Each
luncheon meeting of the UCSC Emeriti Association features an informal talk of about
30-40 minutes. Generally these are about ongoing research of one of our emeriti
or of an active faculty member of UCSC that is still employed, but we have also
had speakers from other UC campuses, and even from interesting industries. The President (previously "Chair")
(or recently a speaker selection committee)
selects the speakers and introduces them. Here we have gathered a record of our
past luncheon lectures. This history reflects where we have been and is useful in avoiding duplication of future speakers, and
knowing what has gone before. If you know speakers or titles not listed here please
notify the President or Secretary by email (see home page, left column).
| Oct 14, 1993 |
Dominic W. Massaro, Professor of Psychology: Perceiving Talking Faces. |
| Dec 09, 1993 |
Peggy Musgrave,
Professors of Economics: Tax Myths. |
| Feb 10, 1994 |
Joseph F. Bunnett, Professor of Chemistry: Getting Rid of the World´s Huge Stockpiles of Chemical Warfare Agents
("poison gases"): Technologies, Politics and Egos. |
| Apr 14, 1994 |
Robert P. Kraft, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics: The Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck
Telescope: What´s the Difference? |
| Jun 10, 1994 |
John Lynch, Professor of Classics: The Institutional Legacy of Socrates: The Origins of Western Higher
Education in 4th Century Athens. |
| Oct 13, 1994 |
Michael
Hutchison, Professor of Economics: Should
We Worry About Our Trade Imbalance with Japan? |
| Dec 08, 1994 |
Stanley
D. Stevens, Librarian Emeritus: F. A.
Hihn, Santa Cruz County´s first Millionaire. |
| Feb 09. 1995 |
Michael
Nauenberg, Professor of Physics: From
the Falling of an Apple to Newton´s Principia: a solution to a 300 year old
puzzle. |
| Apr 13, 1995 |
Gerhard Ringel, Professor of
Mathematics: Butterfly Journey Through
the U.S.A. |
| Jun 08, 1995 |
Katherine
Beiers, Assistant University Librarian, Mayor of Santa Cruz: Some Issues Santa Cruz Faces. |
| Oct 10, 1996 |
David
Chalmers, Asst. Professor of Philosophy: The Puzzle of Consciousness. |
| Dec 12, 1996 |
Kenneth
S. Norris, Professor of Natural History: The UC Natural Reserve System - the University of California´s
180,000-acre wild secret. How it came to be, what it does, what´s next? |
| Feb 06, 1997 |
Donald
E. Osterbrock, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics: The View from The Observatory—History is Too Important to be Left to
the Historians (A VERIP II Retiree´s Light-Hearted Account of His Search for
His Own Professional "Roots" - or How You Too Can Become A
Counter-Establishment Historian of Science. |
| Apr 10, 1997 |
M.
Brewster Smith, Professor of Psychology: The Post-Modernist Attack on Science: A Social Science Perspective. |
| Jun 12, 1997 |
Emeriti
Group Discussion: Future directions
for our programs. |
| Oct 09, 1997 |
Bruce
Bridgeman, Professor of Psychology & Psychobiology:
Evolutionary Theory, Sex and Sexism in
Psychology. |
| Dec 11, 1997 |
William
H. Friedland, Professor of Community Studies: Trampling Out Advantage: The Political Economy of California Wine. |
| Feb 12, 1998 |
Marc
Mangel, Professor of Evolution & Ecology & Associate
Vice-Chancellor for Planning: Millennium
Committee, principles & goals for UCSC. |
| Apr 09, 1998 |
George Von der Muhll, Professor of
Politics: NATO"s Eastward Expansion: A
Report from Prague. |
| Jun 11, 1998 |
Susan
Schwartz, Professor of Earth Sciences & Director of the W. M. Keck
Seismological Laboratory at UCSC: Chasing
Earthquakes and Volcanoes. |
| Oct 08, 1998 |
John
B. Simpson, Executive Vice Chancellor: UCSC
Emeriti Group - its Future Role in Academic & Campus Life. |
| Dec 10, 1998 |
John
Regan, Senior Vice-Pres. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter: Financial Risk Management: International & Domestic Markets. |
| Feb 11, 1999 |
Theodore
R. Sarbin, Professor Psychology & Criminology: Ah, yes, I remember it well ... A commentary on the recovered memory
controversy. |
| Apr 08, 1999 |
Louis
B. "Bert" Muhly, Professor of Regional & City Planning, San Jose State
University; former Director of Planning for Santa Cruz County; former Mayor and
member of Santa Cruz City Council: URACCAN,
An Emerging, Indigenous, English-Speaking University in Nicaragua. |
| Jun 10, 1999 |
Lincoln
Taiz, Professor of Biology: Flora
Unveiled: The Discovery & Denial of Sex in Plants. |
| Oct 14, 1999 |
Craig
Reinarman, Professor of Sociology: Dutch
Drug Policy—A Report from the Devil´s Own Den. |
| Dec 09, 1999 |
Elliot
Aronson, Professor of Psychology: Experiments
on the Effectiveness of Self Persuasion: Inducing Sexually Active Teen-agers to
Use Condoms Attempting to Reduce Violence in our Schools. |
| Feb 10, 2000 |
Michael
J. Warren, Professor of Literature: Shakespeare
— before "Shakespeare In Love". |
| Apr 13, 2000 |
M.
