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Maggie Haberman
鈥淭he Current Political Landscape鈥�
September 9 | 7:00 p.m.
After joining the聽New York Times聽as a campaign correspondent in 2015, Haberman was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting on Donald Trump鈥檚 advisers and their connections to Russia. Prior to the Times, she was a political reporter at Politico and a finalist for the Mirror Awards, with Glenn Thrush, for the 2014 Politico profile 鈥淲hat Is Hillary Clinton Afraid Of?鈥� Haberman previously worked at publications including the聽New York Post and聽New York Daily News.聽Her appearance is cosponsored by the Campus Activities Board.

Carol Anderson
鈥淥ne Person, No Vote鈥�
September 30 | 7:00 p.m.
Emory University鈥檚 Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies, Anderson is the author of White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Nation鈥檚 Divide, a New York Times bestseller, Washington Post Notable Book, and National Book Critics Circle Award winner. She is also the author of other books including One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy, which was long-listed for the National Book Award and a finalist for the PEN/Galbraith Award in non-fiction. She was a member of the U.S. State Department鈥檚 Historical Advisory Committee and board of directors of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute and the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative. Co-sponsored by the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics and the History Department.

M Jackson
"The Secret Lives of Glaciers"
October 7 | 7:00 p.m.
A geographer, glaciologist, TED Fellow, and National Geographic Society Explorer, Jackson is the recipient of notable grants and awards including U.S. Fulbright grants and a U.S. Fulbright Ambassadorship. Currently a National Geographic Society arctic expert, she has worked for more than a decade chronicling that region鈥檚 climate change and communities, guiding trips, and exploring glacial systems. Her memoir While Glaciers Slept: Being Human in a Time of Climate Change weaves together parallel stories of what happens when the climates of a family and a planet change. In The Secret Lives of Glaciers, she explores the impacts of glacier change on the human and physical geography of Iceland. Co-sponsored by the Earth and Environmental Science Department and the Environmental Studies Program.

Bridgett M. Davis
"The World According to Fannie Davis鈥�
October 21 | 7:00 p.m.
In addition to her success as novelist, essayist, teacher, filmmaker, and curator, Davis has earned accolades for her memoir, The World According To Fannie Davis: My Mother鈥檚 Life in the Detroit Numbers, a New York Times Editors鈥� Choice. Writer and director of the award-winning film 鈥淣aked Acts,鈥� she also is an advocate in promoting and nurturing literary talent by people of color. As an early-career reporter, Davis wrote for newspapers and magazines and her recent reviews and essays have been featured in such prominent publications as the New York Times and O, The Oprah Magazine. Davis is a professor of Journalism and the Writing Professions at Baruch College, CUNY and facilitates writing workshops for junior faculty of color and women. Co-sponsored by the African & African Diaspora Studies, American Studies and Journalism programs.

Stephan Wolfert
Cry Havoc!
November 4 | 7:00 p.m.
Wolfert left a career in the military鈥攈aving served as an Army medic and infantry officer鈥攆or a life in the theater after seeing Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淩ichard III.鈥� He earned a master of fine arts degree from Trinity Repertory Conservator and went on to create and direct the military segments for Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel鈥檚 Tony-Award winning Broadway production 鈥淢ovin鈥� Out.鈥� Wolfert is the founding artistic director of Shakespeare & Veterans, and the Veterans Center for the Performing Arts. He is currently a company member and the head of outreach for Bedlam in New York City, and the creator of DE-CRUIT: a program to reintegrate military veterans using classical actor training. Co-sponsored by the Theatre Department.

Michael Murphy
Architecture, Justice, and Beauty
November 12 | 7:00 p.m.
Murphy is the founding principal and executive director of MASS Design Group, an architecture and design collective that leverages buildings, the design and construction process to become catalysts for economic growth, social change, and justice. With a portfolio comprising more than a dozen countries and spanning health care, education, housing, and urban development, MASS鈥檚 work has been published in some 900 publications and won global awards. Its project, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, was named the single greatest work of American architecture in the 21st century. Murphy鈥檚 2016 TED talk reached over a million views and was awarded the Al Filipov Medal for Peace and Justice. Presented by the Park Street Corporation Speaker Series and co-sponsored by LHS.