Topic Request 1* Select a Topic 20th and 21st Century Virginia Politics (Speaker: John Milliken) A Holocaust Story and the Mothers of Maria (Speaker: Harold Geller) A New Look at Famous Biblical Curses and Blessings: Do They Apply Today? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) A Strong Leader is a Kind Leader (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Accented English: The Bias and the Science (Speaker: Steven Weinberger) Accidental leadership: I, too, I'm a leader (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Acting Shakespeare (Speaker: Edward Gero) Aging in Place: Do Not Blame the House (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Aging Well (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Alien Phonology: Science or Fiction? (Speaker: Steven Weinberger) America and the World: The Challenge of Foreign Policy (Speaker: Edward Rhodes) Ancient Greek Philosophy (Speaker: Rose Cherubin) Andean Markets (Speaker: Linda Seligmann) Andes, Quinoa (Speaker: Linda Seligmann) Apocalyptic Beliefs (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Application of Math Modeling in the Airline Industry (Speaker: Karla Hoffman) Appreciative Inquiry for Organizational Change and Development (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Appreciative Intelligence®: Develop Leadership, Transform Difficult Conversations, and Discover Common Ground (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Nightmare Scenarios: Summoning the Demons? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Artificial intelligence: Blessing or Curse? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Auction Use by the Federal Government (Speaker: Karla Hoffman) Back to Basics: Strengthening Speaking Skills for a Professional Performance (Speaker: Susie Tomasovic) Balance: Shuffle Now, Fall Later (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Basics of Conflict Resolution (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Biblical Heroes and Villains (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Biblical Villains and Villainesses (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Black Dance: Housing the Past and the Present (Speaker: Lawrence Jackson) Boosting Teacher Effectiveness through Performance (Speaker: Susie Tomasovic) Border Security (Speaker: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera) Brexit, Climate Change, FinTech (Speaker: Paolo Saguato) Building your Business Performance Dashboard Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (1-hour minimum presentation) (Speaker: George Siragusa) Cancel Culture as a New Social Conflict: Reputation Management Lessons (Speaker: Sergei Samoilenko) Celtic Drawing (Remote Speaking Engagements Preferred) (Speaker: Laura McCloskey) Civil Death, Incarceration, and Their Effects in the United States (Speaker: Patricia Maulden) Civil Rights in Biblical Times: What Was It Like Then and Does Anything from That Era Apply Today? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Civil War Memorials in Washington, DC (Speaker: Meredith Lair) Classroom Communication (Speaker: Don Boileau) Climate Change: Good Science and Lousy Politics (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Climate Change: Preparing for the New Normal in Virginia (Speaker: Jim Kinter) College Access (Speaker: Lewis Forrest II) Communicating Evolution (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Communicating with Congress (Speaker: David Rehr) Computational Sciences: The Third Pillar of Empirical Science (Speaker: Rainald Lohner) Computers and Communication (Speaker: Star Muir) Computing in Science and Society (Speaker: Rainald Lohner) Could Einstein Have Been Wrong? (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Crazy Ideas in Science (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Creating the Triple Bottom Line for Businesses: Reframing Sustainability Practices for Strategic Advantage in Your Organization (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Creationism (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Crime and Public Policy (Speaker: Amy Murphy) Critical Race Theory: What Is All The Controversy About? (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Critically Assessing Public Information (Speaker: Star Muir) Current Events (not available until September, 2025) (Speaker: Justin Gest) Defining the role of Health Informatics (Speaker: Matthew Hicks) Demographic Change and the Transformation of US Politics (Speaker: Mark Rozell) Developing Your Appreciative Intelligence® for Innovation and Leadership (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Developing Your Personal Brand and Using LinkedIn to Network with Others (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Dialogue & Facilitative Leadership (Speaker: Patricia Maulden) Diet and Obesity (Speaker: Lawrence Cheskin) Different Styles of Leadership (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Related to Healthcare (Speaker: P.J. Maddox) Discover Mason: A guide to Mason's Services and Resources for the Community (Speaker: Traci Kendall) Discovering Common Ground in Challenging Situations (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Divided We Stand (Speaker: Bill Schneider) Drug Trafficking (Speaker: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera) Economics of the Arts (Speaker: Tyler Cowen) Effective Nonprofit leadership (Speaker: David Rehr) Elections and Voting in America (Speaker: Jennifer Victor) Entrepreneurship (Speaker: Paula Sorrell) Exploring the Many Sources of Innovation (1-hour minimum presentation) (Speaker: George Siragusa) Extreme Heat in Cities: Drivers and Solutions (Speaker: Luis Ortiz) Familiar Apocalyptic Themes: Modern Speculations about Famous Biblical Threats and Curses (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Fitness/Health/Leadership (Speaker: Ethan Carter) Foreign Intelligence (Speaker: Robert Deitz - Not available summers June - August) Foreign Policy (Speaker: Richard Kauzlarich) Forty Years of Exploration of the Surface of Mars (Speaker: Harold Geller) From Idea to Impact: Navigating the Entrepreneurial Journey (Speaker: Christina Wellner) From Side Hustle to Success: Transform Your Small Business with Corporate Strategy (Speaker: Sean Spence) Gentrification in Washington, DC (Speaker: Johanna Bockman) George