Carol Hoffmann Collins Global Scholars-in-Residence
A necessary condition for global citizenship is an understanding of critical international issues from cross-cultural and cross-national perspectives. One way through which the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives fosters such understanding is by hosting the Carol Hoffmann Collins Global Scholars-in-Residence who engage the community in dialogue on important global issues in a variety of settings, from lectures to classes to informal gatherings.
Previous Global Scholars
Women, Islam, and the Middle East
Featuring: Zainab Salbi, Iraqi-American humanitarian, author, and media personality who has dedicated herself to women’s rights and freedom.
The Role of Women in a Globalized World
Featuring: Gita Sen, Prof. Emeritus, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore with 35 years of experience of working on gender equality & women’s rights.
Ending Wars and Building Peace
Featuring: Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist, social worker, women's rights advocate and 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate
Toxic-Free Future
Featuring: Olga Speranskaya, co-chair of the International POP Elimination Network, an international network working to eliminate organic pollutants.
Europe(s) Futures: EUtopia, Dystopia…or What?
Featuring: Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Transatlantic Fellow with the German Marshall Fund, Berlin and specialist in Transatlantic Relations
Is the West Ready for the Asian Century?
Featuring: Kishore Mahbubani, Singapore’s former ambassador to the United Nations and one of the leading public figures in Asia.
The World Food Crisis: Causes and Solutions
Featuring: Peter Rosset, internationally renowned expert on food security, peasant movements, food and development.
Building Democracy: Pakistan-U.S. Relations
Featuring: Asma Jahangir, lawyer, prominent human rights activist and founding member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
Gender Equity in a Global World
Featuring: Kavita Ramdas ’85, President & CEO, Global Fund for Women, a foundation dedicated solely to advancing women's rights around the globe.
Genocide Prevention and the Int‘l Community
Featuring: Gerald Caplan, Canadian expert on genocide prevention, and Senior Consultant to the African Union and the United Nations.
Work and Labor: The Global Transformation
Featuring: Guy Standing, world-renowned expert on working conditions, labor markets, and social protection policies in developed & developing countries.
Closing the Global Health Equity Gap
Featuring: Gro Harlem Brundtland, former president of Norway; former director general, World Health Organization.
Iraq and the Wider American Dilemma
Featuring: Rami Khouri, executive editor of the Daily Star in Beirut and frequent commentator on NPR and columnist in major U.S. newspapers.