Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Gloria Feldt, former CEO and president , Planned Parenthood Federation of America (1996-2005); author, No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power (2010) and co-author, Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles (2007); "Riding the Leadership Wave: Embracing Controversy"
 

Charles Baxter, Edelstein-Keller Professor in Creative Writing, University of Minnesota; author, Gryphon: New and Selected Stories (2011) and The Soul Thief: A Novel (2008); "An Evening with the Author"
 

Steven Phillips, Director, Specialized Information Services; associate director, National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH); Department of Health & Human Services; "Disaster Preparedness and Response: the Role of the National Library of Medicine"
 

Karen Han, erhu; Cecelia Yu, pipa; "Lunar New Year: Year of the Rabbit"
 

Vali Nasr, professor of international politics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; author, Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It will Mean for Our World (2009) and The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam will Shape the Future (2006); "The Coming Revolution in the Muslim World: Economics vs. Extremism"
 

Elizabeth Cauffman, associate professor of psychology & social behavior and education, U.C. Irvine; co-author, forthcoming The Effects of Visitation on Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders: How Contact with the Outside Impacts Adjustment on the Inside and author, Understanding the Female Offender (2008); "Arrested Development"
 

Nangy Ghafarshad, proprietor, Walter's Restaurant, Claremont; senior cultural advisor, U.S. Department of Defense; "Afghanistan: My Personal View"
 

Carla Christofferson, managing partner, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP; co-owner, Los Angeles Sparks women's professional basketball team; "Lunch with a Leader: Commercial Litigation" (12:00 p.m.)
 

Gregory D. Hess, vice president for academic affairs, Dean of Faculty, James G. Boswell Professor of Economics, George R. Roberts Fellow; editor, forthcoming Guns and Butter and co-author, Where Have All the Heroes Gone? A Self-Interested, Economic Theory of Heroism (2008); "The Federal Reserve’s Dueling Mandate"
 

Greg Lukianoff, president, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE); Huffington Post blogger; "Unlearning Liberty: The Chilling Effects of Campus Censorship "
 

Eric Puchner, assistant professor of literature, CMC; author, Model Home: A Novel (2010) and Music through the Floor (2005); "An Evening with the Author"
 

Jessica Beckerman, co-executive director and founder, Project Muso Ladamunen, Malian NGO; "Pragmatic Solidarity and Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Disease" (12:00 p.m.)
 

Madeline Levine, psychologist, author, The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage are Creating a Generation of Discontented and Unhappy Kids (2006) and See No Evil: A Guide to Protecting Our Children from Media Violence (1998); "The Future of American Education "
 

Peter Lee Johnson, violin; member of the inaugural class, Popular Music Performance Program, USC; "Improvisations"
 

Denice Ann Evans, CEO/owner, J'Hue Film Productions, LLC.; filmmaker of Spitting Game: The College Hook-Up Culture (2007); "Spitting Game: The College Hook-Up Culture"