The 2012-13 theme was "Communities and Justice"
Jonathan Kozol
Jonathan Kozol is the National Book Award-winning author of听Savage Inequalities, Death at an Early Age,听The Shame of the Nation, and听Amazing Grace.听He has been working with children in inner-city schools for nearly fifty years. His most recent book is听Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America.
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H茅ctor Tobar
H茅ctor Tobar is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a novelist. He is the author of听The Tattoed Soldier听(1998),听Translation Nation听(2005), and听The Barbarian Nurseries听(2011; chosen as Occidental's First-Year Reading for 2012-2013). He writes a weekly column for the听L.A. Times.
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Jes煤s Trevi帽o
Jes煤s Trevi帽o is an award-winning writer and director whose television directing credits include听Law and Order: Criminal Intent,听Bones,听NYPD Blue,听ER,听The Practice,听Chicago Hope, among many others. Mr. Trevi帽o began his career in film and television as a student activist documenting the 1960s Chicano civil rights struggle with a super-8 camera. Throughout the late sixties and early nineteen seventies, he was both a participant and a chronicler of the events and issues of the day.
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Monday,听February 4, 2013
Jill S. Schneiderman听
Jill S. Schneiderman is Professor of Earth Science at Vassar College. Her interests include environmental issues, feminism, and the history of science. She is editor of and contributor to听For the Rock Record: Geologists on Intelligent Design听(University of California Press, 2009) and听The Earth Around Us: Maintaining a Livable Planet听(Westview Press, 2003).
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Monday, March 4,听2013
Richard A. Muller
The Antoinette and Vincent M. Dungan Lectureship on Energy and the Environment
Richard A. Muller is Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Faculty Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. He is an award-winning teacher and the best-selling author of听Physics for Future Presidents听(W.W. Norton, 2009), based on his renowned course for non-science students. His most recent book is听Energy for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines听(W.W. Norton, 2012).
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Michael Eric Dyson
Michael Eric Dyson, named by听Ebony听as one of the hundred most influential black Americans, is the author of sixteen books, including听Holler if You Hear Me, Is Bill Cosby Right?听and听I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr.听He is currently University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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