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The Office for Religious Life > What Matters to Me and Why > Past Speakers
	Overview \| Background \| A Typical Session \| Upcoming Speakers \| Past Speakers \| Planning Committee Miss a Talk? WMMW lectures are available to check out at Green Library on the Stanford Campus. Go to the basement's Media/MicroText Center and look up on the computer the call number of the tape you'd like to listen to, by searching for "What Matters to Me and Why" and/or the name of the speaker. The tapes can be checked out for three hours and listened to at Green or dubbed onto a blank tape. 2005/2006 \| 2004/2005 \| 2003/2004 \| 2002/2003 \| 2001/2002 \| 2000/2001 \| 1999/2000 \| 1998/1999 \| 1997/1998 \| 1996/1997 \| 1995/1996 \| 1994/1995 \| 1993/1994 Spring, 2006 May 3, 2006 Sekou Sundiata Resident Poet Sundiata talks about the blues, imagining a 'possible future' March 15, 2006 Deborah Gordon Professor of Biological Sciences What Matters to Deborah Gordon March 1, 2006 Albert Camarillo What Matters to Albert Camarillo Winter, 2006 February 15, 2006 Carole Pertofsky Health Center Staffer What Matters to Carole Pertofsky Fall, 2005 November 16, 2005 Arthur Bienenstock Vice Provost and Dean of Research and Graduate Policy Road to prosperous life brings Arthur Bienenstock full circle Back to Top Spring, 2005 April 13, 2005 Hannah Valantine Professor of Cardiology Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Leadership What Matters to Hannah Valantine May 4, 2005 Mark Mancall Professor of History, Emeritus What Matters to Mark Mancall May 18, 2005 Rene Girard Professor of French Language, Literature & Civilization Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus What Matters to Rene Girard May 25, 2005 Purnima Mankekar Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology What Matters to Purnima Mankekar Winter, 2005 Wednesday, January 12th Laura Carstensen Professor of Psychology What Matters to Laura Carstensen Wednesday February 16th Julie Lythcott-Haims Dean of Freshman and Transfer Students What Matters to Julie Lythcott-Haims Wednesday February 23rd Debra Zumwalt Vice President & University General Counsel What Matters to Debra Zumwalt Fall, 2004 October 27, 2004 Deborah Stipek Dean, School of Education What Matters to Deborah Stipek November 3, 2004 Greg Boardman Associate Vice Provost and Dean of Students What Matters to Greg Boardman January 12, 2005 Laura Carstensen Professor of Psychology What Matters to Laura Carstensen Back to Top Spring, 2004 April 14, 2004 Rosa Gonzalez Director, Diversity and Access Office What Matters to Rosa Gonzalez April 21, 2004 Gordon Earle Vice President for Public Affairs About Gordon Earle April 28, 2004 Buddy Teevens Cardinal Head Football Coach What Matters to Buddy Teevens May 5, 2004 Diane Middlebrook Professor of English, Emerita What Matters to Diane Middlebrook Winter, 2004 January 28, 2004 Thomas Sheehan Professor in Religious Studies About Thomas Sheehan February 11, 2004 Isaac and Madeline Stein Chair of the Board of Trustees and Community Philanthropists What Matters to the Steins March 3, 2004 Howard Wolf Alumni Association President What Matters to Howard Wolf Fall, 2003 October 22, 2003 Philip Zimbardo Professor in Psychology What Matters to Phlip Zimbardo October 29, 2004 Nanci Howe Director, Office of Student Activities What Matters to Nanci Howe November 5, 2003 Elaine Ray Director, Stanford News Service What Matters to Elaine Ray November 19, 2003 Ted Leland Director, Stanford Athletics About Ted Leland Back to Top Spring, 2003 April 9, 2003 Joel Beinin Professor in Middle East History About Joel Beinin April 30, 2003 William B. Hurlbut Physician and Consulting Professor in the Program in Human Biology On The President's Council on Bioethics About William B. Hurlbut May 14, 2003 David Spiegel Professor in the School of Medicine Director of the Center on Stress and Health Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Medical Director of the Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine About David Spiegel May 2, 2003 Nadinne Cruz Director of the Haas Center for Public Service What Matters to Nadinne Cruz Winter, 2003 January 15, 2003 