Mason University Capital Project Highlights (Speaker: Alex Iszard) Globalization (Speaker: Johanna Bockman) Government Policies in Biblical Times (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Health Policy (Speaker: Alison Cuellar) Health Workforce Shortages (Speaker: P.J. Maddox) Healthy Desk Mechanics: Get Fit While You Sit (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Hiawatha in History, Legend and Poetry (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) High Fidelity Modeling of Pathogen Movement, Transmission and Mitigation in the Built Environment (Speaker: Rainald Lohner) Highways, Land Use, Transit and Transportation Policy, Planning & Finance (Speaker: Jonathan Gifford) History, Lessons and Legacies of the Vietnam War (Speaker: Meredith Lair) How Did Face Masks Become a Partisan Symbol? (And Other Questions You Didn't Learn in School) (Speaker: Jennifer Victor) How Do You Choreograph a Dance? (Speaker: Susan Shields) How Do You Listen to Sermons? (Speaker: Don Boileau) How to Run an Effective Meeting (Speaker: Don Boileau) Human Trafficking (Speaker: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera) Humility: The Forgotten Virtue (Speaker: June Tangney) Ibsen and the Birth of Modern Drama (Speaker: Rick Davis) Immigrant Families (Speaker: Colleen Vesely) Immigration (Speaker: Gaudalupe Correa-Cabrera) Impact of Operations Research on U.S. Industry (Speaker: Karla Hoffman) Impact Performance in a Media World (Speaker: Susie Tomasovic) Implementing Policy/Practice Reform in U.S. Corrections Agencies (Speaker: Danielle Rudes) Influencing Congress (Speaker: David Rehr) International Food Assistance, Food Security, and National Security (Speaker: Phil Thomas) Irish History, Art, and Literature (Remote Speaking Engagements Preferred) (Speaker: Laura McCloskey) Is That Really in the Bible? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Japanese Art (Remote Speaking Engagements Preferred) (Speaker: Laura McCloskey) Joint Health: You Rest, You Rust (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Latin American Film (Speaker: Lisa Rabin) Leadership (Speaker: Rob Holder) Leadership Skills through Volunteering and Internships (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Leading Change through the Power of Appreciative Intelligence® (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Leveraging Knowledge Management for Strategic Change (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Leveraging Social Capital for Professional Growth and Success (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Lives in Ruins: Life in the Archaeological Site of Chichén Itzá (Speaker: Lisa Breglia) Local and Regional Small Business and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Speaker: Jody Keenan) Looking for Life in All the Wrong Places – The Search for Life in the Universe (Speaker: Harold Geller) Looking for Public Policy Solutions? Some Lessons from the Bible (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Lyme Disease (Speaker: Don Boileau) Management in Health Care (Speaker: Ana Stoehr) Managing Technostress (Speaker: Star Muir) Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (Speaker: Don Boileau) Mathematics and Music (Speaker: Ilhan Izmirli) Medal of Honor Recipient Sgt. Rodney M. Davis (USMC) (Speaker: John Hollis) Meeting the Bible Musically: Broadway Shows, Folk songs, Operas, Oratorios, Symphonies, and More (Speaker: Steve Ruth)e Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners in Our Schools: Toward a Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (Speaker: Rebecca Fox) Mentorship is Essential to Professional and Personal Growth (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Mexico-U.S. Relations (Speaker: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera) Micromobility (Speaker: Mohan Venigalla) Mindful Leadership for Innovation (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Mission and Money: Using Corporate Strategy to Strengthen Your Small Church or Non-Profit (Speaker: Sean Spence) My Year with Rothko (Speaker: Edward Gero) Myths, Archetypes, Campbell and Jung: An Actor’s Tools in Creating Arc of Character (Speaker: Edward Gero) New Approaches to Treatment During Incarceration (Speaker: June Tangney) Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century (Speaker: Harold Geller) Nuclear Power: Is it Green? (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Obesity, Health, and Wellness (Speaker: Martin Binks) Organized Crime (Speaker: Gaudalupe Correa-Cabrera) Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece (Speaker: Rose Cherubin) Partnering with Mason, Where Do I Start? (Speaker: Mercedes Price) Peru, Indigenous Populations, Conflict (Speaker: Linda Seligmann) Philosophy of Mathematics (Speaker: Ilhan Izmirli) Polarization’s Children: Political Socialization in the Age of Hatred (Speaker: Jeremy Mayer) Political Tribalism in America: Causes and Cures (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Positivity at Work (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Poverty, Inequality, and Conflict (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Power of Visualization for Long-Term Goal-Setting (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Powerful Bible Women — Models for Today? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Praxis in Peacemaking and Peacebuilding (Speaker: Charles Davidson) Prayer in America— an important part of our history, or a distraction? