Visiting Scholars and Lecturers

The Jepson School explores leadership and contemporary issues in varied public programs and in classroom discussions that bring distinguished visitors to campus. The Jepson School has achieved national and international prominence for its innovative and distinctive approach to education. As a model for leadership education, the School’s curriculum continues to attract attention. The dean and faculty host visits from faculty and administrators representing colleges, universities, and organizations both here and abroad. Recent visitors include:  

2008

• Susan Estrich, attorney and author, Fox News commentator and political analyst

• Richard Lowry, National Review editor, author and Fox News commentator and political analyst

• Juan Williams, National Public Radio senior correspondent, political author and civil rights historian

• Lisa Green, senior producer, NBC Weekend Today

• Glenn Proctor, executive editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch

• Keith Woods, dean of faculty, Poynter Institute

• Ronald Takaki, immigration expert and author, professor emeritus, Asian American Studies, University of California, Berkeley

• Alice Eagly, gender studies expert and author, department chair and professor of psychology, Northwestern University

• Lisa Garcia Bedolla, associate professor of political science and Chicano/Latino Studies, the University of California, Irvine

• Rhodes Cook, independent political analyst, presidential elections and voting patterns expert, author

• Janelle Wong, associate professor of political science and American studies and ethnicity, University of Southern California

• William Frey, senior fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution, member, University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research and Population Studies Center

• Cynthia Enloe, feminism scholar and author, professor of International Development, Community and Environment and Women's Studies, Clark University

• Chuck D, rapper, composer, author, radio personality and producer and the founder of rap group Public Enemy

• Marshall Ganz, civil rights scholar, social movements expert and political activist, lecturer in public polity, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

• Lani Guinier, race and gender studies scholar, author and Bennett Bosky professor of law, Harvard University

• Diane Rosenfeld, women's studies lecturer and professor of law, Harvard University

• Lisa Furr, project coordinator, Central Virginia Task Force on Older Battered Women

• Michael Kaufman, founder, White Ribbon Campaign

• Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Chinese-Taiwanese-American spoken-word artist and activist

• Donna Brazile, author, political strategist, political commentator for CNN and NPR, chair, Democratic National Committee's Voting Rights Institute, adjunct professor, Georgetown University

• Richard Stallman, computer software developer and activist

• Edmund D. Pellegrino, bioethics scholar and author, chair, President's Commission on Bioethics

• Randall W. Strahan, scholar and author, associate professor of political science, Emory University

• Brad Jackson, Fletcher Building Education Trust professor of leadership, The University of Auckland Business School

• John Ashton, associate head of school, St. Mark’s School

• Scott Gonzalez, dean of campus, St. Mark’s School

• Joe Milliet, math department chair, St. Mark’s School

• Nick Sberna, humanities department, St. Mark’s School

• Rajesh N. Bellani, associate dean of academic programs and special assistant to the vice president/dean of the college, Colgate University

• Timothy  Byrnes, professor of political science, Colgate University

• Atsushi Takei, associate professor, graduate school of education, HUTE, Japan

• Peter Pang, National University of Singapore

• Kevin Corcoran, university scholars program, Northern Kentucky University

• Samuel J.  Zachary, associate dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Northern Kentucky University

2007

• Dava Sobel, novelist and scientific writer

• Sean Carroll, University of Wisconsin

• Shirley Malcom, National Association for the Advancement of Science

• James McLurkin, MIT

• Howard Gardner, Harvard University

• Lindsay Thompson, Johns Hopkins University

• Hazem Zagzoug, Chief Executive Officer & Deputy Chairman of the Andalusia Group for Medical Services located in Jeddah, KSA and Alexandria, Egypt

• David Ndii, Eisenhower Fellow, Director of the Kenyan Leadership Institute, Kenya.

• Merhangiz Gar, Iranian human rights advocate, Carr Center for Human Rights, Harvard University

• Ibtesam Al-Atiyat, United National International Leadership Academy, Jordan.

• Gar Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy,   University of Maryland

• Andrew J. Bacevich, Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University

• Zuzana Simoniova Ph.D. student, Slovakia

• Dr. Andrea Tissenbaum and Dr. Gazi Islam, IBMEC, Brazil

2006

• John Bolton, US Ambassador to the United Nations

• Bob Dole, former US Senator and presidential candidate

• Jean Bethke Elshtain, University of Chicago

• George McGovern, former US Senator and presidential candidate

•  Dr. Josh Armstrong , Director of the Comprehensive Leadership Program, Gonzaga University    

• Kifah Al-Awawdeh, International Leadership Institute at the United Nations University in Amman,  Jordan

• Jack D. Ladd, Director, John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute in Odessa, Texas

• Mr. Carl Vogt, former head, National Transportation Safety Board

• Dr. William McHenry from Quantico (Al Goethals’ class)

• Former governor of Massachusetts Jane Swift

• Hon. Samir Samaldale, Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S.

