Public Lecture Series Speakers: 1936 – 2019
The Graduate School has been fortunate to host the following speakers as part of the Public Lecture Series. Lecturers on this list are not eligible for the upcoming nomination cycle. Please contact [email protected] with any questions about the nomination process.
Signature Speakers Series
Menhaz Afridi Maria Hinojosa Donna Shalala Morehshin Allahyari Ralina Joseph Ellen Schur Harry Belafonte Verlaine Keith-Miller Nate Silver Carl Bergstrom Marieka Klawitter Kristen Soltis Anderson Misty Copeland Anthony Leiserowitz Touré Laverne Cox Ulf Leonhardt Jose Antonio Vargas Robin DiAngelo Sharon Maeda Jevin West Junot Díaz Trinh Mai Joy Williamson-Lott Lori Dorfman Peggy McIntosh Tim Wise Adam Drewnowski Megan Ming Francis Kevin Young Ronan Farrow Kathy Najimy Sara Zewde Larry Gossett Emile Pitre Temple Grandin Rogelio Riojas
Walker-Ames Scholars
Alexander Nagel Kirk Johnson Louis Nirenberg John Beverley Charles Keil Rithy Panh Peter Brewer James Lawson Valerie Smith Ming Cho Lee Samuel NC Lieu Roger Strasser Deborah Dryden Helen Longino Elizabeth Wilson Carole Gassert Philip Kumar Maini Joy James Guiseppe Mazzotta
Walker-Ames Lecturers
Jeno Adam James Balog George Benedek Julian Agyeman Leonard Barkan Seyla Benhabib Huda Akil George Bartholemew T. Brooke Benjamin Hans Albrecht Bethe Paul Bartlett Margaret Bent Emilio Amero George Batchelor Russell Berman Alexander Archipenko Joseph Beach Howard Bern Kenneth Bailey Hugh Beales Jagdish Bhagwati Bernard Bailyn Arnold Beckett Bhabani Bhattacharya Mieke Bal Jean-Albert Bede Garrett Birkhoff Alan Bittles Alfred Chandler, Jr. Robert Dicke J. Bjerknes Li Chi Liselotte Dieckmann Felix Bloch Brock Chisholm Jean Dieudonne Bruce Blumberg Gustave Choquet Andrea (Andy) DiSessa Larry Bobo Ralph Cicerone Stuart Dodd Christoph Bode Marion Clawson Denis Donoghue Bart Bok Cornell Clayton Sterling Dow Bert Bolin William Clebsch Curt Ducasse Paul Bonifas JM Coetzee John Dunning Gabriel Bonno Philip Cohen J. B. Duroselle Armand Borel David Cole Richard Easterlin Georg Borgstrom Fay-Cooper Cole Penelope Eckert Laura Boulton James Coleman Beno Eckmann Ernest Boyer Jean & John Comaroff Murray Edelman Karl Bracher Arthur Compton Bradley Efron Ross Brann Clare Cooper Marcus Alice Ehlers Hendricus Bremmer Carl Cori Manfred Eigen Dame Honor Bridget Fell Carl Correns H. J. Emeleus Denis Brogan Edward Corwin Howard Emmons Charles Brooks Robert Costanza Herbert Evans Jean Brossel Wilfred Cote, Jr. Henry Eyring Donald Brown Miguel Covarrubias Charles Falco Jerome Bruner Malcolm Cowley Charles Feferman Arthur Bryson Hardin Craig Enrico Fermi Bernard Budiansky Joaquin Cravioto Herman Finer Lawrence Buell William Crocker Claude Fischler Manfred Bukofzer Edward Croft-Murray Michael Fisher John Burchard Alistair Crombie Robert Fishman Earnest Burgess Herbert Dadswell Samuel Flagg Bemis Kenneth Burke Martin Daly Marcel Florkin Deborah Cameron Katsuma Dan Jerry Fodor Wilfred Cantwell Smith Tsung Dao Lee Nancy Folbre Harry Caplan H. C. Darby Jonathan Foley Rhys Carpenter Robert Darnton W. Ray Forrester H. Carrington Lancaster Thurston Dart William Fowler Nancy Cartwright Seamus Deane Evelyn Fox-Keller Rosalind Cassidy Albert DeGroot Kenneth Frampton Manuel Castells Richard Delgado Albert Frey-Wyssling Ana Castillo Erik & Martin Demaine Milton Friedman George Catlin Romano DeMeio David Frisch Luca Cavalli-Sforza Eduardo DeRobertis Francois Furet Basile Chaix Peter Dervan Markus Gabriel Raymond Chambers Persi Diaconis Eduardo Galeano William Gamson Desmond Heap Sherwin Kelly Stanley