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Prevent, Reinforce, and Teach (Speaker: Christan Coogle) Quiet Leadership: Discovering the New Strategic Advantage and the Hidden Talent in Your Organization (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Quiet Leadership: Valuing Different Ways of Leading and Creating Innovation (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Religion and Conflict in the USA (Speaker: Charles Davidson) Religious Conflicts and Their Resolution (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Speaker: Harold Geller) Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy and Climate Change (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Russia’s War on Ukraine: Origins and Update (Speaker: Steven Barnes) Scaling Scalia (Speaker: Edward Gero) Scientific Racism: Is this an Oxymoron? (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Seeing Bible Stories Through a Theatrical Lens (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece: Philosophy, Poetry, Drama (Speaker: Rose Cherubin) Shame and Guilt: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (Speaker: June Tangney) So What is Intercultural Communication? (Speaker: Don Boileau) Social Security and Retirement Policy (Speaker: Sita Slavov) Socialism (Speaker: Johanna Bockman) Solar Geoengineering as part of Climate Policy (Mariia Belaia) Speaking Truth to Power: The Thunderous Messages of the Hebrew Prophets and What They Mean Today (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Sports Industry, NCAA, Sport Governance, Olympics, Sport Management, Sport Diplomacy and Coaching (Speaker: Craig Esherick) Strategies for Thriving in a Changing Environment (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Supporting Educator's Use of Best Practice (Speaker: Christan Coogle) Supporting Parents to Enhance Their Child's Development (Speaker: Christan Coogle) Sustainable and Accountable Family Engagement in Education (Speaker: Colleen Vesely) Tachyons: Messengers from the Future? (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Teacher Professional Development (Speaker: Betsy DeMulder) Teaching Introductory Statistics (Speaker: Ilhan Izmirli) Teaching Writing and Using Writing to Learn (Speaker: Don Gallehr) Technology Commercialization (Speaker: Paula Sorrell) The American Theater at a Crossroads: Which Way to Turn? (Speaker: Rick Davis) The Art of Choreography (Speaker: Susan Shields) The Beautiful and the Just: Inquiry, Justice, and Value in Alain Locke and Aristotle (Speaker: Rose Cherubin) The Effects of HIPAA on Privacy and Security (Speaker: Matthew Hicks) The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) - Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask (Speaker: Heba El-Shazli) The Only Way to End the Risk of Nuclear War (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) The Origins of Putinism in 1990s Russia (Speaker: Steven Barnes) The Public Health Impacts of Gender-based Violence against Women (Speaker: Jhumka Gupta) The Science of Climate Change (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) The Spanish Golden Age--a Dramatic Legacy (Speaker: Rick Davis) The State of U.S. Democracy (Speaker: Jennifer Victor) The World's Oldest Game (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Themes in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Sermons (Speaker: Don Boileau) Things That Keep Me Up at Night: Technology's Severest Challenges (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Transgender and Gender Expansive Children in Families and Schools (Speaker: Colleen Vesely) Transnational and Transracial Adoption and the Changing Faces of American Families (Speaker: Linda Seligmann) Transportation and Air Quality (Speaker: Mohan Venigalla) Transportation Planning (Speaker: Mohan Venigalla) Transportation Public-Private Partnerships (P3) (Speaker: Jonathan Gifford) U.S. Immigration Today: Data and Policy (Speaker: James Witte) UFOs: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Speaker: Harold Geller) Understanding Digital Natives (Speaker: Star Muir) Understanding the Soviet Gulag, Understanding Stalinism (Speaker: Steven Barnes) Urban and Metropolitan Affairs (Speaker: Jonathan Gifford) Using Writing to Grieve the Loss of a Loved One (Speaker: Don Gallehr) Utopian Communities (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Various Game Topics (Speaker: Daniel Greenberg) War and Peace in an Age of Empire: What About China? (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) War Memorials on the National Mall (Speaker: Meredith Lair) What is a Planet? Mars, Pluto and Exoplanets as Examples (Speaker: Harold Geller) What is the Political South? (Speaker: Mark Rozell) What's Ahead in Politics (Speaker: Bill Schneider) Where Are the Time Travelers? (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Why College? (Speaker: Don Boileau) Why Everyone Should Care About the Problem of the Healthcare Uninsured (Speaker: P.J. Maddox) Writing and Meditation (Speaker: Don Gallehr) Your Neighbor Next Door: How Intercultural Communication Helps One Understand Differences (Speaker: Don Boileau)
Alternate Topic 2 (Do Not choose the same speaker as primary topic selection) Select a Topic 20th and 21st Century Virginia Politics (Speaker: John Milliken) A Holocaust Story and the Mothers of Maria (Speaker: Harold Geller) A New Look at Famous Biblical Curses and Blessings: Do They Apply Today? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) A Strong Leader is a Kind Leader (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Accented English: The Bias and the Science (Speaker: Steven Weinberger) Accidental leadership: I, too, I'm a leader (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Acting Shakespeare (Speaker: Edward Gero) Aging in Place: Do Not Blame the House (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Aging Well (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Alien Phonology: Science or Fiction? (Speaker: Steven Weinberger) America and the World: The Challenge of Foreign Policy (Speaker: Edward Rhodes) Ancient Greek Philosophy (Speaker: Rose Cherubin) Andean Markets (Speaker: Linda Seligmann) Andes, Quinoa (Speaker: Linda Seligmann) Apocalyptic Beliefs (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Application of Math Modeling in the Airline Industry (Speaker: Karla Hoffman) Appreciative Inquiry for Organizational Change and Development (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Appreciative Intelligence®: Develop Leadership, Transform Difficult Conversations, and Discover Common Ground (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Nightmare Scenarios: Summoning the Demons? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Artificial intelligence: Blessing or Curse? