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Past Speakers

    • Ali Mokdad –  Health Metrics Sciences, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
    • Jane J. Lee – School of Social Work
    • Alissa Bilfield – School of Public Health
    • Karin D. Martin – Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
    • Himanshu Grover – College of Built Environments
    • Donald Chi – School of Dentistry
    • Amanda Hornby, Linda Whang, Emilie Vrbancic – UW Libraries Staff

      • Drew Gorman-Lewis –  Earth and Space Sciences
      • Joshua Smith – Allen School and the UW Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
      • Bianca Dang – History
      • Milla Titova – Psychology
      • Shawn Wong – Biology, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
      • Dustin Maly – Chemistry
      • Monica Guo – Microbiology
      • Amanda Hornby, Linda Whang, Emilie Vrbancic – UW Libraries Staff

      • Tony Lucero –  Jackson School of International Studies and Comparative History of Ideas
      • Sara Curran – Jackson School of International Studies
      • Luke Tornabane – Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
      • Juliet Crider – Earth Space and Sciences
      • Ayokunle Olanrewaju – Mechanical Engineering
      • Butch de Castro – Psychosocial & Community Health
      • Adam Steinbrenner – Biology
      • Scott Magelssen – Drama

      • Ali Mokdad- Health Metric Sciences, IHME
      • Barbara Baquero- Health Services
      • Nidhi Agrawal- Foster School of Business
      • Elin Björling- Human Centered Design and Engineering
      • Sándor Tóth- Environmental and Forest Sciences
      • Jonathan Kanter- Psychology
      • Anirban Basu- Pharmacy

      • Tyler Fox- Human Centered Design & Engineering
      • Suzie Pun- Bioengineering
      • Mike Gomez- Civil and Env. Engineering
      • Timea Tihanyi- Interdisciplinary Visual Arts
      • Carey Farquhar- Public Health
      • Theresa Ward- Nursing
      • Kira Schbram- Management, Foster

      • Ali Mokdad- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Medicine
      • Dargan Frierson- Atmospheric Sciences
      • Geoff Baird- Laboratory Medicine
      • Christine Leibbrand- Sociology
      • Jessica Jones-Smith- Health Services & Epidemiology
      • Pamela Collins-Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & Global Health
      • Donald Chi- Oral Health Sciences & Health Services

      • Linda Boyle- Industrial & System Engineering
      • Jennifer Balkus- Epidemiogy
      • Andre Berndt- Bioengineering
      • Ben Marwick- Antrhoology
      • James Clauss- Classics
      • Teresa Ward- Nursing
      • Philip Thurtle- Comparative History of Ideas
      • Munira- Khalil- Chemistry

      • Ali Mokdad – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
      • Adam Drewnowski – Public Health
      • Gundula Proksch – Built Environments
      • Rachel Fyall – Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
      • India Ornelas – Public Health
      • Ana Lucia Seminario – Dentistry
      • Greg Bratman – College of the Environment

      • James Clauss – Classics
      • Mehmet Sarikaya – Materials Science & Engineering
      • Barbara Wakimoto – Biology
      • Jennifer Mankoff – Computer Science
      • Matt Kaeberlein – Pathology
      • Rick Bonus – American Ethnic Studies
      • Joshua Reid – History
      • Sean Rundell – Rehabilitation Medicine: Physical Therapy

      • Aaron Wirsing – Environmental & Forest Sciences
      • Valerie Curtis – Newton – Drama
      • Liangcai Gu – Biochemistry
      • Christine Luscombe – Materials Science and Engineering
      • Paul Yager – Bioengineering
      • Dargan Frierson – Atmospheric Sciences
      • Michele Andrasik – Global Health
      • Susan Ferguson – Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

      • Tonya Palermo – Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
      • Zev Handel – Asian Languages and Literature
      • Ian Kretzler – Anthropology
      • David Hendry – Information School
      • Catherine Connors- Classics
      • Franziska Roesner – Computer Science & Engineering
      • Cliff Mass – Atmospheric Sciences

