| Speaker |
School or Dept. |
Possible Topic Areas |
| Bruce Ackerman |
Law |
Civil liberty in an age of terrorism |
| Jay Ague |
Peabody Museum, Geology & Geophysics |
Sustainable energy; mineralogy |
| Bruce Alexander |
ONHSA |
Yale and New Haven |
| Elizabeth Alexander |
African-American Studies, English |
American poetry |
| Suzanne Alonzo |
E&E Biology |
Evolution of reproductive traits |
| Robert J. Alpern |
Medicine |
Yale School of Medicine |
| Sidney Altman |
Chemistry, Biology |
Biophysical chemistry at Yale |
| Abbas Amanat |
History |
Middle East culture; modern Iran |
| Akhil Amar |
Law |
U.S. presidency; the Constitution |
| Paul T. Anastas |
F&ES, Chemistry |
Green chemistry, green engineering |
| Thomas Appelquist |
Physics |
Theoretical physics at Yale |
| Harold Attridge |
Divinity |
The Bible; Yale Divinity School |
| Ian Ayres |
Law, Management |
Economic incentives; using everyday ingenuity to solve problems |
| Omer Bajwa |
Chaplain’s Office |
Muslim life at Yale |
| Jack Balkin |
Law |
Constitutional law; the First Amendment |
| Emily Bakemeier |
Provost’s Office |
The humanities at Yale |
| Nicholas C. Barberis |
Management |
Psychology of the financial crisis |
| Timothy Barringer |
History of Art |
Art and the British empire |
| Tom Beckett |
Athletics |
Athletics at Yale |
| Robert Beloin |
Chaplain’s Office |
Catholic life at Yale |
| Richard C. Benson |
Art |
Photography |
| David Bercovici |
Geology & Geophysics |
The science of natural disasters |
| Murray J. Biggs |
Theater Studies, English |
Actors at work |
| Bruce Blair |
Chaplain’s Office |
Buddhist life at Yale |
| David W. Blight |
History |
The Civil War; slavery |
| R. Howard Bloch |
Medieval Studies, French |
The Bayeux Tapestry |
| Robert L. Blocker |
Music |
Music at Yale; teaching music in public schools |
| Paul Bloom |
Psychology |
The psychology of good and evil |
| Kent Bloomer |
Architecture |
Architectural ornamentation |
| Gerhard Böwering |
Religious Studies |
Islam today; the Koran |
| Paul Bracken |
Management, Political Science |
Business strategy; nuclear proliferation |
| Elizabeth Bradley |
Public Health |
Yale’s global health Initiatives |
| Mark Brandon |
Geology & Geophysics |
Glaciers; tectonic evolution |
| Jeffrey B. Brenzel |
Yale College |
Yale College admissions |
| Garry Brewer |
Management |
Business and the environment |
| Derek Briggs |
Peabody Museum |
What’s new at the Peabody |
| David Bromwich |
English |
Shakespeare; Emerson; Shelley; Orson Welles |
| Heidi Brooks |
Management, Medicine |
Business coaching and development; women at Yale |
| Peter Brooks |
Comparative Lit., French |
Literary criticism at Yale |
| Turner Brooks |
Architecture |
Experiencing architectural space |
| Khalilah Brown-Dean |
African-American Studies, Political Science |
Politics and the U.S. criminal justice system |
| Kelly Brownell |
Medicine |
The American diet; food policy |
| James Bundy |
Drama |
Trends in American theater |
| Richard Burger |
Anthropology |
Machu Picchu |
| Paul Bushkovitch |
History |
Russian history |
| Leo Buss |
Peabody Museum, E&E Biology |
Invertebrates at the Peabody |
| Daniel Butler |
Political Science |
Public officials’ behavior in U.S. politics |
| Jon Butler |
American Studies, Religious Studies |
Religion in America today |
| Daylian Cain |
Management |
Behavioral business ethics |
| David R. Cameron |
Political Science |
The European Union today |
| Jill Campbell |
English, Women’s/Gender Studies |
18th-century British literature; teaching reading and writing |
| Hazel V. Carby |
African-American Studies, American Studies |