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Auction Use by the Federal Government (Speaker: Karla Hoffman) Back to Basics: Strengthening Speaking Skills for a Professional Performance (Speaker: Susie Tomasovic) Balance: Shuffle Now, Fall Later (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Basics of Conflict Resolution (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Biblical Heroes and Villains (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Biblical Villains and Villainesses (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Black Dance: Housing the Past and the Present (Speaker: Lawrence Jackson) Boosting Teacher Effectiveness through Performance (Speaker: Susie Tomasovic) Border Security (Speaker: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera) Brexit, Climate Change, FinTech (Speaker: Paolo Saguato) Building your Business Performance Dashboard Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (1-hour minimum presentation) (Speaker: George Siragusa) Cancel Culture as a New Social Conflict: Reputation Management Lessons (Speaker: Sergei Samoilenko) Celtic Drawing (Remote Speaking Engagements Preferred) (Speaker: Laura McCloskey) Civil Death, Incarceration, and Their Effects in the United States (Speaker: Patricia Maulden) Civil Rights in Biblical Times: What Was It Like Then and Does Anything from That Era Apply Today? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Civil War Memorials in Washington, DC (Speaker: Meredith Lair) Classroom Communication (Speaker: Don Boileau) Climate Change: Good Science and Lousy Politics (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Climate Change: Preparing for the New Normal in Virginia (Speaker: Jim Kinter) College Access (Speaker: Lewis Forrest II) Communicating Evolution (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Communicating with Congress (Speaker: David Rehr) Computational Sciences: The Third Pillar of Empirical Science (Speaker: Rainald Lohner) Computers and Communication (Speaker: Star Muir) Computing in Science and Society (Speaker: Rainald Lohner) Could Einstein Have Been Wrong? (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Crazy Ideas in Science (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Creating the Triple Bottom Line for Businesses: Reframing Sustainability Practices for Strategic Advantage in Your Organization (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Creationism (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Crime and Public Policy (Speaker: Amy Murphy) Critical Race Theory: What Is All The Controversy About? (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Critically Assessing Public Information (Speaker: Star Muir) Current Events (not available until September, 2025) (Speaker: Justin Gest) Defining the role of Health Informatics (Speaker: Matthew Hicks) Demographic Change and the Transformation of US Politics (Speaker: Mark Rozell) Developing Your Appreciative Intelligence® for Innovation and Leadership (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Developing Your Personal Brand and Using LinkedIn to Network with Others (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Dialogue & Facilitative Leadership (Speaker: Patricia Maulden) Diet and Obesity (Speaker: Lawrence Cheskin) Different Styles of Leadership (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Related to Healthcare (Speaker: P.J. Maddox) Discover Mason: A guide to Mason's Services and Resources for the Community (Speaker: Traci Kendall) Discovering Common Ground in Challenging Situations (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Divided We Stand (Speaker: Bill Schneider) Drug Trafficking (Speaker: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera) Economics of the Arts (Speaker: Tyler Cowen) Effective Nonprofit leadership (Speaker: David Rehr) Elections and Voting in America (Speaker: Jennifer Victor) Entrepreneurship (Speaker: Paula Sorrell) Exploring the Many Sources of Innovation (1-hour minimum presentation) (Speaker: George Siragusa) Extreme Heat in Cities: Drivers and Solutions (Speaker: Luis Ortiz) Familiar Apocalyptic Themes: Modern Speculations about Famous Biblical Threats and Curses (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Fitness/Health/Leadership (Speaker: Ethan Carter) Foreign Intelligence (Speaker: Robert Deitz - Not available summers June - August) Foreign Policy (Speaker: Richard Kauzlarich) Forty Years of Exploration of the Surface of Mars (Speaker: Harold Geller) From Idea to Impact: Navigating the Entrepreneurial Journey (Speaker: Christina Wellner) From Side Hustle to Success: Transform Your Small Business with Corporate Strategy (Speaker: Sean Spence) Gentrification in Washington, DC (Speaker: Johanna Bockman) George Mason University Capital Project Highlights (Speaker: Alex Iszard) Globalization (Speaker: Johanna Bockman) Government Policies in Biblical Times (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Health Policy (Speaker: Alison Cuellar) Health Workforce Shortages (Speaker: P.J. Maddox) Healthy Desk Mechanics: Get Fit While You Sit (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Hiawatha in History, Legend and Poetry (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) High Fidelity Modeling of Pathogen Movement, Transmission and Mitigation in the Built Environment (Speaker: Rainald Lohner) Highways, Land Use, Transit and Transportation Policy, Planning & Finance (Speaker: Jonathan Gifford) History, Lessons and Legacies of the Vietnam War (Speaker: Meredith Lair) How Did Face Masks Become a Partisan Symbol? (And Other Questions You Didn't Learn in School) (Speaker: Jennifer Victor) How Do You Choreograph a Dance? (Speaker: Susan Shields) How Do You Listen to Sermons? (Speaker: Don Boileau) How to Run an Effective Meeting (Speaker: Don Boileau) Human Trafficking (Speaker: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera) Humility: The Forgotten Virtue (Speaker: June Tangney) Ibsen and the Birth of Modern Drama (Speaker: Rick Davis) Immigrant Families (Speaker: Colleen Vesely) Immigration (Speaker: Gaudalupe Correa-Cabrera) Impact of Operations Research on U.S. Industry (Speaker: Karla Hoffman) Impact Performance in a Media World (Speaker: Susie Tomasovic) Implementing Policy/Practice Reform in U.S. Corrections Agencies (Speaker: Danielle Rudes) Influencing Congress (Speaker: David Rehr) International Food Assistance, Food Security, and National Security (Speaker: Phil Thomas) Irish History, Art, and Literature (Remote Speaking Engagements Preferred) (Speaker: Laura McCloskey) Is That Really in the Bible? