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Michael Arcuri
Congressman-elect
Fall 2006
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Chris Myers Asch
Co-Founder of the U.S. Public Service Academy
Fall 2007
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Elizabeth Frawley Bagley
Top Advisor with the U.S. Department of State and Former U.S. Ambassador to Portugal
Spring 2015
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William Banks
Internationally recognized expert on constitutional and national security law and counterterrorism
Fall 2005
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Paul Begala
Political Consultant and Commentator for CNN; Former Adviser to President Bill Clinton
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Dr. Susan Blumenthal
U.S. Assistant Surgeon General and Rear Admiral
Fall 2000
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Dan Boysen '11
Everytown for Gun Safety
Fall 2016
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Donna Brazile
Democratic Political Strategist
Spring 2016
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Susan Brison
Expert on Sexual Violence and Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Dartmouth College
Fall 2014
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Carol M. Browner
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Fall 2000
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Ray Burghardt
Former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam
Spring 2005
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James Carville LL.D. '13, P'17
and Mary Matalin P'17
Political Strategists
Fall 2016
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Mary Matalin and James Carville
Political Strategists
Fall 2014
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Eleanor Clift
Newsweek Contributing Editor, Regular Panelist on “The McLaughlin Group,” and Author
Fall 2012
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
First Lady
Spring 2000
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Billy Collins
Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001-2003
Spring 2008
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Neal Conan and Ken Rudin
Political Junkie Road Show
Fall 2014
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Anthony Cortese
Co-director of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment
Spring 2008
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Philippe Cousteau Jr.
Chief Executive Officer of EarthEcho International
Spring 2011
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Andrew M. Cuomo
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Fall 2000
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Kerry Kennedy Cuomo
Human Rights Activist and Author
Fall 2001
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The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry ’75
27th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Fall 2016
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Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire
Force Commander for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda
Spring 2012
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Bairbre de Brún
Member of Sinn Féin
Spring 2006
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Gov. Howard Dean
Former Governor of Vermont and Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Spring 2010
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Patrick Deneen
Professor and Author
Spring 2024
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Karen DeWitt
Award-winning ABC News Journalist
Spring 2000
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David N. Dinkins
Former Mayor of New York City; Professor at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Fall 2000
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E. J. Dionne
Washington Post Opinion Writer
Spring 2012
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Sam Donaldson
Journalist; ABC News White House Correspondent
Spring 2000
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Robert Drinan, S.J.
Professor of Law at Georgetown University
Spring 2000
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Michael Dukakis
1988 Democratic Presidential Nominee; Former Governor of Massachusetts
Fall 2000
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Election 2000: A Closer Look
Rick Davis, Congressman James P. McGovern and Andy Hiller
Fall 2000
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Michael Elliott
TIME International Editor
Spring 2009
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Barbara Ferris
Founder and President of the International Women’s Democracy Center (IWDC)
Fall 2003
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The Hon. Shireen Avis Fisher '70
Justice of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone
Fall 2015
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William A. Galston
Wall Street Journal Political Theorist and Writer
Fall 2014
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David Gergen
Commentator, Editor, Teacher, Public Servant, Best-selling Author and Adviser to Presidents
Spring 2003
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Ellen Gustafson
Founder and Executive Director of the 30 Project
Fall 2011
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Hands on the Freedom Plow: the Women of SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Fall 2012
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Senator Tom Harkin
U.S. Senator
Fall 2016
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Stephen Hess
Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Emeritus of Governance Studies
Spring 2009
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Jim Hightower
National Radio Commentator, Columnist and Author
Fall 2003
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John Hockenberry
Journalist
Spring 2011
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Rep. Amo Houghton and Senator Jack Reed
A Window on Washington
Spring 2003
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Christopher Howard
President of Hampden-Sydney College
Spring 2013
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John Hume
1998 Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize; 2001 Recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize
Spring 2002
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Swanee Hunt
Former US Ambassador to Austria; Director of the Women and Public Policy Program (WAPP) at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government
Spring 2006
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CARRIE JAMES ’92
Author, Research Associate and Principal Investigator at Harvard’s Project Zero
Fall 2023
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William A. Johnson Jr.
Mayor, City of Rochester, New York
Spring 2005
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James A. Joseph
Civil Rights Pioneer, Renowned scholar and former Ambassador to South Africa
Fall 2006
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Elaine Kamarck
Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Fall 2004
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Mark Katz
Writer and Author
Spring 2000
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Victoria Reggie Kennedy
Legal Strategist and Financial Attorney
Fall 2014
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SCOTT KEOGH '91
Scout Motors President and CEO
Fall 2023
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Alan Keyes
Former Republican Presidential Candidate
Fall 2001
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Alan Khazei
Co-founder of City Year and founder of Be the Change, Inc.
Fall 2012
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Michael Kimmel
Distinguished professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Stony Brook University
Spring 2015
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"The Kite Runner"
Adapted from the book by Khaled Hosseini
Fall 2007
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Jonathan Kozol
Award-winning Author
Spring 2001
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Matt Lamanna '97
Paleontologist
Spring 2007
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Eric Liu
Author and founder of the Guiding Lights Project
Spring 2005
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Wangari Maathai Sc.D. '94, P'94, P'96
2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of The Green Belt Movement
Spring 2008
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Charles MacCormack
President and chief executive officer of Save the Children Federation, Inc.