African-American studies at Yale |
| John Carlson |
MC&D Biology |
Malaria, mosquitoes and the sense of smell |
| Stephen Carter |
Law |
Democracy’s choice: books or bumper stickers |
| Nayan Chanda |
YCSG |
Globalization; Asian politics, security and foreign policy |
| George Chauncey |
American Studies, History |
Modern U.S. history; gay and lesbian history |
| Marian R. Chertow |
F&ES |
Asian economic power and the environment |
| Annping Chin |
History |
Women in Chinese history |
| Amy L. Chua |
Law |
The rise and fall of hyperpowers; Asia’s future |
| Marvin Chun |
Psychology |
Visual attention, memory and perception |
| Paul Cleary |
Public Health |
Future of U.S. health and healthcare |
| James P. Comer |
Medicine |
How schools, parents and community can collaborate for children’s success |
| Edward S. Cooke |
History of Art |
American material culture and decorative arts |
| Peter Crane |
F&ES |
Update from the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies |
| Craig Martin Crews |
Medicine, Chemistry |
Raiding Mother Nature’s cabinet |
| Joseph L. Cumming |
Divinity |
Is Middle East peace possible? |
| John Darnell |
Egyptology |
Yale’s excavations in Egypt |
| Deborah Davis |
Sociology |
China’s consumer revolution |
| Stephen J. Davis |
Religious Studies |
Early Christian history |
| Michael Donoghue |
E&E Biology |
Plant diversity and evolution |
| Toni Dorfman |
Theater Studies |
Yale’s theater scene |
| Julie Dorsey |
Computer Science |
Computer graphics and animation; computers and art |
| Thomas C. Duffy |
Music |
Yale’s bands; Glenn Miller at Yale |
| Thomas P. Duffy |
Medicine |
Ethics of stem cell research; doctor-patient relationships |
| Carlos Eire |
History, Religious Studies |
Cuban exiles; church history |
| Stanley Eisenstat |
Computer Science |
How to cheat at Hangman, and other great ideas from computer science |
| Menachem Elimelech |
Engineering |
Environmental applications of nanomaterials; water and sanitation in developing countries |
| Donald Engelman |
MB&B |
Membrane and protein research at Yale |
| Joseph Errington |
Anthropology, Linguistics |
Patterns of social and language change |
| David Evans |
Geology & Geophysics |
Geodynamics and tectonics; climate change |
| Ronald Eyerman |
Sociology |
How culture structures our social life and problems |
| Ray Fair |
Management, Economics |
Effects of the economy on national politics |
| John Mack Faragher |
History |
History of the American West; Yale’s Western Americana collections |
| Cynthia Farrar |
Political Science |
History of democracy |
| Margot Fassler |
Divinity, Music |
Medieval and American sacred music |
| Debra Fischer |
Astronomy |
Life in the universe; exoplanets |
| Durland Fish |
F&ES, Public Health |
Ecology; disease prevention; climate change; ticks, mosquitoes |
| Owen Fiss |
Law |
Freedom of speech; racism in America |
| Daphne Fitzpatrick |
Art |
Studying sculpture at Yale |
| Bonnie Fleming |
Physics |
Particle physics; teaching science to middle-schoolers |
| Paul Fleury |
Engineering |
Nanoscience; engineering at Yale |
| Hugh Flick |
Religious Studies |
Being a residential college dean at Yale |
| William Foltz |
African Studies, Political Science |
Politics and ethnic conflict in Africa |
| Howard Forman |
Management, Medicine |
Health policy; economics of healthcare |
| Benjamin Foster |
Library |
Yale’s Babylonian collections |
| Karen Foster |
History of Art |
Yale’s Babylonian collections |
| Terri Francis |
African-American Studies, Film Studies |
American experimental cinema; Spike Lee |
| Roberta Frank |
