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Gary Comstock, professor of philosophy, director of ethics program, North Carolina State University; author, Vexing Nature: On the Ethical Case Against Agricultural Biotechnology (2000) and Life Science Ethics (2002); "…

Valerie Bunce, professor of political science, Cornell University; author, Subversive Institutions: The Design and Destruction of Socialism and the State (1999) and Do New Leaders Make a Difference?: Executive Successio…

Hershel Parker, H. Fletcher Brown professor emeritus of English, University of Delaware; author, Flawed Texts and Verbal Icons: Literacy Authority in American Fiction (1984) and Herman Melville: A Biography (Volume 2, 1…

bell hooks, author, Feminism is for Everybody (2000) and Communion: The Female Search for Love (2002); "Feminist Education: Changing All Our Lives"

Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland; former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights; co-author, International Encyclopedia of Human Rights: Freedom, Abuses, and Remedies (2000) and co-editor, The Poverty of Right…

Alexander Gonzalez, president, C.S.U. San Marcos; "Cesar Chavez Commemoration"

Michael Lamb, chief, section on social and emotional development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; co-editor, Development in Infancy: An Introduction (1982) and co-author, Investigative Intervie…

Paul Volcker, former chairman, Federal Reserve Board; author, The Quotable Investor (2001) and co-author, On Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir (2000); "Urgent Business for America: Revitalizing the Federal Governm…

Zahara Heckscher, founder, Community Alliance for Youth Action; contributing editor Transitions Abroad; "How to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas" (12:15 p.m.)

Stuart Schram, research associate, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University; author, Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings 1912-1949, National Revolution and Social Revolution December 1920-June…