Past Speakers
The Distinguished Lecture Series has been bringing incredible speakers to campus since 1987. Here are the speakers from recent years.
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2011-12
Jake Wood
Mara Hvistendahl
Bill Strickland
Joe Garden and Karol Kolb (the Onion)
Jill Bolte Taylor
Nikki Giovanni
Benjamin Mee
Neil deGrasse Tyson
2010-11
Brian Cox
Ken Robinson
Billy Collins
The Yes Men
Matt Taibbi
Errol Morris
Merlin Mann
Andrei Codrescu
Christine Jeske & Chad Sorenson
Jon Pevehouse (Spotlight)
2009-10
Steven Pinker
Dan Ariely
Jeremy Rifkin
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Bill Marler
Derrick Ashong
Post-Racial Comedy Tour: Christian Lander and Elon James White
Cornelia Flora
Michael Shermer
V. S. Ramachandran
Vandava Shiva
2008-09
Amira Hanania
Shirin Ebadi
Rebecca Walker
Daniel Dennett
Chrystia Freeland
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Robin Wright
Ishmeal Beah
Francisco Ayala