September 13, 2004
Rogers Smith, Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
On a Mission from God? The Story of American Peoplehood Today
October 14, 2004
Helen Ladd, Associate Director, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy
Professor of Public Policy Studies and Economics, Duke University
Race and Education Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa
October 18, 2004
Meredith McGehee, Executive Director, Alliance for Better Campaigns
Our Democracy, Our Airwaves
October 27, 2004
Interdisciplinary Studies Mosaic Roundtable
Featuring UMBC faculty Tom Schaller, Political Science; Chris Corbett, English; Jason Loviglio, American Studies; Moderator Susan Dwyer, Philosophy and Terry Eastland, publisher of The Weekly Standard
Bias and the Media
October 28, 2004
Housing and Neighborhood Roundtable
Community Building by Design: Affordable Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization in the Baltimore-Washington Area
November 9, 2004
Azar Nafisi, Author and Visiting Fellow
Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
Reading Lolita in Tehran
November 11, 2004
William Baumol, Professor of Economics, New York University
Emeritus Professor of Economics, Princeton University
Independent Entrepreneurs and Giant Enterprises: The David-Goliath Partnership
November 16,2004
Scott Stossel, Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly
Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver
December 8, 2004
Ron Andersen, Professor of Health Services and Sociology
UCLA School of Public Health