English |
Major English poets; Old English; the Vikings |
| Paul H. Freedman |
History |
Medieval crusades and today’s conflicts |
| Joanne Freeman |
History |
How George Washington invented the Presidency |
| Kirk Freudenburg |
Classics |
Horace; studying the Classics at Yale |
| Paul Fry |
English |
Why do we need literature?; Romantic literature and painting |
| John Gaddis |
History |
Foreign policy; diplomacy |
| Beverly Gage |
History |
The day Wall Street exploded |
| Milette Gaifman |
Classics, History of Art |
Ancient Greek art and religious life |
| John Gambell |
University Printer, Art |
The Yale typeface; how Yale brands itself |
| Rosalinda Garcia |
Yale College |
The Latino experience at Yale |
| Alex Garvin |
Architecture |
Urban planning in U.S. cities |
| Jacques Gauthier |
Peabody Museum, Geology & Geophysics |
Yale, the birthplace of American dinosaur paleontology |
| John Geanakoplos |
Economics |
Can the financial system be saved? |
| Gordon Geballe |
F&ES |
The environment in China; the American lawn |
| Marla Geha |
Astronomy, Physics |
Frontiers and controversies in astrophysics |
| David Gelernter |
Computer Science |
The future of computing; technology as art |
| Tamar Gendler |
Philosophy |
Five ancient secrets to happiness |
| Aaron Gerow |
East Asian Lang. & Lit., Film Studies |
Japanese cinema and culture |
| Mark Gerstein |
Computer Science, MB&B |
Bioinformatics; quantitative approaches to problems in molecular biology |
| Paul Gerwitz |
Law |
The law in China today |
| Susan Gibbons |
Library |
Yale’s libraries |
| Glenda Gilmore |
African-American Studies, History |
Southern politics; civil rights history |
| Steven Girvin |
Physics, Applied Physics |
Engineering at Yale |
| Jay Gitlin |
History |
The American West |
| William Goetzmann |
Management |
Emerging markets; art as an investment |
| Walter Goffart |
History |
Barbarian kingdoms; early Middle Ages; historical atlases |
| Harvey Goldblatt |
Slavic Lang. & Lit. |
Medieval Slavic philology and culture |
| Mary Helen Goldsmith |
MC&D Biology |
Biology of plants |
| Roberto González Echevarría |
Comparative Lit. |
Spanish and Latin American literature; Cuban baseball; Yale aviation |
| Sara Goodyear |
English |
Romantic and Victorian poetry |
| Bruce Gordon |
Divinity, History |
The Reformation |
| Joseph Gordon |
Yale College Admin |
Undergraduate education at Yale |
| Thomas Graedel |
F&ES, Engineering |
Industrial ecology |
| Ronald Gregg |
Film Studies |
Classical Hollywood; gay cinema |
| Zareena Grewal |
American Studies, Religious Studies |
Muslim life in America today |
| Frank Griffel |
Religious Studies |
Islam; Islamic fundamentalism |
| John Grim |
F&ES, Religious Studies |
Religion and ecology |
| Veronika Grimm |
History |
Food and diet in Greco-Roman antiquity |
| Robert Grober |
Engineering |
Golf and Physics |
| Dimitri Gutas |
Arabic Studies |
Arabic and Islamic studies at Yale |
| Jacob Hacker |
Political Science |
American healthcare policy |
| Koichi Hamada |
Economics |
The international economic order; Japanese law and economics |
| Langdon Hammer |
English |
Writing daily themes at Yale |
| Valerie Hansen |
History |
Chinese archeology; Beijing in history |
| Clarence Hardy |
Divinity |
Black religious culture |
| Robert Harms |
African Studies, History |
Africa in the era of the slave trade |
| Peter Hawkins |
Divinity |
Dante; Old Testament poetry |
| James Hepokoski |
Music |
Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, then and now |
| Roy Herbst |
Medicine |
Yale at the forefront of treating cancer |
| Leo Hickey |
