Collaborations
We collaborate with various centers, departments, and institutes across campus to ensure that diverse and vital perspectives on ethical issues are explored and elevated. Signature partnerships include the Lowell Humanities Series and the Park Street Corporation Series, which bring thought-provoking speakers and timely conversations to the Boston College community.
FALL 2025
Past Speakers
The American Dream Event Series (Part I-III)
Part I: The Fight for Civil Rights, Social Justice, and Labor Equality featuring Christine Chavez, Civil Rights & Labor Movement Activist.
Presented with the BAIC-HHM Committee and Latinos@BC
Part II: Salt of the Earth (1954) with respondents Prof. John Michalczyk and Prof. Cynthia Lyerly.
Presented with the History and Fine Arts Departments
Part III: The Labor Movement: From Yesterday to Today with panelists Barry Bluestone, Northeastern University, Donna Blythe-Shaw, United Steelworkers of America Union, Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, 1st Suffolk District, Lynn Johnson, Boston College, David Twomey, Boston College Moderator: Ben Birnbaum, Boston College.
Presented with the Theater Department
A Dialogue on Vocation featuring Jack Griffin, President of Meredith Publishing and Ken Hackett, President of Catholic Relief Services
Presented with the Intersections Program
A Path Appears: Reporting on Gender Inequities and Global Health featuring Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalists & Human Rights Advocates
Presented with the Park Street Corporation Series
An Unknown Future featuring Gareth Cook, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Michele Goodwin, DePaul College of Law Professor, and Michael Moreland, Villanova School of Law Professor and former domestic policy advisor to President George W. Bush
Presented with the Theatre Department and the Robsham Theatre Arts Center
Carol Anderson, Professor, Emory University and Author, One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy
Presented with the Lowell Humanties Series and the History Department
Francisco Aristeguieta, CEO of Citigroup Latin America
Presented with the Latin American Business Club, AHANA, BCES, ENACTUS, The Organization of Latin American Affairs, and Heights Capital
Ben Austen, Author, High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
Presented with the Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate & Urban Action, and the Institute for the Liberal Arts
Rev. John Baumann, S.J., Co-founder, PICO International
Presented with the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Katherine Boo, Staff writer, New Yorker
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Howard Bunsis, Chair of the AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress, Show Us the Money! University Financial Statements
Presented with BCAAUP, the Faculty Compensation Committee, the Department of History
Geoffrey Canada, Educator
Presented with Students for Education Reform
Francisco Cantú, Author, The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Sarah Chayes, Author, Thieves of State: Why CorruptionThreatens Global Security
Presented with the Islamic Civilization and Societies
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Author, Between the World and Me
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Tina Corea and Lora Krsulich, BC Women in Newark: Alternative Career Paths in Urban Policy & Politics
Presented with the Department of Political Science
David Cowan, Setting the Agenda for Global Dialogue: A Theoretical and Practical Approach to Business Ethics in Saudi Arabia
Presented with the Islamic Civilization and Societies Program and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
Anna Deavere Smith, Professor, Playwright and Actor
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Sylvia Earle, DSc, Marine biologist & explorer, and Author
Presented with EcoPledge, Environmental Studies Department, and BC Dining
Steve Eisman, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Neuberger Berman and featured in the movie The Big Short
Presented with the BC Economics Association
Forensics and Accounting Ethics
Presented with the Accounting Department
From Plurality to Solidarity through Justice: How faith-based community organizing amid diversity of faith and ethnicity can inform theological discourse and the practice of ministry.
Maria Hinojosa, Journalist
Presented with the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy
Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Prelude to the Holocaust
Presented with the Institute for the Liberal Arts, Center for Human Rights and International Justice, BC Law School /Holocaust Project, Jewish Studies Program, Film Studies Program, Woods College of Advancing Studies, and more.
Dick and Rick Hoyt, Father and Son Marathon Team
Presented with the Campus School Volunteers
Anthony Jack, Author and Professor, Boston University
Presented with the Pine Manor Institute for Student Success
Meb Keflezighi, US Marathoner
Presented with Share Your Sport and WeRunBC
Nicholas Kristof, Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Reacting to Slavery in the 21st Century
Presented with Boston College R.E.A.C.T., AID, SASA, Asian Caucus, Slavic Club, Amnesty International
Leading for Social Impact featuring Ben Hecht, President & CEO, Living Cities and Sarah Smith, Director, Mercy Investment Services.
