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Year<\/th>Lecture Title<\/th>Presenter(s)<\/th>Affiliation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2025<\/td>Resilience, Resistance, and Rhetoric: What Latino\/a Immigrants Teach Us About Health and Humanity<\/td>Gabriela Nagy<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/td>Environmental Crisis and Social Justice in the New Nuclear Age: Contemporary Legacies of Rachel Carson and Jonathan Schell
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\n<\/td>		Nan Kim<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>Out of Sight: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee<\/td>Ermitte Saint Jacques and Robert Smith<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, Marquette University Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>The Comforts of Heritage: Race, Tourism, and Memory in the American South<\/td>Shevaun Watson<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>Mapping Racism and Resistance in Milwaukee County: Struggles Over Racism and Real Estate in the Urban North<\/td>Anne Bonds, Derek Handley, Reggie Jackson, Lawrence Hoffman
\n<\/td>		51ÁÔÆæ Department of Geography; 51ÁÔÆæ Department of English; Nurturing Diversity Partners, LLC; Groundwork Milwaukee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>Separate & Not Equal: Racism and Health Equity in Milwaukee<\/td>Lynne Woerhle, Darryl Davidson, Julie Ellis, Sandra Millon-Underwood, Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, Paru Shah, Jeylan Turkoglu, Renee Walker, Nicole Brookshire, Marques Hogans Sr.<\/td>College of Nursing; City of Milwaukee Community Engagement Achievement Collaborative; College of Nursing; College of Nursing; College of Nursing; College of Letters and Science Political Science; College of Nursing; Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health; Brookshire Customized Solutions, LLC.; Milwaukee County Office on
\nAfrican American Affairs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>No Justice: Public Policies that Create a Low-Wage Workforce and Demonize the Poor<\/td>Gwen Moore<\/td>U.S. Congresswoman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>When Visions of Justice Collide: The Kinnickinnic River Box Tunnel Controversy, 1929-1932<\/td>Ryan Holifield<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Geography<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>Afro-Brazilian YouTubers & Digital Social Justice Activism<\/td>Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Africology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>Transforming Justice: Youth-led Analysis of Mass Criminalization in Milwaukee<\/td>Anne Bonds, Lorraine Halinka Malcoe, Jenna M. Loyd, Jenny Plevin, and Robert Smith<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Geography; 51ÁÔÆæ Zilber School of Public Health; 51ÁÔÆæ Zilber School of Public Health; doc|51ÁÔÆæ; and 51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>Social Justice Activism among Muslims in Milwaukee<\/td>Caroline Seymour-Jorn, Anna Mansson McGinty, and Kristin M. Sziarto<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature; 51ÁÔÆæ Department of Geography; 51ÁÔÆæ Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>Preparing for the Great Incarceration: The Criminalization of African American Youth, 1940-1970<\/td>Joe Austin<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>Access to Justice: How Lawyers Matter in Civil Proceedings for Low-Income Litigants<\/td>David J. Pate, Jr.<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Social Work<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>Ni de aqui ni de alla: Forging Identity in Milwaukee\u2019s Latino Immigrant Community<\/td>Raoul Deal<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Art and Design<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>To Mitigate the Harshness: Transnational Legal Efforts in the Fight Against Apartheid<\/td>Robert S. Smith<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>Charlotte Partridge and the Layton School: Art and the Practice of Social Engagement<\/td>Arijit Sen<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Architecture and Urban Planning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>Wisconsin\u2019s Progressive Tradition and a Century of Reform<\/td>Russ Feingold<\/td>U.S. Senator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>Red Networks Women Writers and the Broadcast Blacklist<\/td>Carol Stabile<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of English and the Center for the Study of Women in Society University of Oregon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>Three Strikes: Female, Substance-Using, and in Jail<\/td>Audrey Begun and Susan Rose<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Social Work<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>Illegal Minds: Denizenship and the Access of Undocumented Students to Public Higher Education<\/td>Rachel Ida Buff<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>Starving for Revolution: The Milwaukee Black Panther Party\u2019s Struggle to Feed the Hungry<\/td>Nik Heynen<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Geography<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>Socialism in the City: The Original \u201cMilwaukee Idea\u201d<\/td>Jasmine Alinder and Aims McGuinness<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>The City Upon The Hill\u2026 In the Dale, and On the Belt: From the Three Greenbelt Towns, Lessons for Today\u2019s Community Builders<\/td>Sherry Ahrentzen<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ School of Architecture and Urban Planning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>FDR\u2019s Forgotten Experiment: Communicating about the New Deal<\/td>Mordecai Lee<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ School of Continuing Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>Social Justice in a Global Environment<\/td>Markos J. Mamalakis<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Economics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>The Fairer Sex in the Ivory Tower: Factors Influencing