Peabody Museum, Geology & Geophysics |
Evolution and paleoecology of flowering plants |
| Andrew Hill |
Anthropology |
Human evolution in its ecological context |
| Charles Hill |
Int’l Security |
Diplomacy; terrorism |
| Lisa Hodermarsky |
Art Gallery |
American prints and drawings |
| Jonathan Holloway |
African-American Studies, History |
Yale’s residential colleges |
| Robert Holzer |
Music |
Music of the Italian Baroque; the Second Viennese School |
| Laurence Horn |
Linguistics |
Linguistics; semantics |
| Margaret Hostetter |
Medicine |
The Yale Children’s Hospital |
| Gregory Huber |
Political Science |
Crime and punishment in modern America |
| Paul Hudak |
Computer Science |
Computer music |
| Pincelli Hull |
Geology & Geophysics |
Evolution and ecology of marine life |
| Roger Ibbotson |
Management |
Asset allocation after the financial crisis |
| Jeannette Ickovics |
Public Health |
AIDS research at Yale |
| Gerald Jaynes |
African-American Studies, Economics |
Black affluence, black poverty |
| Walter Jetz |
E&E Biology |
Conservation biology; biodiversity |
| Marcia Johnson |
Psychology |
Human memory; emotion and cognition |
| James Jones |
Athletics |
Update on Yale Basketball |
| Gilbert Joseph |
History |
Latin America; NAFTA; Mexico |
| Shelly Kagan |
Philosophy |
Ethical obligations; social and political philosophy |
| Edward Kamens |
East Asian Lang. & Lit. |
Japanese literature |
| Dean Karlan |
Economics |
Fighting global poverty |
| David Scott Kastan |
English |
Shakespeare; Renaissance literature |
| Alan Kazdin |
Medicine |
Aggression and antisocial behavior in children |
| Frank Keil |
Psychology |
Linguistics and cognition |
| Stephen Kellert |
F&ES |
Green architecture; green buildings at Yale |
| William Kelly |
Anthropology, East Asian Lang. & Lit. |
Japanese culture, society and sports |
| Paul Kennedy |
History |
American strategic power |
| Haig Keshishian |
Medicine, MC&D Biology |
The brain: a user’s guide |
| Bettyann Kevles |
History |
History of science; women in space |
| Daniel Kevles |
History |
History of science, technology and intellectural property |
| Kenneth Kidd |
Medicine, E&E Biology |
Genetics of human disorders |
| Benedict Kiernan |
International Studies, History |
Genocide in world history |
| Diana Kleiner |
Classics, History of Art |
Cleopatra; women in ancient Rome |
| Diane Krause |
Medicine |
Stem cell research |
| Judith Krauss |
Nursing |
Health policy, healthcare organizations |
| Anthony Kronman |
Law |
Have our universities given up on the meaning of life? |
| Roman Kuc |
Engineering |
Intelligent sensors; digital data |
| Sharon Kugler |
Chaplain’s Office |
Religious life at Yale |
| Douglas Kysar |
Law |
Climate change laws; law and the environment |
| Marianne LaFrance |
Psychology |
Why do women smile more than men? |
| Pierre Landry |
Political Science |
Chinese politics |
| Jaime Lara |
Divinity |
Christian art and architecture; early Christianity |
| Stephen Latham |
Political Science, Management |
Current issues in bioethics |
| Penelope Laurans |
English |
Yale’s residential colleges |
| Erin Lavik |
Engineering, Medicine |
Tissue engineering |
| Adria Lawrence |
Political Science |
Middle East politics |
| David Leffell |
Medicine |
Dermatology at Yale |
| Richard Lifton |
Medicine |
Genes, genomes and the future of medicine |
| Haifan Lin |
Medicine |
Stem cell research at Yale |
| Marshall Long |
Engineering, Applied Physics |
Laser diagnostic techniques; combustion |
| Ellen Lust |
Political Science |
Middle East politics |
| Thomas Lynch |
Cancer Center |
