David William Foster
Language and Literature
"Humanities-- The Really Hard Sciences"
Dr. James Green
English
"Truth, Goodness and Beauty: The Study of Literature"
Dr. Maria T. Allison
School of Community Resources and Development
"Joie de Vivre: This is Not a Dress Rehearsal"
Dr. Alisa Klinger
Women's Studies
"Living and Learning in 3-D"
Dr. Alberto A. Rios
English
"The Alphabet of the 21st Century"
School of Community Resources and Development
"Joie de Vivre: This is Not a Dress Rehearsal"
Dr. Alisa Klinger
Women's Studies
"Living and Learning in 3-D"
Dr. Alberto A. Rios
English
"The Alphabet of the 21st Century"
Dr. Robert F. Ashcraft
School of Community Resources and Development
"Between Anyone and Everyone There is a Place Called Community"
Dr. Anthony Gully
School of Art
"Through a Glass Darkly: Commentary & Criticism on Past and Present Culture by the Artist and Historian"
School of Community Resources and Development
"Between Anyone and Everyone There is a Place Called Community"
Dr. Anthony Gully
School of Art
"Through a Glass Darkly: Commentary & Criticism on Past and Present Culture by the Artist and Historian"
Dr. James Foard
Religious Studies
"Terminal Thoughts: Afterlives in the History of Life"
Dr. Jeff Hester
Astronomy & Physics
"The Beauty of the World Through the Eyes of an Astronomer"
Dr. Paul Privateer
Humanities
"Shakespeare's Magician, Dickens' Factual Girl, Bob Dylan Back Pages and Pink Floyd's Brick Wall: High-Tech Dreamscapes and the Future of Higher Learning"
Religious Studies
"Terminal Thoughts: Afterlives in the History of Life"
Dr. Jeff Hester
Astronomy & Physics
"The Beauty of the World Through the Eyes of an Astronomer"
Dr. Paul Privateer
Humanities
"Shakespeare's Magician, Dickens' Factual Girl, Bob Dylan Back Pages and Pink Floyd's Brick Wall: High-Tech Dreamscapes and the Future of Higher Learning"
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