Armin Rosencranz Consulting Professor in Human Biology About Armin Rosencranz January 29, 2003 William Damon Professor of Education Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence About William Damon February 12, 2003 Hank Greely Professor in Law Chair of the Planning Committee of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics Chair of the Faculty Senate Member of the California Advisory Committee on Human Cloning About Hank Greely February 26, 2003 Joan Roughgarden Professor in Departments of Biological Sciences and Geophysics What Matters to Joan Roughgarden Fall, 2002 October 9, 2002 Gene Awakuni Vice Provost for Student Affairs What Matters to Gene Awakuni October 23, 2002 Luis Fraga Professor of Political Science About Luis Fraga November 6, 2002 Phillip Pizzo Dean of Stanford Medical School About Phillip Pizzo Back to Top Winter, 2002 January 23, 2002 Gavin Wright William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History Chair of the Department of Economics Former civil rights activist says much of movement was rooted in economics February 27, 2002 Ellen Waxman University Ombuds Director of the Stanford Mediation Center Waxman: Resolving disputes by 'making connections' Ramón Saldívar Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature For Professor Ramón Saldívar, family history shapes identity Fall, 2001 October 3, 2001 Scott Sagan International Relations What Matters to Scott Sagan October 17, 2001 LaDoris Cordell Provost for Campus Relations Special Counselor to the President Before addressing biases, we must examine our own, Cordell says October 31, 2001 Jennifer Trimble Classics Classics Professor Jennifer Trimble: Every person has inner spark November 14, 2001 Paul Ehrlich Biological Sciences Back to Top Spring, 2001 April 18, 2001 Marshall Smith Education Addressing 'systemic inequity' matters to Mike Smith April 25, 2001 Tobias Wolff Creative Writing May 9, 2001 Mary Louise Roberts History May 23, 2001 Larry Liefer Mechanical Engineering Life, like surfing, requires ‘catching the wave’ at a precise moment, Leifer says Winter, 2001 Morris Graves Associate Dean of Students Carol Delaney Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology Fall, 2000 Regina Casper Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht Comparative Literature 'Elementary pleasures' and 'riskful thinking' matter to Gumbrecht John Etchemendy Provost Professor of Philosophy What Matters to John Etchemendy Back to Top Spring, 2000 Dick Gould Director of Men's Tennis Ben Davidson Assistant Dean for the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community Center (LGBCC) Thomas Massey Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Assistant Director of the Graduate Life Office Thom Massey emphasizes principles over profits Sheri Sheppard Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering 'Recovering supermom' seeks right mix of career, family Winter, 2000 John McCarthy Computer Science Elizabeth Bernhardt Foreign Languages Speaking up early and often is what matters to Bernhardt Kelly Denton-Borhaug Interim Dean of Religious Life Interim dean for religious life sees more values in questions than answers Harry Elam Associate Professor of Drama Director of the Introduction to the Humanities Program Courage, giving back are 'what matters' to IHUM Director Harry Elam Robert Kinnally Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid Fall, 1999 Tara VanDerveer Head Coach, Stanford Women's Basketball Donald Kennedy President Emeritus Bing Professor of Environmental Sciences President emeritus Donald Kennedy speaks about values President John Hennessy President (former) Provost What Matters to John Hennessy John Chowning Professor Emeritus of Music Back to Top Spring, 1999 Terry Winograd Professor of Computer Science William Perry Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor What matters to William Perry on ‘the road less traveled’ Chris Griffith Director of Graduate Residences Graduate residences director fueled by 'passion' for working with students Winter, 1999 John Taylor Professor of Economics Gerhard Casper President Brad Osgood Professor of Electrical Engineering and Education Life, mathematics, music