R. C. Greenwood, Chancellor: Innovation:
UC Santa Cruz 2000. |
| Jun 08, 2000 |
Dan
Gilmor, Tech Columnist, San Jose
Mercury News: Exposing Financial
Shenanigans of Internet Startups. |
| Oct 12, 2000 |
Peter
Kenez, Professor of History: The
Vicissitudes of Transformation in Post-Communist Hungary. |
| Dec 14, 2000 |
David
H. Anthony III, Professor of History, Provost of Oakes College:
Sojourn in South Africa |
| Feb 08, 2001 |
Michael
Nauenberg, Professor of Physics: Max
Planck and the quantum hypothesis: How did it happen? |
| Apr 12, 2001 |
David
Cope, Professor of Music: Experiments
in Musical Intelligence. |
| Jun 14, 2001 |
William
H. Friedland, Professor of Community Studies, with Commentary by Frank Child, Professor
of Economics: Wine Tasting - A Scientific
Project. |
| Sep 15, 2005 |
Jerold M. Lowenstein, Professor of Medicine, UCSF: Species Identification of Archaeological Bloodstains and Bone
Fragments. |
| Nov 10, 2005 |
Cathy Sandeen, Dean of UCSC Extension: UCSC
Extension and Its Financial Outlook. |
| Jan 19, 2006 |
George Blumenthal, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics: Reflections on Two Years with the System-Wide Academic Senate. |
| Mar 16, 2006 |
Robert M. Springer, Professor of Psychology, Univ. of Arizona: Addressing Arizona´s Public School Crisis. |
| May 18, 2006 |
A. Todd Newberry, Professor of Biology: Bird
Watching: Looking With New Eyes, Listening With New Ears. |
| Sep 20, 2007 |
Joe
Miller, Professor of Astronomy, Director of Lick Observatory:
Tribute to the late Astronomer Emeritus Don
Osterbrock. |
| Nov 15, 2007 |
Carter
Wilson, Professor of Community Studies: Two
Katuns´ Contemplations of Maya Religious Festivities |
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| Jan 17, 2008 |
George
Blumenthal, Chancellor:
Annual exchange of views. |
| Mar 20, 2008 |
Robert
Curry, Professor of Environmental Studies: It´s all about water. |
| May 15, 2008 |
Nicole Paiement, Professor of Music & Brian
Staufenbiel, Lecturer in Voice: UCSC
Opera Program: Building a strong opera program at UCSC. |
| Sep 27, 2012 |
Audrey Stanley, Professor of Theater Arts Emerita, & Michael Warren, Professor of Literature Emeritus: Shakespeare Santa Cruz — Past and Prologue, Cowell
Conference Room. |
| Nov 15, 2012 |
Gary Glatzmaier, Professor of Earth and Planetary
Sciences: Computer Simulations of Fluid Flows and
Magnetic Field Generation Deep within Planets, Cowell
Conference Room. |
| Jan 17, 2013 |
Michael Nauenberg, Professor Emeritus of Physics: Teaching
Natural Philosopy in the Age of Enlightenment, Cowell
Conference Room. |
| Mar 21, 2013 |
George Blumenthal, Chancellor: Annual exchange of views, Chancellor´s House. |
| May 16, 2013 |
David Yager, Dean of Arts: The Art of Change, Cowell
Conference Room. |
| Sep 25, 2013 |
Catherine Cooper, Professor of Psychology: More Than One Path: How Youth Navigate Cultural Worlds on Their Pathways to College and Careers,
Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Nov 22, 2013 |
Faye Crosby, Professor of Psychology and Provost of Cowell College (UCSC): Mentor, Sponsor, Coach,
Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Jan 15, 2014 |
Alan Christy, Associate Professor of History and Director of East Asian Studies: The ROUTES Project: Student-Centered Learning in the Digital Age,
Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Mar 27, 2014 |
George Blumenthal, Chancellor: Annual exchange of views, Chancellor´s House. |
| May 15, 2014 |
Annual Business Meeting (no speaker): The Emeriti Association: Its Present State and Future Challenges,
Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Sep 18, 2014 |
Beth Shapiro, Associate Professor of Ecology, featured
recently in a KQED TV special for her work on extinct
passenger pigeons, "The Science and Ethics of
Deextinction"
(Why Mammoths and Passenger Pigeons
