WUD DLS: Past Speakers
The Distinguished Lecture Series has been bringing incredible speakers to campus since 1987. Here’s a list of who’s made it to Wisconsin so far.
2017-18 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15
Charles Burnett Peter Sagal RJ Mitte Tavi Gevinson
Jason de León Eileen Collins John Waters Sheryl WuDunn
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Manu Prakash Jeannette Walls Dave Arnold
Leana Wen Andrew Soloman John Hawks Bill Bryson
Nyle DiMarco Michael Shellenberger Alex Blumberg Naomi Klein
Lena Waithe Margaret Atwood Marc Brown Jad Abumrad
Jeremy Scahill Roxane Gay Junot Diaz Bill T. Jones
Sandra Steingraber Nikki Giovanni Jon Ronson Ta-Nehisi Coates
Phil Yu Reza Aslan Sally Mann Ezra Klein
Eve Ewing Killer Mike Anna Deavere Smith Danielle Allen
2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11
Alexis Ohanian Paul Farmer Mara Hvistendahl Andrei Codrescu
Alice Waters Aron Ralston Bill Strickland Ben Huh
Cheryl Strayed Byron Pitts Joe Garden & Carole Kolb Christine Jeske
Jalen Rose Dan Savage Jill Bolte Taylor Merlin Mann
Lawrence Krauss Frank Warren Nikki Giovanni Errol Morris
Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick Jane Goodall Neil deGrasse Tyson Matt Taibbi
Max Brooks Michelle Alexander The Yes Men
Michele Norris Morgan Spurlock Sir Ken Robinson
Billy Collins
2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07
Steven Pinker Amira Hanania Amy Goodman Laurie David
Dan Ariely Shirin Ebadi Michael Eric Dyson Howard Zinn
Jeremy Rifkin Daniel Dennett Ken Mehlman Joseph Stiglitz
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Chrystia Freeland Reza Aslan & Gideon Yago Dinesh D’Souza
Bill Marler Neil deGrasse Tyson Richard Dawkins Sarah Vowell
Ramachandran Vandana Shiva Robin Wright Andrew Sullivan David Suzuki
Ishmael Beah Stephen Lewis
Francisco Ayala Ali Abunimah
Jello Biafra
WUD DLS: Past Speakers
The Distinguished Lecture Series has been bringing incredible speakers to campus since 1987. Here’s a list of who’s made it to Wisconsin so far.
2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03
Isabel Allende Robert Novak Kurt Vonnegut Lani Guinier
George McGovern Jean Kilbourne Salman Rushdie F.W. de Klerk
E.O. Wilson Karan Armstrong James Dale Ben Stein
Brian Greene Al Sharpton Elizabeth Wurtzel John Trudell
Francis Bok Robert Siegel Linda Chavez Leslie Feinberg
Laurie Garrett Sister Helen Prejean Sylvia Earle Molly Ivins
Ben Karlin Chuck Palahniuk Jared Diamond
Mark Zupan Eric Schlosser Arun Gandhi
Frank Luntz Michael Moore Harvey Pekar
John Perkins Lama Ole Nydahl
James Kunstler John Esposito
Andy Greenwald
Craig Murray
Paul Loeb
Tim Wise
2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99
Susan Faludi Jeffrey Wigand Pat Schroeder Terry McMillan
David Horowitz Rubin “Hurricane” Carter Jaime Escalante Chai Ling
Randall Robinson Alan Keyes Angela Davis Dr. William Schulz
Spike Lee Judy Shepard William Kristol Michael Moore
Guerilla Girls Ralph Nader Sherman Alexie Dinesh D’Souza
Patch Adams Afeni Shakur Howard Zinn
Elie Wiesel Robert Pinsky
Jello Biadra,
Ingrid Newkirk,
Krist Novoselic
Jill Sobule
Eric Saperston
WUD DLS: Past Speakers
The Distinguished Lecture Series has been bringing incredible speakers to campus since 1987. Here’s a list of who’s made it to Wisconsin so far.
1997-98 1996-97 1995-96 1994-95
Ralph Reed Jonathan Kozol Gloria Steinem Nat Hentoff
Patricia Ireland Adrienne Rich Dr. Peter Kramer Dennis Banks
Luis Rodriquez Stanley Crouch Cornell West Oliver Sacks
Kurt Vonnegut Noam Chomsky Edward Said Mary Matalin
Bobby Seale Harry Wu Rigoberta Menchi Peter Singer
Jocelyn Elders Sarah Weddington Tony Kushner
Stephen Gould Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi
Richard Lamm
1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91
William Buckley, Jr. Jesse Jackson Charlene Spretnak Audre Lord
bell hooks Oscar Arias Gloria Anzaldúa Godfrey Binaisa
Nadine Strossen Chinua Achebe Eqbal Ahmad Faye Wattleton
Helen Zia Phyllis Schafly Dennis Barrie Seymour Hersh
Jello Biafra Susan Faludi Winona LaDuke Barbara Ehrenreich
Stephen Jay Gould Elie Wiesel Isabel Allende
1989-90 1988-89
Seymour Melman John Waters
Angela Davis Martin Luther King III
Edward Said Jeremy Rifkin
Frances Moore Lappe Charles King
Maya Angelou Irwin Abrams
Daniel Ellsberg Costeau Society
Ntozake Shange