Presidential Lecture Series
Presidential Lecture Series
Presidential Lecture Series
PRESIDENTIAL LECTURE SERIES
Since 2009, the Presidential Lecture Series has featured a list of distinguished and
diverse guest speakers who have shared their unique observations and thoughts with
the University Community. Each lecture has been recorded and posted to one of the
91快播's YouTube channels. Below is a list of the lectures and links to
each video.
2009-2010
1. Hon. Congressman Ike Skelton, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, February 16, 2009
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2. Dr. Catherine Lutz, Professor, Watson Institute of International Studies and Dept. of Anthropology,
Brown University, April 14, 2009
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3. Dr. Michael Perez, Professor, California State University, May 5, 2009
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4. Hon. Congressman Nick J. Rahall, II, Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, August 12, 2009
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5. Antonio A. Oposa Jr., Environmental Attorney, March 23, 2010
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6. Hon. Wallace Gregson, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Asia and Pacific Security Affairs, April 30, 2010
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7. Hon. Jacquelyn Pfannenstiel, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and the Environment, May
12, 2010
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8. Hon. William J. Lynn, Deputy Secretary of Defense, July 27, 2010
9. Dr. Tina DeLisle, October 22, 2010
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10. Jon M. Van Dyke, Constitutional Law Scholar/Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa, November 10,
2010
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2011-2012
11. Hon. John P. deJongh Jr., Governor of US Virgin Islands, May 26, 2011 ()
12. Dr. Tupeni Baba, Deposed Deputy Prime Minister, June 8, 2011 ()
13. Dr. Vicente Diaz, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, August 23, 2011 ()
14. Dr. Thomas Stolz, Professor, University of Bremen, September 20, 2011 ()
15. Dr. Michael J. Levin, Senior Census Trainer, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, April 24, 2012 ()
2013-2014
16. Jeremy Barns, Director of the National Museum of the Philippines, January 24, 2013 ()
17. Loida Nicolas-Lewis, Esq. Chief Executive Officer of TLC Beatrice LLC, February 19, 2013 ()
18. Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, M.D., M.A.C.P., Chairman, Fukushima Nuclear Incident Investigation Commission, October 14, 2013 ()
19. Hon. Vicente (Ben) G. Blaz, Member of Congress (1988-1993), October 21, 2013 ()
20. Diosdado 鈥淒ado鈥� Banatao, Filipino Entrepreneur, November 12, 2013 ()
21. Anthony M . Babauta, Former Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior, December 12, 2013 ()
22. Hendrik Luesch, Ph.D., Professor & Chemist,University of Florida, April 10, 2014 ()
23. Matthew J. Farrer, Ph.D., Professor of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, May, 20, 2014 ()
24. Bette Bolivar, Rear Admiral, Commander, Joint Region Marianas, October 27, 2014 ()
2015-2017
25. Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Activist, March 18, 2015 ()
26. James Robert Obergefell, Plaintiff-Obergefell v. Hodges, May 22, 2015 ()
27. Giff Johnson, Editor, Marshall Islands Journal, October 19, 2015 ()
28. Royce Gracie, pioneer of mixed martial arts (MMA) and UFC Hall-of-Famer, November 17, 2015 ()
29. Miguel Vilar, Project Manager and Scientific Lead for the National Geographic Society鈥檚 Genographic Project, January 26, 2016 ()
30. Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, former National Basketball Association (NBA) Player, January 17, 2017 ()
31. Rep. Amata Radewagen, U.S. Representative to American Samoa, May 8, 2017 ()
32. Dr. Tom Brislin, Associate Dean of Arts and Humanities, University of Hawaii at Manoa, September 26, 2017 ()
33. Atty. Paul Smith, Vice President for Litigation and Strategy, Campaign Legal Center and Visiting Professor, Georgetown Law School, October 24, 2017 ()
2018-2019
34. Hon. Hynek Kmon铆膷ek, Czech Republic Ambassador to the United States | February 15, 2018 ()
35. Leo Babauta, Bestselling Author and Creator of zenhabits.net | April 24, 2018 ()
36. Dr. Craig Santos Perez, Award-Winning Poet and Professor of English, University of Hawai驶i | M膩noa, May 9, 2018 ()
37. Fr. Francis X. Hezel, SJ, Jesuit preist, parochial vicar, Santa Barbara church | January 22, 2019 ()
38. David Greene, Journalist and Host of National Public Radio鈥檚 鈥淢orning Edition鈥� and co-host of NPR鈥檚 morning news podcast, 鈥淯p First" | February 1, 2019 ()
39. Inara Verzemnieks, Author of the acclaimed memoir 鈥淎mong the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming on the War Roads of Europe鈥� | February 12, 2019 ()
40. Law Week Panel Presentation featuring Joaquin V.E. Manibusan, Jr., U.S. Magistrate Judge, Joaquin C. Arriola, Sr., Attonery, and Leevin Taitano Camacho, Attorney General of Guam | May 20, 2019 ()
2020-2021
41. Julian Aguon, Human Rights Attorney, Founder of Blue Ocean Law, and Author | March 4, 2021
2022-2023
42. Neil Weare, Civil Rights Attorney and President and Founder of Equally American, featuring Attorney General of Guam Leevin T. Camacho | April 20, 2022 ()