Curing Cancer: The Yale Vision |
| John MacKay |
Film Studies, Slavic Lang. & Lit. |
Russian culture through film |
| Colleen Manassa |
Egyptology |
Fiction in ancient Egypt |
| Lawrence Manley |
English |
Shakespeare; 16th- and 17th-century British literature |
| Steven Marans |
Medicine |
Child psychiatry; protecting children in society |
| Theodore Marmor |
Political Science, Management |
Healthcare policy in the U.S. and Canada |
| Vasileios Marinis |
Divinity |
Christian art and architecture of the Middle Ages |
| Thomas Masse |
Provost’s Office |
The arts at Yale |
| Susan Matheson |
Art Gallery, Classics |
Ancient art in Yale’s collections |
| John F. Matthews |
Classics, History |
Life and politics in the Roman Empire |
| Linda Mayes |
Medicine |
Child study at Yale |
| David Mayhew |
Political Science |
Congress; political parties; U.S. legislative behavior |
| Carolyn Mazure |
Medicine |
Women’s health research at Yale |
| J.D. McClatchy |
English |
The Yale Review; modern poetry |
| Drew McDermott |
Computer Science |
Artificial intelligence |
| Roderick McIntosh |
Anthropology |
African archaeology; illicit traffic in art and antiquities |
| Walter Russell Mead |
Int’l Security |
American foreign policy |
| Robert Mendelsohn |
F&ES, Economics |
Economics of climate change |
| John Merriman |
History |
Modern European history |
| Amy Meyers |
British Art Center |
British art at Yale |
| George Miles |
Library |
Yale’s Western Americana collections |
| Christopher Miller |
African-American Studies, French |
Studying French at Yale; literature of the slave trade |
| Mary Miller |
Yale College |
Yale College update |
| Alastair Minnis |
English |
Chaucer; medieval literature |
| Florencia Montagnini |
F&ES |
Tropical forests |
| Michael Morand |
OPAC |
New Haven-Yale partnership; New Haven urban renaissance |
| Thomas Murray |
Music |
Yale’s magnificent organs |
| Charles Musser |
American Studies, Film Studies |
Early American film |
| Barry Nalebuff |
Management |
Game theory; strategic thinking |
| Priyamvada Natarajan |
Astronomy, Physics |
Dark matter; how galaxies form |
| Thomas Near |
E&E Biology |
Fish; Peabody Museum’s ichthyology collections |
| Robert Nelson |
History of Art |
Medieval art |
| Julie Newman |
Office of Sustainability |
Sustainability at Yale |
| William Nordhaus |
F&ES, Economics |
Macroeconomics: employment, finance, business fluctuations, economic growth |
| Sherwin Nuland |
Medicine |
The art of aging |
| Ian Oliver |
Chaplain’s Office |
Religious life at Yale |
| Sharon Oster |
Management |
Strategy for nonprofits; economics of regulation and antitrust |
| Gene Outka |
Divinity |
Ethical dilemmas in modern society |
| Mark Pagani |
Geology & Geophysics |
Organic geochemistry |
| Joan Panetti |
Music |
What to listen for when listening to music |
| Jeffrey Park |
Geology & Geophysics |
Seismology and earthquakes |
| Annabel Patterson |
English |
20th-century novels |
| Lee Patterson |
English |
The Middle Ages: 1,000 years without a bath |
| Linda Pellico |
Nursing |
Creative teaching; refining powers of observation in nursing |
| Peter Perdue |
History |
China’s environmental crises through history |
| Charles Perrow |
Sociology |
Reducing our vulnerabilities to disasters |
| Patricia Pessar |
American Studies, Anthropology |
Labor migration; refugee movements |
| Linda Peterson |
English |
Nature writing; the Brontës |
| Brigitte Peucker |
Film Studies, German |
Films of Hitchcock, Fassbinder, Herzog |
| Steven Pincus |
History |
Origins of the British Empire |
| Stephen Pitti |
American Studies, History |