      • Daniel Kirschen – Electrical Engineering
      • Igor Novosselov – Mechanical Engineering
      • Annette Estes – Speech and Hearing Sciences
      • Jayadev Athreya – Mathematics
      • Matt Kaeberlein – Pathology
      • Sasha Welland – Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies
      • Abhishek Borah – Foster School of Business
      • Robert Winglee – Earth and Space Sciences

      • Michael Khbeis – Washington Nanofabrication Facility
      • Carolyn Pinedo Turnovsky – American Ethnic Studies; Law, Societies and Justice
      • Emma Spiro – Information School
      • Veronica Di Stilio – Biology
      • Laura Prugh – School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
      • Phillip Thurtle – Comparative History of Ideas
      • Joel Ong – Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media
      • Scott Reynolds – Foster School of Business

      • James Clauss – Classics
      • Patricia Kramer – Anthropology
      • Benjamin Freedman – School of Medicine, Nephrology
      • Jennifer Rabbits – Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
      • Abhinav Nath – School of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry
      • Ann Ishimaru – College of Education
      • John Vidale – Earth and Space Sciences

      • Jacob Deppen – Anthropology
      • Weili Ge – The Foster School of Business
      • Laura Lowes – Civil & Environmental Engineering
      • Ludo Max – Speech and Hearing Sciences
      • Benjamin Starnes – School of Medicine, Vascular Surgery
      • Katie Davis – The Information School
      • Maitreya Dunham – Genome Sciences

      • Dana Miller – Biochemistry
      • Orr Ashenberg – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Microbiology
      • Judit Villen – Genome Sciences
      • Walter Andrews and Rachel Brown – Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
      • Mary-Claire King – Medical Genetics and Genome Sciences
      • Kat Steele – Mechanical Engineering
      • Deborah Kelley – Oceanography
      • Sonnet Retman – American Ethnic Studies

      • Sean Munson – Human Centered Design and Engineering
      • James Clauss – Classics
      • José Antonio Lucero – Jackson School of International Studies
      • Dian Million – American Indian Studies
      • Juliet McMains – Dance
      • Ron Kwon – Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
      • Julia Parrish – Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
      • Joel Migdal – International Studies

      • Adrienne Fairhall – Physiology & Biophysics
      • Eric Shea-Brown – Applied Mathematics
      • S. Malia Fullerton – Bioethics and Humanities
      • Matt Bush – Chemistry
      • Daniela Witten – Biostatistics
      • Kate Starbird – Human Centered Design & Engineering
      • Horacio de la Iglesia – Biology
      • Simón V. Trujillo – English

      • Caroline Stromberg – Curator of Paleobotany, Burke Museum; Biology
      • Karen Litfin – Political Science
      • Matthew Sparke – Geography, International Studies, and Global Health
      • Anthony Greenwald – Psychology
      • Emily Bender – Linguistics (Computational Linguistics)
      • Daniel Kirschen – Electrical Engineering
      • Gerald Pollack – Bioengineering
      • James Clauss – Classics

      • Ileana Rodriguez-Silva – History
      • Matthew Sparke – Geography, International Studies, and Global Health
      • Bonnie Duran – School of Public Health, Department of Health Services
      • John Young – Art
      • Sonnet Retman – American Ethnic Studies
      • Michelle Habell-Pallán – Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
      • Michael Shapiro – Asian Languages and Literature
      • Peter Guttorp – Statistics, Quantitative Ecology & Resource Management, and Urban Design & Planning
      • Scott Freeman – Biology
      • Janneke Hille Ris Lambers – Biology

      • James Clauss – Classics
      • Patricia Kramer – Anthropology (Biological Anthropology)
      • María Elena García – Comparative History of Ideas
      • José Antonio Lucero – Jackson School of International Studies
      • Steve Herbert – Geography
      • Rheem Totah – Medicinal Chemistry
      • Eve Riskin and Jessica Tran – Electrical Engineering
      • Gray Kochhar-Lindgren – Philosophy, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies, UW Bothell

