Our past presenters and topics are listed below.
2021-2022: REBUILDING
Rebuilding the Classroom
Prof. Kim Hackford-Peer
Associate Chair and Professor, Gender Studies
Higher Education and the Republic
Prof. Mark Matheson
Professor, English
Director, MUSE
Acting to Repair the World
Joanne Slotnik, J.D.
Acting to Repair the World
Prof. Maeera Shreiber
Professor, English
Professor, Religious Studies Program
Acting to Repair the World
Prof. Stephen Trimble
Professor, Honors College
Rebuilding Business
Prof. Erika George
Professor, College of Law
Director, Tanner Humanities Center
2020-2021: RESILIENCE
Healing the
Political Divide
Prof. David Derezotes
Professor, Social Work
Director, Peace & Conflict Studies Program
Ordinary
Resilience
Dr. John Ryan
Assoc. Professor, Medicine
MD, Cardiovascular Med Unit
Strengthening
Resiliency
Dr. Lauren Weitzman
Director, Counseling Center
Racial Battle Fatigue in 2020
Dr. William Smith
Professor, Education
Dept. Chair and Professor, ECS
2019-2020: VISION
Images, Media, & Everyday Life
Prof. Natasha Seegert
Professor, Communication
Race & Political Imaginary
Prof. Edmund Fong
Dept. Chair, Ethnic Studies
Play as a Social Justice Endeavor
Prof. Karen Paisley
Professor, Parks and Rec
Defending
Cosmopolitanism
Prof. Robert Mayer
Professor Emeritus, Family and Consumer Studies
2018-2019: PURPOSE
Stumbling On Purpose
Dr. Tawanda Owens
Executive Director for Diverse Student Advocacy
The Process of Discovery
Prof. Howard Horwitz
Professor, English
Racial Battle
Fatigue
Prof. William Smith
Professor, Education;
Dept. Chair and Professor, ECS
Serendipity
In Science
Prof. Amy Barrios
Professor, Pharmacy
The
Academic Life
Prof. Jordan Gerton
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
The Power of Mentorship
Dr. John Ryan
Assoc. Professor, Medicine
MD, Cardiovascular Med Unit
From Rural Life to PhD
Dr. Linda Edelman
Professor, College of Nursing
Emerging
Adulthood
Prof. Marissa Deiner
Director, LEAP Learning Communities
2017-2018: EMPOWERMENT
Panel: Women in STEM
Prof. Tara Deans
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Panel: Women in STEM
Prof. Kris Pankow
Professor, Geology and Seismology
Panel: Women in STEM
Prof. Jennifer Shumaker-Parry
Professor, Chemistry
Free Women
of Color
Prof. Noel Voltz
Professor, History
Philosophy
of Science
Prof. Matt Haber
Professor, Biology and Philosophy
Empowered to
Fail
Prof. Cynthia Furse
Professor, Engineering
Exile and Empowerment
Prof. Andy Hoffmann
Professor, Honors College
Literary
Exploration
Prof. Mark Matheson
Professor, English Department
Teaching
Reflection
Prof. Seetha Veeraghanta
Professor, Undergraduate Studies
Empowerment in College
Dr. Lauren Weitzman
Director, University Counseling Center
2016-2017: OPTIMISM
Balancing
Optimism
Dr. David Derezotes
Director, Peace and Conflict Studies
Optimism in
Politics
Prof. Kevin Coe
Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Medusa &
Perseus
Prof. Margaret Toscano
Associate Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures
Reason for
Optimism
Prof. Christie Toth
Assistant Professor, Department of Writing & Rhetoric Studies
Poetry
& Hope
Prof. Mark Matheson
MUSE Project
Demographic Possibility
Dr. Pamela Perlich
Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
College in
Prison
Prof. Erin Castro
Assistant Professor, College of Education
2015-2016: COMMUNITY
Community Engagement
Prof. Dean McGovern
Exec. Director, Bennion Center
Global
Health
Prof. Steve Alder
Professor and Vice Chair, Family & Preventative Medicine
Classroom
Cultures
Prof. Mary Burbank
Assistant Dean, Teacher Ed
Director, UITE
Leading in the
Black
Prof. Bryan Hotchkins
Institutional Research Associate
Adjunct Professor, Econ Studies
Reshaping Communities
Sarah Munro
Director, University Neighborhood Partners
Reflections on "Selma"
Special Group Panel Discussion
Rev. France Davis, Tasha Myers,
& Prof. Mark Matheson
Community Architecture
Prof. Mimi Locher
Chair and Associate
Professor, Architecture
The Beloved Community
Prof. Mark Matheson
Professor, English
Director, MUSe
2014-2015: JUSTICE
Theories
of Justice
Pat Shea
Research Professor, Biology
The End
of Privacy
Adam Tanner
Fellow, Harvard University
LGBTQIA*
Next Steps
Kai Martinez
Director, LGBT Resource Center
Prisoners
As Protectors
Nalini Nadkarni
Professor, Biology
Political Engagement
Claudio Holzner
Associate Director, Center for Latin American Studies
Critical Media Literacy
Theresa Martinez
Associate Professor, Sociology
Trans
Allies
Rebecca Kling
Performance Artist
Justice & Documentation
Leticia Gutierrez
Director, Family School Partnership
2013-2014: CITIZENSHIP
Border
Politics
Kent Ono
Chair, Communication
Financial
Justice
Rob Mayer
Professor, Family and Consumer Studies
Indigenous Citizenship
Donna Deyhle
Professor, Education, Culture, & Society
Citizenship
in Concert
Phillip Bimstein
Associate Instructor, Honors College
Imperial
Power
Margaret Toscano
Director of Graduate Studies, Languages & Literature
Moscow Controversies
Robert Argenbright
Assistant Professor, Geography
Gay Family
Matters
Elizabeth Clement
Associate Professor, History
Ethics &
Leadership
Kirk Jowers
Former Director, Hinckley Institute of Politics