are Not in Our Future.), Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Nov 20, 2014 |
Marilyn (Lyn) Walker, Professor of Computer Science,
head of the Natural Language and Dialogue Systems
Lab, and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the
Baskin´s School of Engineering: "Siri, I´m bored, tell me
a story": Creating Machines to Understand Us and Tell
Stories, Arboretum Conference Room |
| Jan 15, 2015 |
Melanie Mayer, Professor Emerita Psychology:
Looking for Santa Cruz´s First Municipal Water
System, Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Apr 02, 2015 |
George Blumenthal, Chancellor: The State of UCSC,
Chancellor´s House. |
| May 21, 2015 |
Josh Stuart, Assistant Professor of Biomolecular
Engineering: Through the Looking Glass:
Revealing the ´Other World´ of Tumor Biology with
UCSC Cancer Browsers,Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Sep 17, 2015 |
Michael Chemers, Associate Professor of Dramatic
Literature, Department of Theater Arts Director, Digital
Arts and New Media Program: Persistence of a Mexican
Breakfast On the Transmission of Ideas Through
Performance, Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Nov 19, 2015 |
Margarita Azmitia, Professor of Psychology:
Relationships, Identities, and Belonging: First
Generation Students´ College Journeys, Arboretum
Conference Room. |
| Jan 21, 2016 |
Gary Griggs, Distinguished Professor of Earth and
Planetary Sciences Director Institute of Marine Sciences:
Vulnerability of Santa Cruz to Climate Change,
Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Apr 11, 2016 |
George Blumenthal, Chancellor: Annual exchange of
views, Chancellor´s House. |
| May 19, 2016 |
Edward (Ted) Warburton, Professor of Dance: Of
Meanings and Movements: the thinking behind the
doing of dance, Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Sep 15, 2016 |
Jean E. Fox Tree , Professor of Psychology:
Spontaneous Utterances: What Are They and What Do They Do?, Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Nov 15, 2016 |
Jennifer E. Reardon, Professor of Sociology, Faculty Affiliate in the Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering:
The Postgenomic Condition: Ethics, Justice, Knowledge After the Genome, Arboretum
Conference Room. |
| Jan 18, 2017 |
Katherine Currie Isbister, Professor, Computational Media:
How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design,
Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Apr 23 2017 |
George Blumenthal, Chancellor: Annual exchange of
views, Chancellor's House. |
| May 18, 2017 |
Christopher C. Wilmers, Professor of Environmental Studies:
Living with Large Carnivores,
Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Sep 21, 2017 |
Steve Vogt , Professor Astronomy & Astrophysics:
Across a Sea of Suns; Charting Distant Worlds, other Earths, Arboretum Conference Room. |
| Nov 09, 2017 |
Barbara Rogoff, Distinguished Professor of Psychology:
Learning to Collaborate and Collaborating to Learn, Arboretum
Conference Room. See video. |
| Jan 18, 2018 |
Daniel Wirls, Professor of Politics:
After 9/11: America in the Era of Forever Wars,
Arboretum Conference Room.See video |
| Mar 15, 2018 |
Virginia Rivera, Director Planned Giving: Impacts of the Tax Cut Law on Estate Planning", Arboretum Conference Room. Other speakers: Larry Kuechler, CPA, MST; Trevor Strudley, MSC, MBA, CRPC, CFP; Tyler Hinz, Estate Planner. See Video |
| Apr 05, 2018 |
George Blumenthal, Chancellor: Annual exchange of
views, Arboretum Conference Room. |
| May 17, 2018 |
Steve Whittaker, Professor of Psychology:
Designing Technology to Augment and Extend Human Capabilities,
Arboretum Conference Room.See Video |
| Jul 25, 2018 |
Emeriti Awards Party, Summer Wednesday Night Sailing Regatta, and Races:
Chardonnay II, Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor, followed by visit to SC Yacht Club. Limited to 48 passengers.
