Speaker Series - Levitt Speakers Home

The Levitt Center Speaker Series is committed to enhancing the academic experience of our students by introducing them to a wide array of intellectually challenging speakers from varying political points of view. The Speaker Series features many speakers with substantial policy experience, and is an invaluable asset in helping students make the connection between the classroom and policies enacted in the real world. Students and other audience members have the opportunity to engage speakers in thoughtful discussion following each lecture.

	David Wisner, "The Crisis of the European Union and the Future of Greece"

	Michael Greenstone, "Is Adaptation the Only Solution to Climate Change?"

	Panel Discussion on Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship

	Paul Cawood Hellmund, "Greenways: Reconnecting the Social and Ecological Fabric of a Fragmented World"

	Prudence Bushnell, "What Does Leadership Look Like and How Do You Learn It?"

	Laura Steinberg, "Community, Infrastructure Resilience, and Disasters: Why Can’t We Get It Right?"

	Annette Lareau, "Unequal Childhoods, Unequal Adulthoods: Class, Race, and Family Life"

Spring 2013 Speaker Series:

	Breena Holland, "Public Health and Environmental Justice in an Era of De-Industrialization: A Role for Community-Engaged Academic Research"

	Earl Devaney, "How to Provide Transparency and Accountability for over $832 Billion: Oversight of the Stimulus Package"

	Jim Jacobs, "Gun Control"

	Michelle Alexander, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"

	Anthony Weis, "The Meat of the Global Food Crisis"