20th-century California culture and history |
| Alan Plattus |
Architecture |
Architecture at Yale; urban design |
| Benjamin Polak |
Management, Economics |
Game theory |
| Thomas Pollard |
Graduate School |
The Yale Graduate School today |
| James Ponet |
Chaplain’s Office |
Jewish life at Yale |
| William Porter |
Athletics |
Crew at Yale |
| Robert Post |
Law |
Teaching the law at Yale |
| Jeffrey Powell |
E&E Biology |
Conserving the Earth’s biodiversity |
| George Priest |
Law |
Insurance and public policy; regulation of industry |
| Richard Prum |
E&E Biology |
Birds; birds as living dinosaurs |
| Alec Purves |
Architecture |
Urban architecture |
| Anna Pyle |
Chemistry, MB&B |
Molecules that walk, shuffle and carry things around |
| David Quint |
Comparative Lit. |
Classical and Renaissance heroic poetry |
| Douglas Rae |
Management |
Urbanism; New Haven history |
| Ainissa Ramirez |
Engineering |
Smart materials; making science study exciting |
| Gustav Ranis |
Economics |
Global economic development |
| Claude Rawson |
English |
Swift, Fielding, other 18th-century authors |
| Nancy Redeker |
Nursing |
Studying nursing at Yale; sleep and sleep disorders |
| Tony Reno |
Athletics |
Football at Yale |
| Judith Resnik |
Law |
Federalism, courts, equality, citizenship |
| Jock Reynolds |
Art Gallery |
Art at Yale; collecting art |
| Joseph Roach |
Theater Studies, English |
Theater studies at Yale; European literary traditions |
| Stephen Roach |
Jackson Institute |
Global/Asian markets |
| Susan Rose-Ackerman |
Political Science, Law |
Corruption and accountability in government |
| Frances Rosenbluth |
Political Science |
Japanese politics |
| Willie Ruff |
Music |
Congregational line singing; Duke Ellington; jazz at Yale |
| Bruce Russett |
Political Science |
World politics; conflict resolution |
| Cynthia Russett |
History |
American 20th-century intellectual life; history of women |
| Mark Saltzman |
Engineering |
Biomedical engineering at Yale; designing replacement organs |
| Laurie Santos |
Psychology |
Sex, evolution and human nature; why people can be irrational |
| Lidia Santos |
Portuguese |
Modern Brazilian literature |
| Brian Scassellati |
Computer Science |
Intelligent robotics; machines with social skills |
| Alanna Schepartz |
MC&D Biology, Chemistry |
Emerging frontiers in chemical biology |
| Judith Schiff |
Library |
Yale history |
| Alicia Schmidt Camacho |
American Studies |
Immigration; Latinas in America |
| Oswald Schmitz |
F&ES, E&E Biology |
Population trends; community ecology |
| Brian Scholl |
Psychology |
Cognitive science; psychology and philosophy |
| Richard Schottenfeld |
Medicine |
Fighting drug and alcohol addictions |
| Vicki Schultz |
Law |
Employment discrimination law |
| Fiona Scott Morton |
Management |
Competitive business strategies |
| William Segraves |
Yale College Admin, MC&D Biology |
Reproductive biology; the sciences at Yale |
| David Sensabaugh |
Art Gallery |
Asian art in Yale’s collections |
| Ramamurti Shankar |
Physics, Applied Physics |
Einstein for the masses; physics at Yale |
| Zhong Shao |
Computer Science |
Introduction to programming |
| Ian Shapiro |
Macmillan Center |
International studies at Yale |
| Bennett & Sally Shaywitz |
Medicine |
Dyslexia and creativity |
| Catherine Sheehy |
Drama |
American comedy on stage and screen |
| Bruce Shields |
Opthalmology |
Glaucoma; artists’ vision |
| Robert Shiller |
Economics |
Risk management; income inequality |
| Helen Siu |
Anthropology |
Contemporary China |
| David Skelly |
F&ES, E&E Biology |
Ecology; environmental research at Yale |
