Events

David Goldblatt is a University Lecturer, sociologist, journalist, and author. In 2015, Goldblatt won the William Hill  Book of Sports Award of the Year for "The Game of our lives" and was acclaimed by the Sunday Times as "the best football historian there has ever been."

Jeremy Kagan is a film and television director, writer and producer. He is the Founder of the Change Making Media Lab and Professor at the School of Cinematic Arts, USC. He is the Chairperson of Special Projects for the DGA.

Kelly Sims Gallagher ‘95 came back to Oxy to discuss environmental diplomacy in the context of U.S.-China relations as detailed in her recent book co-authored by Xiaowei Xuan: Titans of the Climate: Explaining Policy Process in the United States and China.

Chelsea Moore is a PHD Candidate at the University of Washington.  Her current research focuses on the relationship between law and the regulation of sexuality with a particular emphasis on sex offense laws. Chelsea is a Comparative Law & Society Studies Center Fellow and a Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race Fellow.

As part of the Oxy Global LGBTQ Speaker Series, Dennis Altman spoke to students on the American role in global queer politics.

Stephen Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of International Affairs at Harvard University, author of several books on US Foreign Policy and a regular contributor to Foreign Policy Magazine. Most recently, he is the author of "The Hell of Good Intentions - America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy"

As the Keynote Speaker for Oxy UN Week 2019, Ambassador Melanne Verveer spoke to students about gender in the Sustainable Development Goals.

Rick Cole '78 is the City Manager of Santa Monica, former Mayor of Pasadena

Sarah Portnoy is expert on Latino culture, author of Food, Health, and Culture in Los Angeles.

Heidi Nichols Haddad is a Professor of Politics at Pomona College.