Previous Albert W. Johnson Distinguished Lecturers

 

2024: Dr. Guadalupe X. "Suchi" Ayala (Public Health), "The Evolution of Promoting Health through Partnerships"
2023: Dr. Phillip Holcomb (Psychology), “Reading in the Brain: Unravelling the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Visual Language”
2022: Dr. Chris Mi (Electrical and Computer Engineering), “Wireless Power Transfer – from Science Fiction to Reality
2020: Dr. Hala Madanat (Public Health), “From Discovery to Delivery: An Obesity Prevention Example” (Lecture canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic).
2019: Dr. Chris Glembotski (Biology), “Don’t Gamble with Heart Disease: You Got to Know When to Fold ‘Em”
2018: Dr. Stuart Aitken (Geography), “Young People, Rights and Place”
2017: Dr. Fridolin Weber (Physics), “Searching for Big Bang Matter in Stars”
2016: Dr. Douglas Stow (Geography), "Sensing the Environment from Above Over Time: How We Monitor, Study and Manage Geographic Phenomena and Processes"
2015: Dr. Joanne M. Ferraro (History), “The Historian as Detective: Sex Crimes in Early Modern Venice”
2014: Dr. Samuel Shen (Mathematics and Statistics), "Global Warming: How Do We Know It's Real?"
2013: Dr. Karen Emmorey (Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences), "The Signing Brain: What Sign Language Tells Us About Human Languages"
2012: Dr. Sanford I. Bernstein (Biology), "Learning to Fly: Understanding the Basis of Muscle Function and Disease"
2011: Dr. John R. Weeks (Geography), "The Power of Pixels: Using GIScience to Understand Global Health"
2010: Dr. James F. Sallis (Psychology), "Research That Drives Change: The Case of Physical Activity"
2009: Dr. John P. Elder (Public Health), "Agents of Change: Improving the Health of a Nation"
2008: Dr. Mark A. Sussman (Biology), "Healing Broken Hearts: The Promise, Pitfalls and Potential of Stem Cells"
2007: Dr. Walter Oechel (Biology), "Global Change: Is the World Beyond Repair?"
2006: Dr. Eugene Olevsky (Mechanical Engineering), "From Nano to Macro: Virtual and Physical Manufacturing of Advanced Powder-based Materials"
2005: Dr. William Tong (Chemistry), "Knocking on Avogadro's Door: Laser Based Fingerprinting Methods"
2004: Dr. Melbourne F. Hovell (Public Health), "The Health Race: Can Public Health Promotion Beat Disease?"
2002: Dr. Edward P. Riley (Psychology), "Mother Boozes-Baby Loses"
1999: Dr. Donna J. Thal (Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences), "Late Talking Toddlers: Are They at Risk?"
1997: Dr. Dipak K. Gupta (Public Administration), "Collective Madness and Organized Anarchy: Clash of Identities"
1995: Dr. Arthur Getis (Geography), "The Tyranny of Data"
1992: Dr. Joseph W. Ball (Anthropology), "Ancient Maya Civilization Today: A New Understanding of the Maya Past and a New Role for Maya Archaeology Tomorrow"
1991: Dr. E. Percil Stanford (Social Work), "Beyond the Graying of America: Who Cares"
1991: Dr. Catherine Yi-yu Cho Woo (Chinese Language), "Luster of Jade: Poetry, Painting, and Music"
1990: Dr. James E. Flood and Dr. Diane K. Lapp (Teacher Education), "Reading in America: A Progress Report"
1988: Dr. Alvin D. Cox (History), "The Unfought War: Japan 1941-1942"
1988: Dr. Robert M. Kaplan (Psychology), "Quality of Life: Expanding the Objectives of Health Care"
1986: Dr. David Ward-Steinman (Music and Dance), "Structural Analogs in Music, Art, and Literature" and preview performance of original composition "Elegy for Astronauts"
1985: Dr. Helen M. Wallace (Public Health), "Role and Health Status of Women in Developing Countries and the U.S."
1984: Dr. Maurice S. Friedman (Religious Studies), "Restoring Relational Trust: The Challenge of the Third Millennium"