Eugene M. Lang ’38
Visiting Professors for Issues of Social Change
A list of past Lang Visiting Professors
2021-23 Jim Fenelon, Peace and Conflict Studies — Lakota/Dakota, Gaelic Irish and Norsk scholar of urban inequality, social movements, Native Nations, and race and racism
2015-2021 Denise Crossan, Peace and Conflict Studies — scholar of social entrepreneurship, created the Social Innovation Lab at the Lang Center
2012-15 Giovanna Di Chiro, Environmental Studies — scholar of environmental science and policy, with focus on economic inequality, human rights, and community based approaches to social justice
2010-12 Louis Massiah, Black Studies & Film and Media Studies — award- winning filmmaker and founder and executive director of the Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia
2009-10 Ana Celia Zentella, Linguistics — anthro-political linguist and recognized leader in building appreciation for language diversity and respect for language rights
2006-09 George Lakey, Peace & Conflict Studies — leader in the field of nonviolent social change since the 1960s and founder and executive director of Training for Change
2005-06 Herbert Kohl, Educational Studies — visionary educational activist and author of the influential text 36 Children
2002-03 Sulak Sivarasksa, Religion — an engaged Buddhist activist from Thailand
2001-02
Jacek Luminsky, Music and Dance — internationally acclaimed Polish choreographer
Eric Roberts, Computer Science — renown for his contributions to computer science education
Gerty Dambury, Modern Languages — poet, playwright, and theater director
2000-01
Denis Halliday, Peace & Conflict Studies — former head of United Nations humanitarian programs who resigned his position in protest against the effects of sanctions against Iraq
Linda Gordon, History and Women's Studies — social historian specializing in gender and family issues
1999-2000
Denis Halliday, Peace & Conflict Studies — former head of United Nations humanitarian programs who resigned his position in protest against the effects of sanctions against Iraq
Eric Roberts, Computer Science — renown for his contributions to computer science education
1998-99 Peyton McCrary, Political Science — historian with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division.
1997-98 Peter Taylor, Biology — a biologist specializing in modeling behavior, population genetics, and evolutionary stability.
1996-97 John Baugh, Sociology/Anthropology and Linguistics — director of the Center for African and African-American Studies at Washington University, St. Louis, and a linguist honored for his work on Black American speech
1995-96 Paul Platero, Linguistics — linguist specializing in Athabaskan languages
1994-95 Luis Camacho, Philosophy — philosopher and president of the Costa Rican Philosophical Association, known for examining the relations between science, technology and development
1993-94 Sue-Ellen Case, Theater and English Literature — a past editor of Theater Journal who published widely in the fields of German theater, feminism and theater, performance theory, and lesbian critical theory
1992-93 Sociology; Political Science
Arlie Hochschild, Sociology and Anthropology — leading sociologist who examines market culture's effects on everyday life, the dynamics of work and family, gender and labor and emotion.
Nadinne Cruz, Political Science — author, speaker, activist, and expert in service learning
1991-92 Carol Cohn, Sociology and Anthropology — director of the Boston Consortium on Gender Security and Human Rights
1990-91 Uri Treisman, Mathematics & Statistics — mathematician acclaimed for demonstrating strategies for high achievement in math and the sciences by women and minority students
1989-90
Herman Blake, Sociology and Anthropology — esteemed educator and higher education administrator.
Uri Treisman, Mathematics & Statistics — mathematician acclaimed for demonstrating strategies for high achievement in math and the sciences by women and minority students.