2024 – Dr. Sara Curran
Director, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, University of Washington
Past, Present and Future Demographic Diversity in the U.S. and Washington
2023 – Dr. Joanne Woiak
Associate Teaching Professor, Disability Studies Program
Engaging Disability, Empowering History: Ethics and Politics of Disability History
2022 – Dr. Ali Mokdad
Professor of Health Metrics Sciences at IHME and Chief Strategy Officer
Population Health
Health Disparities in the United States: Drivers and the Path Forward
2021 – Dr. Charlotte Coté
Associate Professor
Department of American Indian Studies
“Indigenizing” the University of Washington: Lessons from the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House
2019 – Stephanie A. Fryberg
American Indian Studies and Psychology
William P. and Ruth Gerberding University Professor
Reclaiming Native Truths: How Stereotypes and Invisibility Shape Bias Towards Native Americans
2018 – James A. Banks, Ph.D.
College of Education
Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies
Director, Center for Multicultural Education
Civic Education for Excellence, Diversity, and Inclusion: Global Perspectives
2017 – Joe Lott, Ph.D.
College of Education
Invisible Men: Black and Brown Males in the Academy
2016 – Janice Sabin, Ph.D., MSW
Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
Hidden Bias in Health Care: A Reflection on 10 Years of Health Care Disparities Research
2015 – Shawn Wong
Department of English
Tourist to Traveler: The Transforming Experience of Study Abroad
2014 – Cheryl A. Metoyer, Ph.D.
Information School
Department of American Indian Studies
Are We There Yet? The Four Directions in Native American Higher Education
2013 – Amanda Lock Swarr, Ph.D.
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Racing the Boundaries of Gender and Sexuality: Rethinking Apartheid and Transitional South Africa
2012 – Alexes Harris, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
The U.S. Criminal Justice System: Race, Poverty and Permanent Punishments
Watch Lecture
2011 – Luis Fraga, Ph.D.
Russell F. Stark University Professor
Director, Diversity Research Institute
Professor, Department of Political Science
Change and Continuity: Latinos in the Future of America
2010 – Richard Ladner, Ph.D.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Linguistics
Designing and Building Technology Empower People.
2009 – Biren (Ratnesh) Nagda, Ph.D.
School of Social Work
Embracing Difference, Engendering Justice: From the Courthouse to the Classroom to the Community Center.
2008 – Joy Williamson, Ph.D.
College of Education
Black Students, Campus Activism, and the Reform of Higher Education: History and Legacy.
2007 – Karina Walters, Ph.D.
School of Social Work
From Dis-placement to Dis-Ease: Embodiment and Expression of Historical Trauma among Indigenous Women.
2006 – Devon G. Pena, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology/American Ethnic Studies
Place, Identity and Social Justice in the City; The Story of an Indigenous Diaspora.
2005 Inaugural Lecture – Quintard Taylor, Ph.D.
Department of History
From Civil Rights to Black Power in the West: The Movement in Seattle, 1960-1970