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U.S. Foreign Policy in - the Second Bush Administration - A Second Look
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - A Panel Discussion with: Jim McCormick is author of American Foreign Policy and Process, co-editor of Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy; and chair of the ISU Political Science Department. Eric M. McGlinchey is an expert on political Islam in central Asia, a member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Program on New Approaches to Russian Security, and assistant professor in the ISU Political Science Department. Richard Mansbach is the author and coauthor of a number of books including The Global Puzzle: Issues and Actors in World Politics; Polities: Authority, Identities and Change; and The State, Conceptual Chaos, and the Future of Internationall Relations, and professor in the ISU Political Science Department. Steffen Schmidt, University Professor in Political Science and director of the LAS College International Studies Program at ISU, co-author of American Government and Politics Today, and host of "The Dr. Politics Show" on public radio.

American Indian Symposium - Performance: Music and Storytelling - Jack Gladstone
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Jack Gladstone is a singer, songwriter and storyteller who grew up immersed in the rich oral tradition of the American West. Many of the stories Jack shares were related to him by his Blackfeet grandmother. She recounted the stories of her life and the mythology of their Blackfeet Indian people. His great, great grandfather Red Crow, chief of the Blood Tribe, was a great warrior and orator. Another grandfather, William Gladstone, was a carpenter who helped build Montana's Fort Benton and Alberta's Fort Whoop Up.

Following the Food Chain: The High Cost of Cheap Food - Michael Pollan
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Michael Pollan is Knight Professor of Journalism at the Graduate School and director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine, and the author of three books: The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World; A Place of My Own; and Second Nature: A Gardener's Education. Many of his works examine the intersections between science and culture, and he has been anthologized in collections such as Best American Essays and the Norton Book of Nature Writing. Originally from Long Island, he earned his college degrees at Bennington College, Oxford University (Mansfield College), and Columbia University, where he received a masters in English in 1981. He served for many years as executive editor for Harper's Magazine and writes a column on architecture for House & Garden. This is the Donald Benson Lecture on Literature, Science and the Arts.

Technology, Globalization and Culture Series - Information Technology and Globalization: which is the cause and which the effect? - George Strawn
7:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - George Strawn is Chief Information Officer at the National Science Foundation. He was Director of Computation Center at Iowa State University.

Women Developing Power: A Panel
3:30 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Arvonne Fraiser is the founder of the Humphrey Center on Women and Public Policy, and editor of the book, Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development. Cornelia Butler Flora is the Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Sociology and Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University. Kathy Staudt, a prolific author and professor of political science at the University of Texas, El Paso, and active in Women on the Border (http://www.womenontheborder.org/activists_on_border.htm). Elise Smith is co-founder and president of Women's Edge Coalition http://www.womensedge.org/pages/aboutus/detailpage.jsp?id=47 All these women were major pioneers in women in development, and are currently engaged in key aspects of the international women's movement.

Women's World Leadership: Lessons and Myths - Laura Liswood
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Laura Liswood is secretary general and co-founder of the Council of Women World Leaders, which is composed of women presidents, prime ministers, and heads of government, and works to expand the understanding of leadership, establishes a network of resources for high-level women leaders, and provides a forum for the group to contribute input and shape the international issues. She also is a senior advisor at the global investment bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and co-founded The White House Project dedicated to electing a woman president in the United States. She holds a Harvard MBA and a law degree from the University of California, Davis.Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics Mary Louise Smith Spring Scholar

History of Science Series - Physics & Civics: American Jews in Twentieth Century Science & Science among Twentieth Century American Jews
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Noah Efron is at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University this year. His home university is Bar Ilan University where he is a professor in the History of Science program. His specialty is science and religion. Among his publications is Real Jews: Secular Versus Ultra-orthodox: The Struggle for Jewish Identity in Israel (Basic Books, 2003)

Technology, Globalization and Culture Series - Globalization, Universities & Economic Competition - Michael Crow
6:30 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Michael Crow is President of Arizona State University.

Barbara Hansen Lecture in Early Childhood Development - Intervention Strategies for Challenging Behavior in Young Children - Judith Carta
7:00 PM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Judith Carta is a professor in the Department of Special Education and senior scientist with the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life-Span Studies at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. She was a post-doctoral fellow and did research with children with disabilities from diverse cultural backgrounds at the Juniper Gardens Children's Project, University of Kansas, and has her doctorate in Special Education from that university.

The Cultures of Carnival: A Symposium - A Roundtable
3:30 PM – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Samuel Kinser, Barry Jean Ancelet, Thomas Nussbaumer, James Green, James Gill, Paul Griffiths (ISU History Department), Susan Carlson,ISU Associate Provost. Jim Dow, ISU Foreign Languages and Literatures Department, will moderate. For more information about the entire conference go to: http:// www.iastate.edu/~ceah/symposium_info.html