• Dr. Jairam Reddy, Director of the UN International Leadership Academy, Jordan

• John Davidson, The World Bank

• Justin Reynolds, the Center for the Study of the Presidency, 

• Michael McBrian, head of the leadership program at the Baylor School in Chattanooga

• Dr. Valter Moreno and Dr. Flavia Cavazotte are from IBMEC Business School in Rio de Janeiro.

• Michael J. Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of   Government, Harvard University 

• Robert Egger, Founder and President of the DC Central Kitchen.

2005

• Dan Balz, national political correspondent, the Washington Post
• Stuart Butler, Heritage Foundation
• Taylor Branch, author and Martin Luther King biographer
• Donna Brazile, political strategist and democratic operative
• E.J. Dionne and William Kristol, journalists
• Robert Dallek, biographer and historian
• David Eisenhower, presidential scholar
• Alan Ehrenhalt, executive editor, Governing magazine
• Pam Fessler, Washington correspondent, National Public Radio
• Harry Frankfurt, philosopher, Princeton University
• William R. Johnston, former president and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange
• Leon R. Kass, scholar and physician, former chair, President’s Council on Bioethics
• Charles Kolb, president, Committee for Economic Development
• A.G. Lafley, chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer, Procter & Gamble
• Maya MacGuineas, president, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
• Marsha Mercer, Washington bureau chief, Media General
• Thomas Matthews, special advisor, Citigroup
• Cedric Jennings, educator and subject of the book Hope in the Unseen
• Ridge Multop, senior representative for Federal Affairs, AARP
• Scott Pattison, executive director, National Association of State Budget Officers
• Tim Penny, former Congressman and Senior Fellow at Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs 
• Pamela Smith, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova
• Isabel V. Sawhill, senior fellow and vice president and director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution
• William F. Schulz, executive director , Amnesty International
• Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., founder and president of Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta
• Sally Bedell Smith, John F. Kennedy biographer
• Drs. Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom, educational reformers
• David Walker, comptroller general of the United States
• Margaret Warner, chief Washington correspondent , Public Broadcasting System

2004

• Don Baker, former Washington Post bureau chief
• James MacGregor Burns, visiting senior scholar
• Sidney Drell, an arms control specialist
• George Edwards, Professor, Texas A&M University
• Fulbright scholar Christine Wanjiru Gichure, a visiting scholar from Kenya
• Eugene W. Hickok, Under Secretary of Education and principal adviser to Secretary Rod Paige
• David Gergen
• Charles O. Jones, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
• Scott Keeter, Associate Director for the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
• Michael Klarman, University of Virginia law professor 
• Marc K. Landy, professor of history, Boston College
• Frank Newport, editor-in-chief, the Gallup Poll
• Carol M. Swain, professor of law, Vanderbilt University
• Georgia Sorenson, visiting scholar, University of Maryland
• Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister
• Leo K. Thorsness,  Vietnam-era Medal of Honor recipient
• Paul B. Woodruff, University of Texas, Austin
• Alan Wolfe, Boston College

Other visitors represented these organizations:

Asbury College, Wilmore, KY: Mark Troyer, Associate Dean for Student Leadership Development
Center for the Study of the Presidency, Washington, DC: Max Angerholzer and John Boyer
Colorado Leadership Alliance, Denver, CO: Ann Vessels, President
Episcopal Church Foundation, New York, NY: William G. Anderson Jr., Executive Director, and Rev. William L. Sachs, Director of Research
George C. Marshall Center, Leesburg, VA: Frederick L. Morefield James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA: eleven students and two faculty advisors, the Miller Leadership Program
New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, NM: LTC Sonia S. Cowen, PhD, Endowed Chair and Director, Daniels’ Leadership Education Center
Tokyo Jogakkan College, Japan: Ken Shimahara, Vice President United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD: Adm. Hank Chiles, Professor of Leadership
University of Maryland, College Park, MD: Susan Komives, EdD, Associate Professor, and twelve graduate students
University of Miami: Pamela Gunter-Smith, PhD, American Council on Education Fellow
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: James A. Tucker, PhD, Professor of Educational Psychology, Graduate Studies Division, College of Education and Applied Professional Studies, and five colleagues
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY: Mary Postan Tanner, Dean, College of Education and Applied Professional Studies; Rick DuBose, Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Office of Development; Cecile W. Garmon, PhD, Professor and Coordinator, Leadership Studies; Robert A. Reber, PhD, Associate Dean, College of Business
American Leadership Institute, Orange, CA: Jim Kunau, Director
George C. Marshall Foundation, Lexington, VA: Brian D. Shaw, Vice President
Institute for Experiential Learning, Washington, DC: Mary Ryan, PhD, Executive Director
Norwood & Associates, Tampa, FL: George W. “Nordie” Norwood, Major General, USAF (Ret); President
Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, OH: A.G. Lafley, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia: Brad McManus and Joan Connor, Integral Leadership Unit
Universidad de Monterray, Mexico: Nancy Westrup Villareal and Laura Garza
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA: Sean O’Brien, Sorenson Institute
Winston School, Dallas, TX: Karen Harkey, Director, and fourteen high school students in the CHOICES Leadership Development Program.

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