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Japanese Art (Remote Speaking Engagements Preferred) (Speaker: Laura McCloskey) Joint Health: You Rest, You Rust (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Latin American Film (Speaker: Lisa Rabin) Leadership (Speaker: Rob Holder) Leadership Skills through Volunteering and Internships (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Leading Change through the Power of Appreciative Intelligence® (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Leveraging Knowledge Management for Strategic Change (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Leveraging Social Capital for Professional Growth and Success (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Lives in Ruins: Life in the Archaeological Site of Chichén Itzá (Speaker: Lisa Breglia) Local and Regional Small Business and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Speaker: Jody Keenan) Looking for Life in All the Wrong Places – The Search for Life in the Universe (Speaker: Harold Geller) Looking for Public Policy Solutions? Some Lessons from the Bible (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Lyme Disease (Speaker: Don Boileau) Management in Health Care (Speaker: Ana Stoehr) Managing Technostress (Speaker: Star Muir) Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (Speaker: Don Boileau) Mathematics and Music (Speaker: Ilhan Izmirli) Medal of Honor Recipient Sgt. Rodney M. Davis (USMC) (Speaker: John Hollis) Meeting the Bible Musically: Broadway Shows, Folk songs, Operas, Oratorios, Symphonies, and More (Speaker: Steve Ruth)e Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners in Our Schools: Toward a Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (Speaker: Rebecca Fox) Mentorship is Essential to Professional and Personal Growth (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Mexico-U.S. Relations (Speaker: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera) Micromobility (Speaker: Mohan Venigalla) Mindful Leadership for Innovation (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Mission and Money: Using Corporate Strategy to Strengthen Your Small Church or Non-Profit (Speaker: Sean Spence) My Year with Rothko (Speaker: Edward Gero) Myths, Archetypes, Campbell and Jung: An Actor’s Tools in Creating Arc of Character (Speaker: Edward Gero) New Approaches to Treatment During Incarceration (Speaker: June Tangney) Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century (Speaker: Harold Geller) Nuclear Power: Is it Green? (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Obesity, Health, and Wellness (Speaker: Martin Binks) Organized Crime (Speaker: Gaudalupe Correa-Cabrera) Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece (Speaker: Rose Cherubin) Partnering with Mason, Where Do I Start? (Speaker: Mercedes Price) Peru, Indigenous Populations, Conflict (Speaker: Linda Seligmann) Philosophy of Mathematics (Speaker: Ilhan Izmirli) Polarization’s Children: Political Socialization in the Age of Hatred (Speaker: Jeremy Mayer) Political Tribalism in America: Causes and Cures (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Positivity at Work (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Poverty, Inequality, and Conflict (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Power of Visualization for Long-Term Goal-Setting (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Powerful Bible Women — Models for Today? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Praxis in Peacemaking and Peacebuilding (Speaker: Charles Davidson) Prayer in America— an important part of our history, or a distraction? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Prevent, Reinforce, and Teach (Speaker: Christan Coogle) Quiet Leadership: Discovering the New Strategic Advantage and the Hidden Talent in Your Organization (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Quiet Leadership: Valuing Different Ways of Leading and Creating Innovation (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Religion and Conflict in the USA (Speaker: Charles Davidson) Religious Conflicts and Their Resolution (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Speaker: Harold Geller) Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy and Climate Change (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Russia’s War on Ukraine: Origins and Update (Speaker: Steven Barnes) Scaling Scalia (Speaker: Edward Gero) Scientific Racism: Is this an Oxymoron? (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Seeing Bible Stories Through a Theatrical Lens (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece: Philosophy, Poetry, Drama (Speaker: Rose Cherubin) Shame and Guilt: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (Speaker: June Tangney) So What is Intercultural Communication? (Speaker: Don Boileau) Social Security and Retirement Policy (Speaker: Sita Slavov) Socialism (Speaker: Johanna Bockman) Solar Geoengineering as part of Climate Policy (Mariia Belaia) Speaking Truth to Power: The Thunderous Messages of the Hebrew Prophets and What They Mean Today (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Sports Industry, NCAA, Sport Governance, Olympics, Sport Management, Sport Diplomacy and Coaching (Speaker: Craig Esherick) Strategies for Thriving in a Changing Environment (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Supporting Educator's Use of Best Practice (Speaker: Christan Coogle) Supporting Parents to Enhance Their Child's Development (Speaker: Christan Coogle) Sustainable and Accountable Family Engagement in Education (Speaker: Colleen Vesely) Tachyons: Messengers from the Future? (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Teacher Professional Development (Speaker: Betsy DeMulder) Teaching Introductory Statistics (Speaker: Ilhan Izmirli) Teaching Writing and Using Writing to Learn (Speaker: Don Gallehr) Technology Commercialization (Speaker: Paula Sorrell) The American Theater at a Crossroads: Which Way to Turn? (Speaker: Rick Davis) The Art of Choreography (Speaker: Susan Shields) The Beautiful and the Just: Inquiry, Justice, and Value in Alain Locke and Aristotle (Speaker: Rose Cherubin) The Effects of HIPAA on Privacy and Security (Speaker: Matthew Hicks) The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) - Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask (Speaker: Heba El-Shazli) The Only Way to End the Risk of Nuclear War (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) The Origins of Putinism in 1990s Russia (Speaker: