A distinguished group of speakers is coming to campus this Fall:

Guy Adami, investor and media analyst
Drew Days III, former U.S. solicitor general
Cynthia Enloe, researcher
James B. Farmer, attorney
William E. Forbath, constitutional historian
Henry Louis Gates Jr., history professor
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, journalist
Linda Greenhouse, journalist
Tamar S. Hermann, Israeli political scholar and pollster
Lynn Walker Huntley, attorney
Jim Lukaszewski, corporate coach and writer
Robert Pennock, philosopher and author
Patricia Walsh, nurse and author
Juan Williams, journalist

Past Speakers
Floyd Abrams, attorney
Gerry Adams, politician
Eric Alva, veteran and gay rights activist
Oscar Arias, politician
Dr. Robert Bazell, science and health correspondent
Chris Berman, sportscaster
Zandile Blay, fashion journalist
Richard Blumenthal, attorney general of Connecticut
Julian Bond, civil rights activist
Bill Bradley, politican
Michael Buckley, entrepreneur
Greg Bugbee, scientist
Eric Burns, media analyst and author
Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president
James Carville, political consultant
Martin Chalfie, scientist and Nobel Laureate
Ram Charan, business adviser and author
Mary Higgins Clark, author
Hillary Clinton, politician
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, entrepreneurs
John Conyers Jr., U.S. Congressman
Mary Cowhey, author and educator
Douglas Dingman, microbiologist
Michael Eric Dyson, author and social critic
Wade Elmer, scientist
Harold Ford Jr., former congressman
Juan Gonzalez, columnist
Jane Goodall, primatologist
Doris Kearns Goodwin, historian
David Gregory, journalist
Don Hewitt, television producer
Monica Hinden, producer
Eve Light Honthaner, film production coordinator
D.L. Hughley, comedian and talk show host
Greg Johnson, movie producer
Jeff Johnson, social critic and BET correspondent
Jesper Juul, video game researcher
Maulana Karenga, Africana studies professor
Ed Koch, politician
Eugene Kogan, political analyst
C. Everett Koop, health educator
Konrad Kreuzer, energy executive
Gwen Ifill, journalist
Kerry Kennedy, human rights activist
Yolanda King, human rights activist
Jeanne Kirkpatrick, ambassador
Henry Kissinger, diplomat
Andres Lara, author and motivational speaker
Lisa Ling, television personality
Bill Maher, humorist
Jane Maienschein, biology professor
Wilma Mankiller, leader of the Cherokee Nation
Mary Matalin, political strategist
Kweisi Mfume, politician
Lori Nelson, children's book author
Sandra Day O'Connor, jurist
Dr. Dean Ornish, author and health educator
Charles Osgood, anchor of "CBS News Sunday Morning"
Les Payne, journalist
Stephen Pemberton, chief diversity officer, monster.com
Tom Peters, author and management consultant
John Prendergast, human rights activist
Dan Rather, journalist
Alan Robock, scientist
Tara Rothman, technology education specialist
Tim Russert, political journalist
Brent Scarpo, director
Barry Schaller, Supreme Court Justice in Connecticut
Virginia Scharff, author
Mark Shields, political journalist
Dr. Bernie Siegel, author and patient advocate
Peter Singer, academic and bioethicist
Tavis Smiley, television and radio host
Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, author
Sister Souljah, author and political activist
George Stephanopoulos, correspondent and television host
Ronald Takaki, author and ethnic studies professor
Rigoberta Menchú Tum, human rights activist
Mary Vreeland, actress
Stephen Ward, journalism professor
Cornel West, scholar and author
Betty Williams, peace activist
Bob Woodruff, journalist