Chautauqua 2012<strong>Amphitheater</strong> <strong>Lecture</strong> <strong>Speakers</strong>finance from the University of ChicagoFriday, Aug. 10Teresa A. SullivanTeresa A. Sullivan is the eighthpresident of the University of Virginia,home to the nation’s oldeststudent-run honor system, underwhich students pledge not to lie,cheat or steal.Sullivan’s research focuses onlabor force demography, with particularemphasis on economic marginalityand consumer debt. Theauthor or co-author of six books andmore than 50 scholarly articles, her mostrecent work explores the question of who files for bankruptcyand why. A graduate of James Madison College at MichiganState University, she received her doctoral degree in sociologyfrom the University of Chicago.WEEK EIGHTMonday, Aug. 13Carlin RomanoCarlin Romano, critic-at-large ofThe Chronicle of Higher Educationand literary critic of The PhiladelphiaInquirer for 25 years, teachesmedia theory and philosophy at theUniversity of Pennsylvania. Previously,he served as critic-at-largeof Lingua Franca and literarycolumnist at The Village Voice.Romano has taught philosophy atYale, Yeshiva University, WilliamsCollege, Bennington College and TempleUniversity. During the 2002–2003 academicyear, he was a Fulbright Professor of philosophy at St. PetersburgState University in Russia. He received his bachelor’sdegree from Princeton University, his master’s degree in philosophyfrom Yale University and his law degree fromColumbia Law School.Tuesday, Aug. 14Julianne MalveauxJulianne Malveaux steppeddown as president of Bennett College,America’s oldest historicallyblack college for women, in May.A labor economist, noted authorand social commentator, Malveauxcontributes to public dialogue onissues such as race, culture, genderand their economic impacts. Her latestpublication is “Surviving and Thriving: 365PAGE 38FROM PAGE 36Facts in Black Economic History.”Malveaux is a syndicated weekly columnist whose writinghas appeared in numerous publications, including USA Today,Essence Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The CharlotteObserver, and The San Francisco Examiner. She is alsofounder and thought leader of Last Word Productions Inc., amultimedia production company headquartered in Washington,D.C. She has hosted television and radio programs, andappeared widely as a commentator on television news networks.Malveaux has been a contributor to academic life sincereceiving her doctorate in economics from MIT in 1980. Shereceived her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics atBoston College.Wednesday, Aug. 15Freeman DysonFreeman J. Dyson began his career as amathematician but then turned to theexciting new developments in physicsin the 1940s, particularly the theoryof quantized fields. He wrote twopapers on the foundations of quantumelectrodynamics that have hada lasting influence on manybranches of modern physics. Hewent on to work in condensed-matterphysics, statistical mechanics,nuclear engineering, climate studies,astrophysics and biology.Born in Crowthorne, England, Dysonreceived a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Universityof Cambridge in 1945, and came to the United States in1947 as a Commonwealth Fellow at Cornell University. Hesettled in the U.S. permanently in 1951, became a professorof physics at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in1953 and retired as Professor Emeritus in 1994. He is a frequentChautauqua lecturer.Thursday, Aug. 16Stella RimingtonDame Stella Rimington is the retireddirector general of the British SecurityService (MI5). Appointed directorgeneral in 1992, she was the firstwoman to hold the post and the firstdirector general to be publiclynamed on appointment. Rimingtonwas made a Dame Commander ofthe Bath in the 1996 New YearHonours List. She is also the authorof an autobiography, Open Secret,and the novels Rip Tide, At Risk,Secret Asset, Illegal Action, Dead Lineand Present Danger.SEE PAGE 39
Chautauqua 2012<strong>Amphitheater</strong> <strong>Lecture</strong> <strong>Speakers</strong>FROM PAGE 38Rimington joined MI5 as a full-time employee in 1969.She worked in all the main fields of the service’s responsibilities— counter subversion, counter espionage andcounter terrorism — becoming successively director of allthree branches. During her tenure as director general, Rimingtonpursued a policy of greater openness for MI5, givingthe 1994 Dimbleby <strong>Lecture</strong> on BBC TV. She retired inApril 1996.She earned a postgraduate diploma in the study of recordsand the administration of archives at Liverpool University.Friday, Aug. 17David RohdeDavid Rohde, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes in journalism,is a foreign affairs columnist for Reuters. Previously, heworked as a reporter for The New York Times for 15 years.He won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for uncovering theSrebrenica massacre in Bosnia for The Christian ScienceMonitor and his second in 2009 as part of a team of NewOticon’s Intiga$500 OffSame day fittingExcludes previous purchases. Financing available.Other discounts & insurances do not apply. Expires 10/26/12York Times reporters covering Afghanistan and Pakistan.While reporting for the Times inNovember 2008, Rohde and twoAfghan colleagues were kidnappedby the Taliban and held captive forseven months in the tribal areas ofPakistan. Rohde and his wife,Kristen Mulvihill, co-authored ARope and A Prayer: A KidnappingFrom Two Sides, in which, inalternating chapters, Rohdedescribes his abduction, captivityand eventual escape, and Mulvihillrecounts her work with government andmedia officials to keep him alive and securehis release.He serves as an adjunct professor in the Department ofEnglish at Brown University, where he earned his bachelor’sdegree in history.Don’t let hearing loss shut youout from family, friends and life.Hearing loss creates barriers. You find yourselfretreating to a solitary place, losing touch with thepeople and things that are at the center of your world.Break out of the isolation of hearing loss with Agil fromOticon.Agil is the revolutionary new hearing device that helpsyou understand more with less effort.There’s a sound processing chip inside of Agil thatallows it to do things that have been impossible untilnow. Its super fast speed means more power todifferentiate sounds and more mental energy tounderstand, remember and participate.With Agil, you’ll reconnect with the voices, music andsounds that enrich your world. Break free from theconfines of hearing loss to become the person you wantto be.www.erichsonhearingaidcenter.com2716 Peach Street(814) 864-1556FREERepair ClinicIn-Office Repairs OnlySEE PAGE 40Agil is sleek and stylish in your hand, yet virtuallyinvisible behind your ear.Let Agil transform your life.THREE DAYSPECIAL EVENTJuly 10, 11, & 12Aug. 1, 2 & 3Sept. 5, 6, & 7Oct. 3, 4, & 5Call today to reserve an appointment for your:• FREE hearing screening• FREE 2-Week RISK FREE TrialExperience Agil FREE for two weeks at no obligationand see how it improves your hearingand understanding of what others are saying.$700Trade-In VoucherReceive up to $700 OFF your purchasewhen you trade-in your old hearing aid.PAGE 39