Spring 2010 SSF Events


February 8, 2010

Rebecca M. Blank, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce

Counting America: The 2010 Census

February 11, 2010

Robert Holmes, Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Clark Atlanta University

Mayoral Leadership During A Crisis: Lessons from Atlanta’s First Black Mayor, Maynard Jackson

February 24, 2010

William Thomas, Professor, Erickson School of Aging Studies, UMBC

Changing the Culture of Aging

March 8, 2010

Hanne Blank, writer and historian

Followed by a conversation with Emek Ergun, PhD Candidate, Language Literacy and Culture Program, UMBC

Virgin Territory: On Writing the First History of Virginity Hanne Blank, writer and historian

March 22, 2010

Olivia Golden, Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute

Co-sponsored by the Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program

Reforming Child Welfare

April 15, 2010

Paul Joskow; President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics and Management, MIT

Greenhouse Gases: Policy and Economics

April 19, 2010

Thomas McLellan, Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy

Executive Office of the President of the United States

National Drug Demand Reduction Priorities: Implications for the Nation, the Community, and Providers

May 5, 2010

Woody Holton, Professor of History, University of Richmond

Abigail Adams