Augustus and Patricia Tagliaferri Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series
The Augustus and Patricia Tagliaferri Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series was established through an endowment for the School of Public Policy by benefactor Dr. Augustus "Gus" Tagliaferri (MBA '74). From its founding, the School of Public Policy has uniquely considered the role all the liberal arts play in shaping sustainable policy and great leaders.
Past Lectures
2025
Cancel Culture & The Conformity Gauntlet in Higher Education
Greg Lukianoff
President and CEO, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
February 19, 2025
2024
Cascading Crises: The Challenges America’s President Will Confront in 2025 and Beyond
General H.R. McMaster
US Army Lieutenant General and 25th US National Security Advisor
October 9, 2024
Kay Coles James: A Life of Faithful Leadership in Politics and Policy
Kay Coles James
Former Secretary of Health and Human Resources
January 26, 2024
2022
Spanning the Globe
Robert C. O’Brien
Former US Ambassador and National Security Advisor
November 11, 2022
Is There Hope for the 'Dying Citizen'?
Dr. Victor Davis Hanson
Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
April 28, 2022
2021
Preserving the American Project: The Bias Narrative vs. the Development Narrative
Dr. Glenn Loury
Merton P. Stoltz Professor of Economics, Brown University
June 5, 2021
2019
A Life in Education Impact
Betsy DeVos
US Secretary of Education
December 4, 2019
Trump: Tragic Hero ... or Just Tragic?
Dr. Victor Davis Hanson
Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
May 2, 2019
2018
The Rational Bible: Exodus
Dennis Prager
Founder, PragerU
November 28, 2018
Pursuing Happiness in the Age of Trump
Charles Murray
W. H. Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
March 13, 2018
2017
Why Leaders of the Future Need to Study the Past: The Case for Applied History
Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Senior Fellow, Center for European Studies, Harvard University
March 29, 2017