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Risk and Resilience in Children: Linking Research to Practice and Policy - Martha Erickson
8:00 PM – Molecular Biology Auditorium - Martha Erickson is director of the Children, Youth and Family Consortium at the University of Minnesota, a national resource to link research, practice and policy for the well-being of children and families. She is the developer of the award-winning STEEP program, a preventive intervention program for high-risk parents and infants that is based on attachment theory and research.

The Transuranium People - the Inside Story - Darleane Hoffman
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Darleane Hoffman is a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. She was chosen by President Clinton to receive the National Medal of Science and is a graduate of Iowa State.

The Uses and Abuses of Science: Controversy Over the Lasting Impacts of the Exxon Valdex Oil Spill - Dee Boersma
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dee Boersma is professor of Zoology and Women Studies at the University of Washington and president-elect of the Society of Conservation Biology.

The Soul of Democracy - Paul Wellstone
12:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Paul Wellstone is the U.S. Senator from Minnesota.

Writing in Shared Fantasy Worlds - Jeff Grubb
5:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Jeff Grubb is the author of nine fantasy novels as well as short stories and novellas. He has a degree in civil engineering and worked as a structural engineer before becoming a game designer and author.

Advertising and Diversity in America - Marilyn Kern Foxworth
8:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Marilyn Kern Foxworth is professor of journalism Texas A & M and author of Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben Rastus: Blacks in Advertising.

The Resurrection of Jesus: Factor or Fiction? - Hector Avalos and Rubel Shelly
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Hector Avalos is assistant professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State and executive director of the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion. Rubel Shelly is the pastor of the Woodmont Hills Church in Nashville and author of Genesis: The Beginnings of Faith and A Defense of the Christian Faith.

The Challenge of Race - Herman Blake
8:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Herman Blake is the chair of the African American Studies Program at Iowa State.

Advertising: A Lot of Good It Could Do - Marvin Waldman
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Marvin Waldman is executive vice president and group creative director of Integrated Communications Worldwide, Young and Rubicam, NYC.

Asian American History - Evelyn Hu-DeHart
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Evelyn Hu-DeHart is professor of history and director of the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America at the University of Colorado.