Steven Barnes) The Public Health Impacts of Gender-based Violence against Women (Speaker: Jhumka Gupta) The Science of Climate Change (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) The Spanish Golden Age--a Dramatic Legacy (Speaker: Rick Davis) The State of U.S. Democracy (Speaker: Jennifer Victor) The World's Oldest Game (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Themes in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Sermons (Speaker: Don Boileau) Things That Keep Me Up at Night: Technology's Severest Challenges (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Transgender and Gender Expansive Children in Families and Schools (Speaker: Colleen Vesely) Transnational and Transracial Adoption and the Changing Faces of American Families (Speaker: Linda Seligmann) Transportation and Air Quality (Speaker: Mohan Venigalla) Transportation Planning (Speaker: Mohan Venigalla) Transportation Public-Private Partnerships (P3) (Speaker: Jonathan Gifford) U.S. Immigration Today: Data and Policy (Speaker: James Witte) UFOs: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Speaker: Harold Geller) Understanding Digital Natives (Speaker: Star Muir) Understanding the Soviet Gulag, Understanding Stalinism (Speaker: Steven Barnes) Urban and Metropolitan Affairs (Speaker: Jonathan Gifford) Using Writing to Grieve the Loss of a Loved One (Speaker: Don Gallehr) Utopian Communities (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Various Game Topics (Speaker: Daniel Greenberg) War and Peace in an Age of Empire: What About China? (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) War Memorials on the National Mall (Speaker: Meredith Lair) What is a Planet? Mars, Pluto and Exoplanets as Examples (Speaker: Harold Geller) What is the Political South? (Speaker: Mark Rozell) What's Ahead in Politics (Speaker: Bill Schneider) Where Are the Time Travelers? (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Why College? (Speaker: Don Boileau) Why Everyone Should Care About the Problem of the Healthcare Uninsured (Speaker: P.J. Maddox) Writing and Meditation (Speaker: Don Gallehr) Your Neighbor Next Door: How Intercultural Communication Helps One Understand Differences (Speaker: Don Boileau)
Alternate Topic 3 (Do Not choose the same speaker as other topic selections) Select a Topic 20th and 21st Century Virginia Politics (Speaker: John Milliken) A Holocaust Story and the Mothers of Maria (Speaker: Harold Geller) A New Look at Famous Biblical Curses and Blessings: Do They Apply Today? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) A Strong Leader is a Kind Leader (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Accented English: The Bias and the Science (Speaker: Steven Weinberger) Accidental leadership: I, too, I'm a leader (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Acting Shakespeare (Speaker: Edward Gero) Aging in Place: Do Not Blame the House (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Aging Well (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Alien Phonology: Science or Fiction? (Speaker: Steven Weinberger) America and the World: The Challenge of Foreign Policy (Speaker: Edward Rhodes) Ancient Greek Philosophy (Speaker: Rose Cherubin) Andean Markets (Speaker: Linda Seligmann) Andes, Quinoa (Speaker: Linda Seligmann) Apocalyptic Beliefs (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Application of Math Modeling in the Airline Industry (Speaker: Karla Hoffman) Appreciative Inquiry for Organizational Change and Development (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Appreciative Intelligence®: Develop Leadership, Transform Difficult Conversations, and Discover Common Ground (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Nightmare Scenarios: Summoning the Demons? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Artificial intelligence: Blessing or Curse? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Auction Use by the Federal Government (Speaker: Karla Hoffman) Back to Basics: Strengthening Speaking Skills for a Professional Performance (Speaker: Susie Tomasovic) Balance: Shuffle Now, Fall Later (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Basics of Conflict Resolution (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Biblical Heroes and Villains (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Biblical Villains and Villainesses (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Black Dance: Housing the Past and the Present (Speaker: Lawrence Jackson) Boosting Teacher Effectiveness through Performance (Speaker: Susie Tomasovic) Border Security (Speaker: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera) Brexit, Climate Change, FinTech (Speaker: Paolo Saguato) Building your Business Performance Dashboard Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (1-hour minimum presentation) (Speaker: George Siragusa) Cancel Culture as a New Social Conflict: Reputation Management Lessons (Speaker: Sergei Samoilenko) Celtic Drawing (Remote Speaking Engagements Preferred) (Speaker: Laura McCloskey) Civil Death, Incarceration, and Their Effects in the United States (Speaker: Patricia Maulden) Civil Rights in Biblical Times: What Was It Like Then and Does Anything from That Era Apply Today? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Civil War Memorials in Washington, DC (Speaker: Meredith Lair) Classroom Communication (Speaker: Don Boileau) Climate Change: Good Science and Lousy Politics (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Climate Change: Preparing for the New Normal in Virginia (Speaker: Jim Kinter) College Access (Speaker: Lewis Forrest II) Communicating Evolution (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Communicating with Congress (Speaker: David Rehr) Computational Sciences: The Third Pillar of Empirical Science (Speaker: Rainald Lohner) Computers and Communication (Speaker: Star Muir) Computing in Science and Society (Speaker: Rainald Lohner) Could Einstein Have Been Wrong? (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Crazy Ideas in Science (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Creating the Triple Bottom Line for Businesses: Reframing Sustainability Practices for Strategic Advantage in Your Organization (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Creationism (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Crime