Spring 2004
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Angelo Mancuso
Writer, Producer and Director of “American Harvest”
Fall 2007
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"Mayoral Candidates, A Conversation"
Featuring the three candidates running for mayor of Geneva
Fall 2007
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Colman McCarthy
Syndicated Columnist and Former Editorial Page Reporter, Washington Post
Fall 2002
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George McGovern
United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Spring 2002
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Rev. Dr. Marvin A. McMickle
Political Activist and Author
Spring 2013
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Harold Middlebrook
Friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Active in the Civil Rights Movement
Spring 2012
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Janet Murguía
President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza
Spring 2006
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Dee Dee Myers
Former White House Press Secretary, Political Analyst and Commentator
Spring 2004
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Svante L. Myrick
Ithaca Mayor and HWS Presidential Fellow
Spring 2016
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Svante L. Myrick
City of Ithaca's youngest Mayor and first Mayor of color
Spring 2013
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Brigitte Nacos, Peter Bergen, John Fielding
Terrorism and the Media
Spring 2007
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Ralph Nader
Consumer Activist; 2000 Presidential Candidate for the Green Party
Fall 2000
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Adam Nagourney
Political Writer
Spring 2008
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Grover Norquist
Conservative Activist; President of Americans for Tax Reform
Fall 2003
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Lucius Outlaw
Social and Political Philosopher
Fall 2008
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Susan Page
Washington Bureau Chief of USA Today
Fall 2008
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Thomas E. Patterson
Harvard Professor and Author
Fall 2004
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Bill Plante
Emmy Award Winner; CBS News White House Correspondent
Spring 2001
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Kathy Platoni '74
Hypnotherapy and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment expert
Spring 2014
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Wendy Puriefoy '71
President of the Public Education Network
Fall 2007
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Todd S. Purdum
Senior Writer at POLITICO and contributing editor at Vanity Fair
Spring 2014
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David Oliver Relin
Journalist and Author
Spring 2010
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Cecile Richards
President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Spring 2013
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Bishop V. Gene Robinson
9th bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church
Spring 2011
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Dick Rosenbaum '52, P'86
Nixon Peadbody LLP Senior Counsel and Former GOP Chairman for New York State
Fall 2008
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Daniel L. Rosensweig '83
President and CEO of Chegg and former HWS Trustee
Spring 2017
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Daniel L. Rosensweig '83
Accomplished Internet Entrepreneur
Spring 2011
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Steven Rothstein
Executive Director of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Spring 2017
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Gus Schumacher
Former Undersecretary of Agriculture
Spring 2014
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Cleveland L. Sellers Jr.
President of Voorhees College
Fall 2013
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Frank Sesno
CNN Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief
Fall 2001
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Donna E. Shalala
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; Next president of the University of Miami
Fall 2000
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Judy Shepard
Gay rights advocate and mother of Matthew Shepard
Spring 2013
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Bill Shore
Founder and executive director of Share Our Strength; Author
Spring 2004
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Timothy P. Shriver
Chairman of Special Olympics
Fall 2011
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Victor Simpson '63
Former Rome Bureau Chief for the Associated Press
Spring 2014
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Jamal Simmons
Political Analyst and Journalist
Fall 2012
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Silda Wall Spitzer
First Lady of New York
Spring 2008
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Louise Slaughter
Congresswoman
Spring 2000
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Nancy Soderberg
Expert on U.S. Foreign Policy
Spring 2003
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Joe Solmonese
President, Human Rights Campaign
Spring 2006
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Vikki N. Spruill P'12
President and CEO of the Ocean Conservancy
Spring 2010
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George Stephanopoulos
ABC's Good Morning America Anchor and Chief Political Correspondent
Fall 2011
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Charles Stith
Former U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania
Fall 2002
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Deborah Tall and Steve Kuusisto '78
Authors and Professors
Fall 2006
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Michael Tanner
Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute
Spring 2010
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Helen Thomas
Journalist; Correspondent for United Press International and White House Bureau Chief
Spring 2003
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Chuck Todd
Chief White House Correspondent and Political Director for NBC News
Fall 2010
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Robin Toner
Writer for the New York Times, Washington Bureau
Fall 2004
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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland; Daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel
Fall 2009
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Ronald A. Tschetter
Director of the Peace Corps
Fall 2007
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Gaddi Vasquez
Peace Corps Director
Spring 2004
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Melanne Verveer
U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
Spring 2011
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John Della Volpe
Director of Polling at Harvard University's Institute of Politics (IOP) and Founder and CEO of SocialSphere, Inc.
Fall 2016
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Tara Wall
The Washington Times' Deputy Editorial Page Editor and Columnist
Spring 2009
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James Walsh & Niall O'Dowd
Congressman (Walsh); Publisher and Analyst (O'Dowd)
Spring 2000
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Lovely A. Warren
Rochester Mayor
Spring 2016
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Cornel West
New York Times best-selling author
Fall 2009
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"The 'Real' West Wing"
Former White House staffers and a Washington Post Reporter
Spring 2003
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Bill Whitaker '73, L.H.D. '97
60 Minutes Correspondent and HWS Trustee
Fall 2015
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Nancy L. Zimpher
Chancellor of the State University of New York
Spring 2015
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