Garn Svend Heiberg Maurice Kendall Lars-Erik Gelin Weikko Heiskanen Hayward Keniston Rene Girard Arthur Henrici Hugh Kenner David Goddard Herbert Hensel Gyorgy Kepes Edward Goldberg Seymour Hersh Joseph Kerman Kenneth Goldberg Koji Hidaka John Kermode Francisco Goldman Gustaf Hillestrom Clark Kerr Richard Goldschmidt Joseph Hill Alice Kessler Harris Ernst Gombrich Rodney Hilton Maurice King David Goodman Renee Hobbs Otto Kinkeldey Linda Gordon Ronald Hoffman Paul Kirchhoff Irving Gottesman David Hogness Robert Kirschner Louis Gottschalk George Homans Benjamin Kizer Peter & Rosemary Grant Jed Horne Walter Kollmorgen Brian Greene Olaf Hougen Daniel Koshland, Jr. William Greenough Kenneth Hsu George Kozmetsky Bror Grondal (George) Rolfe Humphries Paul Kramer Max Grube J. Willard Hurst Murray Krieger Ernest Grunwald Dell Hymes Wilton Krogman Ernst Guillemin B. Iden Payne James Kugel Rolf Gutbrod Wolfgang Iser Stephan Kuttner Karl Guthke Mizuko Ito Cornelius Lanczos Mary Haas Raymond Jackendoff Carney Landis Denys Haigh Wilkinson Shirley Jackson Harlan Lane Kathleen Hall Alan Jacobs Harold Laski Jamieson Irving Hallowell M. R. Jacobs Paul Lazarsfeld Paul Halmos Gary Jacobsohn Charles Leblond Evelynn Hammonds Fred Jenner Hodges Solomon Lefschetz Charles Hanes Hans Jenny Robert Leigh Palle Hansen Hicks John Jill Lepore Ira Harkavy Gerald Johnson Gerda Lerner Raymond Harriman Mark Kac Jaimie Lerner Henry Harris Leo Kadanoff Michael Levitt Richard Harris Alfred Kahn Ernest Levy Nils Hartler Eric Kandel Hans Liepmann Geoffrey Hartman John Kanwisher Gene Likens Heidi Hartmann Robert Kates Carl Lindegren Louis Hartz Tamar Katriel Shao-Wen Ling Ronald Haugton Ichiro Kawachi William Lipscomb Philip Hauser David Keightley Seymour Lipset Dolores Hayden Harold Kelley Franklin Littell Margaret H'Doubler Robin Kelley Otto Loewi Hubert Loring Evelyn Nakano Glenn Les Roberts Glenn Loury Rosmund (Roz) Naylor Gilbert Rohde James Lovelock Sonia Nazario Gerard Rohlich Robert Lowie Paul Nicklen Emilio Rosenblueth George Lundberg Chen Ning Yang Marc Rotenberg Harold Lutz Brendan Nyhan Ian Ruskin David Lyon Josiah Ober Alfred Salmony Paul Mac Cready Per Ake Oberg Bengt Samuelsson Walter MacCornack Howard Odum Philip Sandblom Maynard Mack Marcus Oliphant Herbert Sander Gutowsky George Mackey Arthur Onliner Fritz Schalk Michael Mackey David Orr Thomas Schelling Jonathan Makwiwai Elinor Ostrom Jeffrey Schnapp Kemp Malone Dennis Overbye Heinrich Schnitzler Benoit Mandelbrot Amedee Ozenfant Wilbur Schramm Thaddeus Mann Carol Padden Michael Schudson Spero Manson Elaine Pagels Hugh Seton-Watson Lauro Martines Bernard Pares William Sewell Basil Mason William Paton Homer Smith Frederick Matson John Perry Miller Lorna Smith Karen Matthews Colin Phillips Benjamin Esmond Snell George May Michael Phillips Lewis Sorrell Daniel Mazia Pasuk Phongpaichit Leo Spitzer Achille Mbembe Laurence Picken Gayatri Spivak N. W. McLachlan Edgar Pieterse Walter Stace Carver Mead John Polanyi Enid Starkie Albert Memmi Alejandro Portes Chester Starr N. David Mermin Viktor Poschl Eugene Stead Eleanor Metheny Michael Posner John Steele Judith Miller William Prager Paul Steinhardt Goenawan Mohamad Richmond Prehn Joan Steitz Khotso Mokhele Frank Press William Stephenson Day Monroe J. Rodney Quayle Kenneth Stevens Florence Moog Efraim Racker Randell Stewart Raymond Moore Norman Ramsey J. I. M. Stewart John Moore Robert Rathbun Wilson George Stigler Benjamin Morris Sekelman Diane Ravitch Svetozar Stojanovic John Morrison Niharranjan Ray Samuel Stouffer Harold Moulton Alfred Redfield David