      • Jennifer Hoffman – College of Education (Educational Leadership & Policy Studies)
      • Jessica Lundquist – Civil and Environmental Engineering
      • Joseph Janes – Information School
      • Tom Daniel – Biology
      • General Barry McCaffrey – United States Army (Retired), President, BR McCaffrey and Associates, LLC
      • Kevin King – Psychology
      • Ben Marwick – Anthropology (Archaeology)
      • Maitreya Dunham – Genome Sciences

      • Joachim Voss – Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems
      • Ram Samudrala – Microbiology
      • AJ Boydston – Chemistry
      • Elham Kazemi – Education, Curriculum and Instruction
      • James Clauss – Classics
      • Alison Wylie – Philosophy and Anthropology
      • Valerie Manusov – Communication
      • Stephen Gloyd – School of Public Health

      • Blake Nichols – Pharmacology
      • Frances McCue – Poetry
      • Giovanni Migliaccio – Construction Management
      • Matt Barreto – Political Science
      • Eric Shea-Brown – Applied Mathematics
      • Matt Sparke – International Studies
      • Katharine Huntington – Earth and Space Sciences
      • Christina Sunardi – Ethnomusicology

      • Karina Walters – Social Work, Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
      • John Wilkerson – Political Science
      • John Marzluff – Wildlife-habitat relationships; Avian social ecology and demography
      • Bo Zhang – Chemistry
      • Sapna Cheryan – Psychology
      • Anne Goodchild – Civil and Environmental Engineering
      • Wolfram Latsch – International Studies

      • Clarence Spigner – Health Services, American Ethnic Studies, Global Health
      • Carol Thomas – History, Ancient Greece
      • Layne Goldsmith – School of Art
      • Ed Miles – School of Marine Affairs, Senior Fellow, Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Oceans (JISAO), Co-Director, Center for Science in The Earth System
      • Biren (Ratnesh) Nagda – School of Social Work, Director, Intergroup Dialogue, Education and Action (IDEA) Center
      • Dustin Maly – Chemistry
      • Heidi Pauwels – Asian Languages and Literatures

      • Yoky Matsuoka – Computer Science and Engineering
      • Russ Rockne – Pathology
      • Jentery Sayers – English
      • Axel Roesler – Art
      • Roberto Gonzales – Social Work
      • James Wellman – American Religion, Jackson School of International Studies
      • Eric Agol – Astronomy
      • Yoram Bauman – Program on the Environment

      • Sameer Honwad – Graduate Student, Science Education and Instructional Systems, Researcher, Design of Learning Collaboration and Experience Lab (dolcelab), Pennsylvania State University
      • William Bradford – Finance, Business and Economic Development
      • David Ginger – Physical and Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology
      • Miguel Morales – Astrophysics, Axion and Dark Matter
      • Stevan Harrell – Anthropology
      • Sarah Elwood – Geography
      • Luis Fraga – Political Science
      • Joy Williamson-Lott – Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

      • Billie Swalla – Biology
      • Peter Kahn – Psychology
      • Rachel Chapman – Anthropology
      • James Clauss – Classics
      • Suzie Pun – Bioengineering
      • Crispin Thurlow – Communication
      • Erika Harnett – Earth & Space Sciences
      • Julia Parrish – Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

      • Mark Haim – Senior Artist in Residence, Dance
      • John Sahr – Professor, Electrical Engineering
      • Aseem Prakash – Associate Professor, Political Science
      • Jentery Sayers and Ed Chang – Graduate Students, English
      • Paul Amieux – Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Director, SCCPRR Gene Array Facility
      • Richard Gammon – Professor, Chemistry and Oceanography, Adjunct Professor, Atmospheric Sciences
      • Julie Stein – Professor, Anthropology, Director, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

      • Sarah Stroup – Classics
      • Matt Barreto – Political Science
      • David Montgomery – Earth and Space Sciences
      • Frances Contreras – College of Education
      • Ann Kimball – Epidemiology
      • Sam Clark & Jeff Eaton – Sociology
      • Stewart Tolnay & Amy Kate Bailey – Sociology