Presented with the Center for Social Innovation and the Institute for the Liberal Arts
Leading Women: Breaking Barriers in Athletics featuring Laura Gentile, MBA'96, Founder and Senior VP, espnW and Dr. Jen Welter '00, First Female NFL Coach
Presented with Boston College Women's Summit: Own It
Legally Blind: Law, Ethics, and the Third Reich: A conference on Nazi Law as it impacts upon Civil Law, Race, Medicine, and Religion.
Presented with the Fine Arts Department and the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy
Fr. Raymond G. Helmick, S.J. Inaugural Memorial Lecture: Religion and Conflict Transformation featuring David Little, Research Fellow, Georgetown University
Presented with the Center for Human Rights and International Justice; Faith, Peace and Justice Program; Film Studies Program Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries; Knights of the Holy Sepulcher; Rotary Club of Scituate, MA and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
Chris Lowney, Author, Heroic Living: Discover Your Purpose and Change the World
Presented with the Intersections Project
Madan Sara Film Screening and Discussion
Presented with L'Association Haitienne de Boston College, African & African Diaspora Studies, Forum on Racial Justice, Women's Center, and the Office of Global Engagement.
Dannel P. Malloy '77, Law'80, P'15, Governor of Connecticut (2011-2019)
Presented with the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy
Gina McCarthy, Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
Presented with Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies Program, International Studies Program, Institute for the Liberal Arts, Jesuit Institute, the Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action, and the Park Street Corporation Speaker Series.
Liz McCartney '94, 2008 CNN "Hero of the Year," Lessons Learned From Katrina
Presented with the BC Alumni Association
Bill McKibben, Author, Educator, and Environmentalist
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series and Ecopledge
María Emma Mejía, United Nations Permanent Colombia Representative
Presented with the Latin American Business Club, AHANA, BCES, ENACTUS, The Organization of Latin American Affairs, and Heights Capital
Reuben Jonathan Miller, Author and Professor, University of Michigan
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series and PULSE Program
Cullen Murphy, Author, Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America
Presented with the History and Political Science Departments
Bill Plunkert '68, Former CIA agent
Presented with the History Department, Political Science Department and the International Studies Program
Professional Responsibility, Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Leadership in Clinical Ethics: Conference provided health care and allied professionals and pre-professional students with the tools to recognize the ethical content of care-giving situations.
Presented with the Connell School of Nursing
Pueblos Originales: Cultural and Civic Challenges
Presented with The Organization of Latin American Affairs
Race, Sports, and Politics: Confronting Injustice in the History of Boston
Presented with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Committee, Athletics Department & Office of Student-Athlete Academic Services, Brockton Historical Society, and Brockton Area Branch NAACP
Robert Reich, Inequality for All
Presented with the Boston College Civic Engagement Initiative
Dr. Salamisha Tillet and Scheherazade Tillet, Co- Founders, A Long Walk Home, Inc.
Presented with African and African Diaspora Studies
Joanne Scheff Bernstein, Interim Executive Director, Lake Forest Symphony, Illinois Leadership in Arts Marketing, Leadership in Arts Marketing
Presented with the Boston College Arts Council
Vandana Shiva, Environmental Activist and Author
Presented as part of the Rewilding Planet Earth Series
Rebecca Skloot, Author, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Filmmaker, ‘Miss Representation’ & Girls’ Advocate
Presented with BC Student Affairs
Elizabeth Smart, Activist and Author
Presented with the Science Club for Girls, R.E.A.C.T., FISTS, Sharps, To Write Love on Her Arms, I Am That Girl, WRC, UGBC and Strong Women, Strong Girls
Bryan Stevenson, Author, Just Mercy & Founder, Equal Justice Initiative
Presented with the Lowelly Humanities Series and PULSE Program
The Crisis in Nicaragua
Presented with The Organization of Latin American Affairs
The Race of Our Lives: Confronting and Solving the Global Climate Crisis
Panelists: Jeremy Grantham, Grantham, Mayo, & van Otterloo, James Hansen, Columbia University, and Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University, Moderator: Juliet Schor, Boston College
Presented with the Environmental Studies
Miles Taylor, White House Whistleblower and Author, Warning
Presented with the Political Science Department
Krista Tippett, Author
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Paul Tough, Author
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Venezuela: The Origins, Development and Future of the Crisis
Presented with The Organization of Latin American Affairs
Isabel Wilkerson, Author
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Quinton Zondervan, Cambridge City Councilor
Presented with the Office of Sustainability