2024 – 2025
26 September 2024 – “Journalism, Ethics, and Democracy”
- Kimi Yoshino, Editor-in-Chief, The Baltimore Banner
- Melissa Block, Former Host & Correspondent, NPR
- Joe Saunders, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Durham University, UK
- Moderated by Michael Nance, Associate Professor of Philosophy, UMBC
7 November 2024 – “Post-Election 2024: Debrief and Dialogue“
- Mileah K. Kromer, Associate Professor of Political Science & Director of the Institute of Politics, UMBC
- Michael Nance, Associate Professor of Philosophy, UMBC
- Carolyn Forestiere, Professor of Political Science, UMBC
- Moderated by Whitney Schwab, Associate Professor of Philosophy, UMBC
27 February 2025 – “Neuroscience, Freewill, and Moral Responsibility“
- Adina Roskies, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, with an appointment in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UC Santa Barbara
- Aaron Schurger, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and the Brain Institute, Chapman University
- Moderated by Steve Yalowitz, Associate Professor of Philosophy, UMBC
8 April 2025 – “The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence“
- Kathy Baxter, Principal Architect of Ethical AI Practice at Salesforce
- David Danks, Professor of Data Science, Philosophy, & Policy, UC San Diego
- Gabriella Waters, Director of Operations and Director of the Cognitive and Neurodiversity AI Lab (CoNA) at the Center for Equitable AI & Machine Learning Systems, Morgan State University
- Moderated by Blake Francis, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Human Context of Context and Technology, UMBC
8 May 2025 – Existential Catastrophe and the Love of Humanity
The Evelyn Barker Memorial Lecture
- Samuel Scheffler, University Professor of Philosophy and Law, New York University