mean the most to Brad Osgood Diann McCants Associate Director of African and Afro-American Studies Juggling identities: Psychologist says to seek an anchor John McCarthy Professor of Computer Science Computer pioneer discusses atheism, artificial intelligence Fall, 1998 Donald Barr Lecturer in Human Biology Human Biology lecturer enjoys theory as well as practice Eric Roberts Professor of Computer Science Roberts: Changing the world a generation at a time Clifford Barnett Professor of Anthropology Rob Robinson Professor of German Studies Gwendolyn Dean Director of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Community Center Back to Top Spring, 1998 Tyrone Willingham Football Director David Brady Associate Dean, Graduate School of Business James Montoya Vice Provost for Student Affairs Julie Kennedy Lecturer and Academic Coordinator, Earth Systems Program John Perry Professor of Philosophy Director of the Center for the Study of Language and Information Philosopher Perry tells students to 'care deeply' in 'What Matters' speech Winter, 1998 Harvey Cohn Professor and Chair of Pediatrics Chief-of-Staff of Lucille Packard Children's Hospital Nel Noddings Professor of Education Noddings: To know what matters to you, observe your actions Fabienne McPhail Director of the Women's Center What Matters to McPhail: More women in leadership posts Richard Yuen Assistant Dean of Students Director of the Asian-American Activities Center For Rick Yuen, success is a question of definition Arnold Eisen Professor and Chair of Religious Studies Fall, 1997 Robert Weisberg Professor of Law Robert C. Gregg Dean for Religious Life at Stanford Professor of Religious Studies and Classics 'What matters' to Bob Gregg: Helping people flourish John Pearson Director of Bechtel International Center A love affair with America: 'What matters' to John Pearson Harold Kahn Professor of History Back to Top Spring, 1997 Joy Rewick Past Editor of In Touch newsletter John Bravman Professor of Material Science Bravman stands and delivers on 'What Matters' Channing Robertson Professor of Chemical Engineering Stephen Sano Assistant Professor of Music Winter, 1997 Bernard Roth Professor of Mechanical Engineering Clayborne Carson Professor of History Director/Senior Editor of Martin Luther King, Jr. papers project Douglas Osheroff Professor of Physics Nobel laureate Deborah Satz Associate Professor of Philosophy Kennell Jackson Associate Professor of History Fall, 1996 Margaret Neale Director, The Negotiation and Influence Strategies Executive Program, School of Business Jim March Professor Emeritus, Business, Sociology, Political Science, and Education James Lyon (former) Dean of Students Estelle Freedman Professor and Chair, Feminist Studies Robert Sapolsky Professor of Biology Back to Top Spring, 1996 Jim Gibbs Professor of Anthropology Susie Cashion Senior lecturer in Dance Bryan Wolfe Visiting Professor, Art Department Stina Miller Associate Dean, Stanford Memorial Church Winter, 1996 Sharon Long Professor of Biological Sciences Mary Pratt Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Jeffrey Ullman Professor of Computer Science Gregory Wait Senior Lecturer of Voice and Music Peggy Mendelsohn President and CEO, Stanford Bookstore Fall, 1995 Sara Little Turnball Director, Process of Change Laboratory Claude Steele Professor of Psychology Martin Hellman Professor of Electrical Engineering Back to Top Spring, 1995 Richard Powers Lecturer of Dance, Drama Department Richard Bube Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering Kate O'Hanlan Jerry Porras Professor, Graduate School of Business Floyd Thompkins (former) Dean of Religious Life Winter, 1995 Richard and Jing Lyman Stanford President Emeritus Social entrepreneur Deborah Rhode Professor of Law Carl Djerassi Professor of Chemistry W. Gary Ernst Professor of Geology and Environmental Science Sharon Holland Assistant Professor of English Fall, 1994 Richard Zare Professor of Chemistry Noe Lozano Associate Dean, School of Engineering Back to Top Spring, 1994 Frances Connally Michael Jackson (former) Dean of Students Charles Kruger Dean of Research David Palumbo-Liu Associate Professor of Comparative Literature Back to Top