and Public Policy (Speaker: Amy Murphy) Critical Race Theory: What Is All The Controversy About? (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Critically Assessing Public Information (Speaker: Star Muir) Current Events (not available until September, 2025) (Speaker: Justin Gest) Defining the role of Health Informatics (Speaker: Matthew Hicks) Demographic Change and the Transformation of US Politics (Speaker: Mark Rozell) Developing Your Appreciative Intelligence® for Innovation and Leadership (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Developing Your Personal Brand and Using LinkedIn to Network with Others (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Dialogue & Facilitative Leadership (Speaker: Patricia Maulden) Diet and Obesity (Speaker: Lawrence Cheskin) Different Styles of Leadership (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Related to Healthcare (Speaker: P.J. Maddox) Discover Mason: A guide to Mason's Services and Resources for the Community (Speaker: Traci Kendall) Discovering Common Ground in Challenging Situations (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Divided We Stand (Speaker: Bill Schneider) Drug Trafficking (Speaker: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera) Economics of the Arts (Speaker: Tyler Cowen) Effective Nonprofit leadership (Speaker: David Rehr) Elections and Voting in America (Speaker: Jennifer Victor) Entrepreneurship (Speaker: Paula Sorrell) Exploring the Many Sources of Innovation (1-hour minimum presentation) (Speaker: George Siragusa) Extreme Heat in Cities: Drivers and Solutions (Speaker: Luis Ortiz) Familiar Apocalyptic Themes: Modern Speculations about Famous Biblical Threats and Curses (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Fitness/Health/Leadership (Speaker: Ethan Carter) Foreign Intelligence (Speaker: Robert Deitz - Not available summers June - August) Foreign Policy (Speaker: Richard Kauzlarich) Forty Years of Exploration of the Surface of Mars (Speaker: Harold Geller) From Idea to Impact: Navigating the Entrepreneurial Journey (Speaker: Christina Wellner) From Side Hustle to Success: Transform Your Small Business with Corporate Strategy (Speaker: Sean Spence) Gentrification in Washington, DC (Speaker: Johanna Bockman) George Mason University Capital Project Highlights (Speaker: Alex Iszard) Globalization (Speaker: Johanna Bockman) Government Policies in Biblical Times (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Health Policy (Speaker: Alison Cuellar) Health Workforce Shortages (Speaker: P.J. Maddox) Healthy Desk Mechanics: Get Fit While You Sit (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Hiawatha in History, Legend and Poetry (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) High Fidelity Modeling of Pathogen Movement, Transmission and Mitigation in the Built Environment (Speaker: Rainald Lohner) Highways, Land Use, Transit and Transportation Policy, Planning & Finance (Speaker: Jonathan Gifford) History, Lessons and Legacies of the Vietnam War (Speaker: Meredith Lair) How Did Face Masks Become a Partisan Symbol? (And Other Questions You Didn't Learn in School) (Speaker: Jennifer Victor) How Do You Choreograph a Dance? (Speaker: Susan Shields) How Do You Listen to Sermons? (Speaker: Don Boileau) How to Run an Effective Meeting (Speaker: Don Boileau) Human Trafficking (Speaker: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera) Humility: The Forgotten Virtue (Speaker: June Tangney) Ibsen and the Birth of Modern Drama (Speaker: Rick Davis) Immigrant Families (Speaker: Colleen Vesely) Immigration (Speaker: Gaudalupe Correa-Cabrera) Impact of Operations Research on U.S. Industry (Speaker: Karla Hoffman) Impact Performance in a Media World (Speaker: Susie Tomasovic) Implementing Policy/Practice Reform in U.S. Corrections Agencies (Speaker: Danielle Rudes) Influencing Congress (Speaker: David Rehr) International Food Assistance, Food Security, and National Security (Speaker: Phil Thomas) Irish History, Art, and Literature (Remote Speaking Engagements Preferred) (Speaker: Laura McCloskey) Is That Really in the Bible? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Japanese Art (Remote Speaking Engagements Preferred) (Speaker: Laura McCloskey) Joint Health: You Rest, You Rust (Speaker: Patrice Winter) Latin American Film (Speaker: Lisa Rabin) Leadership (Speaker: Rob Holder) Leadership Skills through Volunteering and Internships (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Leading Change through the Power of Appreciative Intelligence® (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Leveraging Knowledge Management for Strategic Change (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Leveraging Social Capital for Professional Growth and Success (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Lives in Ruins: Life in the Archaeological Site of Chichén Itzá (Speaker: Lisa Breglia) Local and Regional Small Business and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Speaker: Jody Keenan) Looking for Life in All the Wrong Places – The Search for Life in the Universe (Speaker: Harold Geller) Looking for Public Policy Solutions? Some Lessons from the Bible (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Lyme Disease (Speaker: Don Boileau) Management in Health Care (Speaker: Ana Stoehr) Managing Technostress (Speaker: Star Muir) Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (Speaker: Don Boileau) Mathematics and Music (Speaker: Ilhan Izmirli) Medal of Honor Recipient Sgt. Rodney M. Davis (USMC) (Speaker: John Hollis) Meeting the Bible Musically: Broadway Shows, Folk songs, Operas, Oratorios, Symphonies, and More (Speaker: Steve Ruth)e Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners in Our Schools: Toward a Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (Speaker: Rebecca Fox) Mentorship is Essential to Professional and Personal Growth (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Mexico-U.S. Relations (Speaker: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera) Micromobility (Speaker: Mohan Venigalla) Mindful Leadership for Innovation (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Mission and Money: Using Corporate Strategy to Strengthen Your Small Church or Non-Profit (Speaker: Sean Spence) My Year with Rothko (Speaker: Edward Gero) Myths, Archetypes, Campbell