Stronach David Mumford Lynne Reid George Stumberg Chandra Muzaffar Albert Renold Werner Stumm Dowell Myers Hans-Erich Riebensahm Wesley Sturges Gregory Nagy J. Fred Rippy Chen-To Tai Charles Tanford Taco Van Den Honert Charles Wilkinson Homer Thompson Leon Van Hove Richard Wilkinson Johan Tidemand Ruud Cornelius Van Niel Robert Williams Eustace Tillyard J. H. Van Vleck Margo Wilson Niko Tinbergen Charles Verlinden Robert Wilson Hans Toch Stephen Vogel Karl Wittfogel F. C. Tompkins Jon Von Neumann Jake Wood Arturo Torreo-Rioseco Peter Wadhams Louis Wright Frank Trelease Lawrence Wallack George Wust Henock Trouillot W. Grey Walter Kosaku Yosida Clifford Truesdell Victor Weisskopf James Young James Tuck Pierre Welander Paul Zanker Linda Tuhiwai Smith Rene Wellek Silvio Zavelo Vallado Albert Tyler Herman Weyl Natalia Zemon Davis Ralph Tyler Anne Whiston Spirn Bruno Zevi Hans Ussing Carl Whitaker Paulo Valesio Gilbert White
Mary Ann and John D. Mangels Lecturers
Elizabeth Alexander Dolores Huerta Pedro Noguera Eric Avila Claire Jean Kim Jacqueline Patterson Bryan Brayboy Shiri Kumanyika Charles Payne Neil deGrasse Tyson Tsianina Lomawaima Raquel Rivera Ron Eglash Doug Massey Amy Tan Juan Enriquez Aldon Morris Theaster Gates Donna Nelson
Jessie and John Danz Lecturers
Philip Abelson Derek Bickerton Kenneth Clark Huda Akil John Blacking Montague Cobb Richard Alexander George Boas Jill Cornell Tarter Benedict Anderson Julian Bond Giovanni Costigan Laurie Anderson Norman Borlaug George Coyne Jay Appleton Sydney Brenner Francis Crick Jurgen Aschoff Gro Brundtland William Cronon John Bahcall Guido Calabresi Amy Cuddy David Bates Geoffrey Canada Angela Davis Hans Belting Clayborne Carson Richard Dawkins Regina Benjamin Majora Carter John Dawson Isiah Berlin Sripati Chandrasekhar Morris Dees Hans Bethe Noam Chomsky Vine Deloria, Jr. Daniel Dennett Yitzhak Laor Anita Sarkeesian Anna Deveare Smith Louise Leakey Leonard Schapiro Rita Dove Joshua Lederberg Benjamin Schwartz Sidney Drell Tsung-Dao Lee Anthony Seeger Rene Dubos Lawrence Lessig Vandana Shiva James Duderstadt Richard Lewontin Eugene Shoemaker Freeman Dyson Maya Lin Roger Short Shirin Ebadi Chris Lintott Cyril Smith W.T. Edmondson Mario Livio John Maynard Smith Loren Eiseley Edward Lorenz Hedrick Smith Gebisa Ejeta Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Amy Smith Richard Feynman Boris Lushniak Olympia Snowe Cary Fowler Eleanor Macoby Dava Sobel Buckminster Fuller Kanan Makiya Athelstan Spilhaus Peter Gay Manning Marable Stephen Squyres Sandra Gilbert Ali Mazrui Gloria Steinem Sander Gilman General Barry McCaffrey Ronald Syme Robert Gittings Ian McHarg Ronald Takaki Joseph Goldstein Peter Medawar Kim TallBear Stephen Gould Louis Menand Kip Thorne Henry Guerlac Trinh Minh Ha James Tobin William Hamilton N. Scott Momaday Robert Trivers Garrett Hardin Mark Morris Sherry Turkle Jacquetta Hawkes Philip Morrison Urvashi Vaid James Head Joseph Needham C. Vann Woodward Seamus Heaney Allen Newell Emily Vermeule John Heilbron Vanessa Northington-Gamble Gregory Vlastos Leroy Hood Naomi Oreskes Conrad Waddington bell hooks Wolfgang Panofsky Gerald Wasserburg Fred Hoyle Linus Pauling Robert Watson Julian Huxley Rudolf Peierls Sheila Watt-Cloutier Francois Jacob Roger Penrose Victor Weisskopf Bill T. Jones Geoffrey Pullum Wim Wenders Girish Karnad Edward Purcell Cornel West Milton Katz Isidor Rabi Elie Wiesel Bruce Katz Claudia Rankine Patricia Williams Joseph Keller Martin Rees Naomi Wolf Jamaica Kincaid Oliver Sacks Stewart Wolf, Jr. William Labov Carl Sagan Winona LaDuke Edward Said