Social Justice for Women in Academia: The Results of a National Survey<\/td>Rhea Steinpreis<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Psychology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>The CORE of James Farmer: Humanist, Freedom Warrior<\/td>Detine L. Bowers<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Communication<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>Dorothy Enderis: The Lady of the Lighted Schoolhouse<\/td>Fran Coffey Stanat<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Human Kinetics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>Replacing Welfare with Work in the WPA: The Handicraft Project that Made Milwaukee Famous<\/td>Lois M. Quinn<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Employment & Training Institute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>The American Indian and Social Justice \u2014 A Moderated Panel Discussion<\/td>Diane Amor (Moderator), Fred Muscavitch, Jacqueline Schellinger, Don Green<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>Forward Women: Winning the Wisconsin Campaign for the Country\u2019s First Equal Rights Ammendment, 1921<\/td>Genevieve G. McBride<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Mass Communication<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>The Political Legacy of Golda Meir<\/td>Abba Eban<\/td>Former Israel Ambasador to the United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>Under Fire: African American Women Firefighters<\/td>Janice D. Yoder<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Psychology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>Democracy in the American Workplace: The 1930s and 1980s<\/td>Robert Drago<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Economics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>Crisis Papers: Southern Editorial Leaders in the Civil Rights Struggle<\/td>Stephen Zeigler<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Mass Communications<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>A Decent Provision for the Poor is the True Test of Civilization: The Poorhouse in Wisconsin, 1848-1893<\/td>Nancy Hubbard<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Architecture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>Toward a Better Beer Hall: Social Democracy from Berlin to Milwaukee<\/td>Gareth A. Shellman<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Institute of World Affairs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>Spinning Gold into Straw: The Growth of Pedagogic Studies and the Decline of Urban Schools<\/td>Martin Haberman<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Curriculum and Instruction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>Shopping in the Machine Age: Chain Stores, Consumerism, and the Politics of Business Reform, 1920-1939<\/td>Terry G. Radtke<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>The Jewish Issue in American-Russian Commercial Relations 1911 and 1974<\/td>Ann E. Healy<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>The Hidden Curricula: Prejudice and Suppression Perpetuated Through Children\u2019s Toys Commercially Distributed in the United States Between 1865 and 1940<\/td>Rolf Hickman<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ School of Fine Arts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>A Confusion of Voices: Reform Movements and the World\u2019s Columbian Exposition of 1893<\/td>Frank A. Cassell<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/td>The Quest for Social Justice: The Convict Labor Issue in the Progressive State, 1850-1934<\/td>John A. Conley<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Criminal Justice Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>Sabato Morais and Social Justice in Philadelphia, 1865-1897<\/td>Alan D. Corre<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Hebrew Studies Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>Bertrand Russell, America, and the Idea of Social Justice<\/td>Roland N. Stromberg<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>F.D.R., W.P.A. and Wisconsin Art of the Depression<\/td>Robert Bunkert<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ School of Fine Arts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>Utopia Comes to the Masses: Huey P. Long\u2019s Share-Our-Wealth Society<\/td>Glen S. Jeansonne<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>Books for New Citizens: Public Libraries and Americanization Programs, 1905-1925<\/td>Elaine Fain<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ School of Library Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>The Menorah Journal Group and the Origins of Modern Jewish-American Radicalism<\/td>Mark L. Krupnick<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976<\/td>Reconstruction, Reform and Romanism, 1865-1885: America as Seen by an Irish-American and His Irish M.P. Cousin<\/td>Janet Egleson Dunleavy and Gareth W. Dunleavy<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>The University and the Social Gospel: The Intellectual Origins of the Wisconsin Idea<\/td>J. David Hoeveler, Jr.<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/td>Progressives, Socialists, and the Milwaukee Poles<\/td>Donald Pienkos<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Political Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>Sentencing the Unpatriotic: Federal Trial Judges in Wisconsin During Four Wars<\/td>Beverly Blair Cook<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of Political Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\"Tell Them We are Rising.\" The Afro-American Idea of Progress, 1895-1915<\/td>Walter B. Weare<\/td>51ÁÔÆæ Department of History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>Consumer Mass Politics: A New Look at \u201cOld Bob\u201d La Follette<\/td>David Thelen<\/td>University of Missouri, Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>The Historic Role of Constitutional Liberalism in the Quest for Social Justice<\/td>Wayne Morse<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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