| 2020-2021 |
Electoral Justice Meets Democracy The University of Southern Indiana Social Work Department welcomed Dr. Gena McClendon as she presented the 2020 Sydney Berger Lecture. McClendon is director of the Voter Access and Engagement and the Financial Capability and Asset Building initiatives at the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Her work primarily involves policy research analysis and consultation with community-based programs, academic institutions, state and federal policymakers and advocacy groups. Read the full press release. |
| 2019-2020 |
The Re/Evolution of the Black Arts Movement The USI Psychology Department welcomes Ron Himes and Heather Beal as they present the 2019 Sydney Berger Lecture. “The Re/Evolution of the Black Arts Movement” will investigate the continued need for cultural institutions of color. Himes founded his own theatre company in 1976, during the height of the Black Arts Movement. Himes and Beal will ask and address the following question: do we still need a theatre company dedicated to blackness and why? Read the full press release. |
| 2018-2019 |
The Majority Minority The University of Southern Indiana Political Science, Public Administration and Philosophy Department welcomes Dr. Marjorie Hershey, professor of political science at Indiana University, as she presents at the 2018 Sydney Berger Lecture, “The Majority Minority”. Hershey’s talk will explore the underrepresentation of women in American politics and how that underrepresentation affects our lives. She asks, “If we elected more women to Congress, executive leadership, and state legislatures, would we have different types of policies? A different political tone? Less partisanship- or more?” Read the full press release. |
| 2016-2017 | Dr. Ron Mallon, professor and chair of philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis |
| 2015-2016 | Dr. Allison Guzman, assistant professor of Spanish at Providence College in Rhode Island |
| 2014-2015 | Dr. Venicia McGhie, Fulbright scholar and chair of the Academic Development department at University of the Western Cape in South Africa |
| 2013-2014 | Mattie Miller, Evansville’s first female African-American teacher at an all-white school |
| 2012-2013 | Dr. Steven Salaita, associate professor of English at Virginia Tech |
| 2011-2012 | Dr. Carolyn Calloway-Thomas, professor and director of the Preparing Future Faculty Program at Indiana University |
| 2010-2011 | Marilyn Ruth Signe Skoglund, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court |
| 2009-2010 | Dr. Cynthia Duarte, Fellow in the Institute of Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame |
| 2008-2009 | Dr. Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis |
| 2007-2008 | Joan Callahan, Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Kentucky |
| 2006-2007 | Dr. Michael Hoeflich, the John H. and John M. Kane Professor of Law at the University of Kansas |
| 2005-2006 | Judge Patricia Walker FitzGerald of the Jefferson Circuit Court Family Division in Louisville, Kentucky |
| 2004-2005 | Robert Corn-Revere, a partner in the Washington D.C. office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP |
| 2003-2004 | Gene Policinski, deputy directory of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN |
| 2002-2003 | Charles Nelms, vice president for Student Development and Diversity at Indiana University Bloomington |
| 2001-2002 | Dr. Scott Christianson, visiting associate professor of social studies at Bard College and an acclaimed author, activist, journalist, and scholar |
| 2000-2001 | Dr. F. Robert Hunter, chair of Indiana State University’s Department of History and president of the Midwest Association of Middle East and Islamic Studies |
| 1999-2000 | Leslie Roberts, associate professor of French; Patricia Aakhus, instructor in English; Douglas Hubbell, associate professor of communications; Amanda Grube, USI student; James VanLear; Michael Waitman, associate professor of English |
| 1998-1999 | Bruce Pearl, men's varsity basketball coach; John H. Gottcent, professor of English; Daniel R. Craig, assistant professor of music; Robert L. York, instructor in English; Scott N. LaFeber, director of theatre; Elliot H. Wasserman, associate professor of theatre; Dr. Betty L. Hart, professor of English; Eric L. vonFuhrmann, assistant professor of English; Kathy Dooley, USI student |
| 1997-1998 | Patrick A. Shoulders, member of the law firm of Ziemer, Stayman, Weitzel & Shoulders in Evansville John R. Price, heads John R. Price and Associates in Indianapolis John Dobken, news anchor at Channel 44 in Evansville |