and Jung: An Actor’s Tools in Creating Arc of Character (Speaker: Edward Gero) New Approaches to Treatment During Incarceration (Speaker: June Tangney) Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century (Speaker: Harold Geller) Nuclear Power: Is it Green? (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Obesity, Health, and Wellness (Speaker: Martin Binks) Organized Crime (Speaker: Gaudalupe Correa-Cabrera) Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece (Speaker: Rose Cherubin) Partnering with Mason, Where Do I Start? (Speaker: Mercedes Price) Peru, Indigenous Populations, Conflict (Speaker: Linda Seligmann) Philosophy of Mathematics (Speaker: Ilhan Izmirli) Polarization’s Children: Political Socialization in the Age of Hatred (Speaker: Jeremy Mayer) Political Tribalism in America: Causes and Cures (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Positivity at Work (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Poverty, Inequality, and Conflict (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Power of Visualization for Long-Term Goal-Setting (Speaker: Philip Wilkerson) Powerful Bible Women — Models for Today? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Praxis in Peacemaking and Peacebuilding (Speaker: Charles Davidson) Prayer in America— an important part of our history, or a distraction? (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Prevent, Reinforce, and Teach (Speaker: Christan Coogle) Quiet Leadership: Discovering the New Strategic Advantage and the Hidden Talent in Your Organization (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Quiet Leadership: Valuing Different Ways of Leading and Creating Innovation (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Religion and Conflict in the USA (Speaker: Charles Davidson) Religious Conflicts and Their Resolution (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Speaker: Harold Geller) Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy and Climate Change (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Russia’s War on Ukraine: Origins and Update (Speaker: Steven Barnes) Scaling Scalia (Speaker: Edward Gero) Scientific Racism: Is this an Oxymoron? (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Seeing Bible Stories Through a Theatrical Lens (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece: Philosophy, Poetry, Drama (Speaker: Rose Cherubin) Shame and Guilt: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (Speaker: June Tangney) So What is Intercultural Communication? (Speaker: Don Boileau) Social Security and Retirement Policy (Speaker: Sita Slavov) Socialism (Speaker: Johanna Bockman) Solar Geoengineering as part of Climate Policy (Mariia Belaia) Speaking Truth to Power: The Thunderous Messages of the Hebrew Prophets and What They Mean Today (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Sports Industry, NCAA, Sport Governance, Olympics, Sport Management, Sport Diplomacy and Coaching (Speaker: Craig Esherick) Strategies for Thriving in a Changing Environment (Speaker: Tojo Thatchenkery) Supporting Educator's Use of Best Practice (Speaker: Christan Coogle) Supporting Parents to Enhance Their Child's Development (Speaker: Christan Coogle) Sustainable and Accountable Family Engagement in Education (Speaker: Colleen Vesely) Tachyons: Messengers from the Future? (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Teacher Professional Development (Speaker: Betsy DeMulder) Teaching Introductory Statistics (Speaker: Ilhan Izmirli) Teaching Writing and Using Writing to Learn (Speaker: Don Gallehr) Technology Commercialization (Speaker: Paula Sorrell) The American Theater at a Crossroads: Which Way to Turn? (Speaker: Rick Davis) The Art of Choreography (Speaker: Susan Shields) The Beautiful and the Just: Inquiry, Justice, and Value in Alain Locke and Aristotle (Speaker: Rose Cherubin) The Effects of HIPAA on Privacy and Security (Speaker: Matthew Hicks) The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) - Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask (Speaker: Heba El-Shazli) The Only Way to End the Risk of Nuclear War (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) The Origins of Putinism in 1990s Russia (Speaker: Steven Barnes) The Public Health Impacts of Gender-based Violence against Women (Speaker: Jhumka Gupta) The Science of Climate Change (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) The Spanish Golden Age--a Dramatic Legacy (Speaker: Rick Davis) The State of U.S. Democracy (Speaker: Jennifer Victor) The World's Oldest Game (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Themes in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Sermons (Speaker: Don Boileau) Things That Keep Me Up at Night: Technology's Severest Challenges (Speaker: Steve Ruth) Transgender and Gender Expansive Children in Families and Schools (Speaker: Colleen Vesely) Transnational and Transracial Adoption and the Changing Faces of American Families (Speaker: Linda Seligmann) Transportation and Air Quality (Speaker: Mohan Venigalla) Transportation Planning (Speaker: Mohan Venigalla) Transportation Public-Private Partnerships (P3) (Speaker: Jonathan Gifford) U.S. Immigration Today: Data and Policy (Speaker: James Witte) UFOs: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Speaker: Harold Geller) Understanding Digital Natives (Speaker: Star Muir) Understanding the Soviet Gulag, Understanding Stalinism (Speaker: Steven Barnes) Urban and Metropolitan Affairs (Speaker: Jonathan Gifford) Using Writing to Grieve the Loss of a Loved One (Speaker: Don Gallehr) Utopian Communities (Speaker: Mary McCutcheon) Various Game Topics (Speaker: Daniel Greenberg) War and Peace in an Age of Empire: What About China? (Speaker: Richard Rubenstein) War Memorials on the National Mall (Speaker: Meredith Lair) What is a Planet? Mars, Pluto and Exoplanets as Examples (Speaker: Harold Geller) What is the Political South? (Speaker: Mark Rozell) What's Ahead in Politics (Speaker: Bill Schneider) Where Are the Time Travelers? (Speaker: Robert Ehrlich) Why College? (Speaker: Don Boileau) Why Everyone Should Care About the Problem of the Healthcare Uninsured (Speaker: P.J. Maddox) Writing and Meditation (Speaker: Don Gallehr) Your Neighbor Next Door: How Intercultural Communication Helps One Understand Differences (Speaker: Don Boileau)