| Ronald Smith |
F&ES, Geology & Geophysics |
The Earth’s atmosphere; weather |
| Steven Smith |
Political Science |
Lincoln’s statecraft and political thought |
| Mitchell Smooke |
Engineering, Applied Physics |
Fluid mechanics; combustion; calculus for engineers |
| Jeffrey Sonnenfeld |
Management |
Business leadership |
| Jonathan Spence |
History |
Chinese history |
| Dennis Spencer |
Medicine |
Studying medicine at Yale |
| John Bryan Starr |
Political Science |
Politics and public schools |
| Stephen Stearns |
E&E Biology |
Evolution, ecology and behavior |
| Joan Steitz |
MB&B |
Basic science’s impact on medicine |
| Thomas Steitz |
Chemistry, MB&B |
Biophysical chemistry |
| Robert Stepto |
African-American Studies, English |
American autobiographies; 20th-century poetry |
| Robert A.M. Stern |
Architecture |
Teaching architecture at Yale |
| Susan Stokes |
Political Science |
Latin American politics |
| Douglas Stone |
Physics, Applied Physics |
Thermodynamics; solid-state physics |
| Robert Storr |
Art |
Teaching art at Yale |
| Harry Stout |
History, Religious Studies |
The Civil War; Jonathan Edwards |
| Fred Strebeigh |
F&ES, English |
Nonfiction writing; the bicycle as a cultural force in China |
| Scott Strobel |
West Campus, Chemistry |
Yale’s West Campus |
| Lloyd Suttle |
Provost’s Office |
The Yale campus; campus planning |
| David Swensen |
Management |
Yale’s endowment |
| Norma Thompson |
Philosophy |
Rhetoric and political order |
| Robert F. Thompson |
History of Art |
The tango in popular culture |
| Adam Tooze |
History |
German history; 20th-century economic history |
| Emilie Townes |
Divinity |
Christian ethics; womanist theology |
| Angus Trumble |
British Art Center |
Collecting art |
| Mary Evelyn Tucker |
F&ES |
Religion and the environment |
| Karl Turekian |
Geophysics |
Global environmental change |
| Paul Turner |
E&E Biology |
How evolutionary biology unites the life sciences |
| Christopher Udry |
Economics |
Economic development in Africa |
| Meg Urry |
Physics |
Astronomy; black holes |
| Noël Valis |
Portuguese |
19th- and 20th-century Spanish literature and culture |
| Kyle Vanderlick |
Engineering |
The future of engineering at Yale |
| Tomas Venclova |
Slavic Lang. & Lit. |
Russian, Polish and Lithuanian literature |
| Miroslav Volf |
Divinity |
Dialogue between culture and faith |
| Elisabeth Vrba |
Peabody Museum, Paleontology |
Paleontology and evolution |
| John Wargo |
F&ES, Political Science |
Creating environments that protect human dealth |
| Michael Warner |
American Studies, English |
History of reading and journalism; secularism in America |
| Ebonya Washington |
Economics |
Public finance, political economy |
| Laura Wexler |
American Studies, Women’s/Gender Studies |
Photography and images of social life |
| William Whobrey |
Yale College Admin, German |
Buxheim Library; contemporary Germany; Yale’s summer programs |
| Andre Willis |
Philosophy |
Hume; modern liberal philosophy of religion |
| Robert Wilson |
Divinity |
Biblical history |
| Anders Winroth |
History |
Medieval Europe; the Vikings |
| Jay Winter |
History |
Human rights; immigration; World War I |
| Craig Wright |
Music |
Music history; Mozart, J.S. Bach |
| Robert Wyman |
MC&D Biology |
Ethnic cleansing among chimpanzees |
| Ruth Yeazell |
English |
Henry James; relationships between literature and visual arts |
| Mimi Yiengpruksawan |
History of Art |
Buddhist art and iconography |
| Julie Zimmerman |
Engineering, F&ES |
Green chemistry, green engineering |
| Robert Zinn |
Astronomy |
Evolution of galaxies and stars |
