Currently enrolled auditors are invited to participate in a lecture and reception at the end of each semester. In the past we have been fortunate to have outstanding speakers such as University President Shirley Tilghman, professor of molecular biology, and John Fleming, the John W. Fairchild '24 Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Emeritus, and So Percussion, Artists in Residents.
Spring Special Lecture and Reception
Viral Justice
Date: Friday, May 5, 2023 Time: 10:00 - 11:30 am
Guest speaker: Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor of African American Studies.
Ruha Benjamin is a professor of African American studies at Princeton University, founding director of the Ida B. Wells JUST Data Lab and author of three books, Viral Justice (2022), Race After Technology (2019), and People’s Science (2013), and editor of Captivating Technology (2019). She writes, teaches, and speaks widely about the relationship between innovation and inequity, knowledge and power, race and citizenship, health and justice.