      • Don Brownlee – Astronomy
      • Ron Stenkamp – Biological Structure
      • Janelle Taylor – Anthropology
      • Sandeep Krishnamurthy – Business Administration – UW Bothell
      • Kirsten Foot – Communications
      • Rebecca Aanerud – Women Studies
      • John Vidale – Earth and Space Sciences
      • Clifford Mass – Atmospheric Sciences

      • Horacio de la Iglesia – Biology
      • Dieter Fox – Computer Science & Engineering
      • Anna Mastroianni – Law/Public Health Genetics
      • Gerald Pollack – Bioengineering
      • Mary Callahan – International Studies
      • José Alaniz – Comparative Literature
      • Gary Handwerk – Comparative Literature
      • Elizabeth Cooper – Dance

      • Larry Dalton – Chemistry and Electrical Engineering
      • James Gregory – History
      • Ilene Schwartz – Experimental Education Unit
      • Matthew Sparke – Geography and International Studies
      • Mehran Mesbahi – Aeronautics and Astronautics
      • Anthony Geist – Spanish and Portuguese Studies
      • Phillip Thurtle – Comparative History of Ideas and History
      • Shelly Lundberg – Economics

      • Kristi Morgansen – Aeronautics and Astronautics
      • David Silver – Communication
      • Ginger Armbrust – Oceanography
      • Peter Kahn – Psychology
      • John Marzluff – Ecosystem Sciences & Forestry Resources
      • David Domke – Communication
      • Roger Roffman – Social Work

      • Dina Mandoli – Biology & Center for Developmental Biology
      • Deborah Kelly – Marine Geology and Geophysics
      • Pierre Mourad – Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics Laboratory
      • Barbara Wakimoto – Biology
      • Steve Herbert – Geography and Law, Society & Justice
      • Leroy Searle – English & Comparative Literature
      • Phillip Thurtle – Comparative History of Ideas
      • Herbert Blau – English, Drama & Comparative Literature

      • Ellen Yi-Luen Do – Architecture & Computer Science
      • Sarah Culpepper-Stroup – Classics
      • Richard Gammon – Oceanography and Chemistry
      • John S. Edwards – Biology
      • Stevan Harrell – Anthropology
      • Dennis Hartmann – Chair, Atmospheric Sciences
      • Dina Mandoli – Biology & Center for Developmental Biology
      • John Gastil – Communication

      • Tony Irving – Earth and Space Sciences
      • Mark Ellis – Geography
      • Gretchen Kalonji – Kyocera Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
      • Daniel Waugh – History
      • Gabrielle Rocap – Oceanography
      • Gillian Harkins – English
      • Elizabeth Cooper – Dance
      • David Domke – Communication
      • Brian Reed – English
      • Frieda Taub – Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

      • Christine Ingebritsen – Scandinavian Studies
      • David Allen – Psychosocial & Community Health
      • David Montgomery – Earth & Space Sciences
      • Robert Winglee – Earth & Space Sciences
      • Jerry Baldasty – Communication
      • Kim England – Geography
      • Stephen Hanson – Political Science
      • David Silver – Communication
      • Kathleen Woodward – English
      • Ana Mari Cauce – Psychology
      • Claudia Valdes – Digital Arts
      • Craig Hogan – Vice Provost for Research
      • Alvin Kwiram – Chemistry, Vice Provost for Research Emeritus
      • James Severson – Vice Provost, Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer

      • John Delaney – Oceanography
      • Ellen Yi-Luen Do – Architecture
      • Lester R. Sauvage
      • Graylan Vincent
      • Karen Kennell
      • Richard Karpen
      • Layne Goldsmith – School of Art
      • Vladimir Chaloupka – Physics and Music

      • Craig Hogan – Astronomy and Physics
      • Lee Hartwell – Genetics and Medicine
      • Hazard Adams – English and Comparative Literature
      • Ake Lernmark – Immunology
      • Sarah Culpepper-Stroup – Classics
      • Cathy Beyer – Office of Educational Assessment
      • John Gastil – Communications