See video |
| Sep 20, 2018 |
Sara Abrahamsson , Title:
Super-resolution Microscopy at UCSC - Developing Our Own Optical Systems
, Arboretum Conference Room.See video |
| Nov 08, 2018 |
Gail Hershatter, Distinguished Professor of History:
Stubborn Silences: Writing the History of Chinese Women, Arboretum
Conference Room. See video. |
| Jan 17, 2019 |
Andrew Fisher, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences:
TBD,
Arboretum Conference Room.See video |
| Feb 09, 2019 |
Crown Emeriti Luncheon, Crown Students and Manel Camps, Provost Crown College: Innovative Student Projects., Merrill Cultural Center. See Video |
| Apr 04, 2019 |
George Blumenthal, Chancellor: Celebration of His Last Luncheon
, featured student choral entertainment, tres leches cake, group picture and candid pictures, at University Center Alumni Room, was limited to 55. Shuttle from garage. See Video |
| May 16, 2019 |
Carrie Partch, Associate Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry:
Morning Larks and Night Owls: How Circadian Timing Influences Your Life,
Arboretum Conference Room. See Video |
| Jul 24, 2019 |
Retiree and Emeriti Summer Party, Summer Wednesday Night Sailing Regatta, and Races:
Chardonnay II, Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor, followed by visit to SC Yacht Club. Limited to 48 passengers.
See video |
| Sep 19, 2019 |
A. Marm Kilpatrick , Professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology:
Mosquitoes, birds, bats and disease: ecological insights to benefit public health and conservation
, Arboretum Conference Room.See video |
| Oct 17, 2019 |
Jill Steinberg, Professor Emeriti Psychology, SJSU: Successful Retirement: From Retiring to Rewiring, Arboretum Conference Room. See video |
| Nov 14, 2019 |
John Jota Leanos, Professor Film and Digital Media:
Decolonial Rendering: Art, History and Transformation, Arboretum
Conference Room. See video. |
| Jan 16, 2020 |
Benjamin Storm, Professor of Psychology:
Remembering and Forgetting in the Digital Age,
Arboretum Conference Room.See video |
| Mar 19, 2020 |
Cynthia Larive, Chancellor: Annual exchange of
views, Arboretum Conference Room. CANCELLED due to Covid-19 pandemic. |
| May 21, 2020 |
Chris Benner, Professor of Environmental Studies:
A Universal Technology Dividend? Rethinking price, value, work and the commons,
Virtual Luncheon via Zoom video conference. See video |
| Sep 17, 2020 |
Three CEOs of UCSC Spin-Offs, Lou Pambianco, Chairman/CEO: Startup Sandbox, Scott Lokey, Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry: Practical Applications of UCSC Research: UnNatural Products, William Dunbar, Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Ontera, Zoom video conference.See video |
| Oct 15, 2020 |
Five Research Shorts,
David Deamer, Professor Emeritus, Biomolecular Engineering: From an idea to a billion dollar industry: Lessons learned
Shelly Errington, Professor Emerita, Anthropology: My New Documentary Film--the Research Phase
Peter Kenez, Professor Emeritus, History: The gloomy years of communism
Linda Burman-Hall, Professor Emerita, Music: Shamanic Music in Siberut Island, Mentawai Archipelago (Indonesia)
Jim Gill, Professor Emeritus, Geology/Geophysics: Most volcanoes are under the ocean: what happens when they erupt?
Zoom video conference. See video |
| Nov 12, 2020 |
Carolyn Dean, Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture:
Social Stones and Homicidal Rocks: Meaning in Inka Masonry, Zoom Video Conference. See video. |
| Jan 21, 2021 |
Rebecca Covarrubias, Associate Professor, Psychology:
You Never Become Fully Independent: Acknowledging the Sociocultural Experiences of Low-Income, First-Generation Students of Color,
Zoom Video Conference.See video |
| Mar 10, 2021 |
Cynthia Larive, Chancellor: Annual exchange of
views, Zoom Video Conference. See video |
| May 20, 2021 |
Gregory O'Malley, Associate Professor of History:
The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom in Revolutionary America,
Zoom Video Conference. See video |
| Sep 23, 2021 |
David Anthony III, Associate Professor History:
Revisiting the Red Triangle: Reconstructing and Revising South Africa's YMCA History,
Zoom Video Conference. See video |
| Nov 11, 2021 |
Madeleine Fairbairn, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies:
Agroecology and Agriculture, Sociology of Development, Environmental Justice,
Zoom Video Conference. See video |
| Jan 20, 2022 |
Myriam Telus, Assistant Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences:
Solar System Formation and Early Evolution, Chemical and Isotope Analyses of Meteorites,
Zoom Video Conference. See video |
| Mar 24, 2022 |
Cynthia Larive, Chancellor: Annual exchange of
views,
Seymour Marine Discovery Center. |
| May 19, 2022 |
Sandra M. Faber, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Astronomy and Astophysics:
Do Humans Have What It Takes to Thrive in This Universe?,
Zoom Video Conference. See video |
| Sep 15, 2022 |
Francis Nimmo, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences:
Exploring the Pluto system with the New Horizons spacecraft,
Arboretum Conference Room and Zoom. See video |
| Nov 10, 2022 |
Patty Gallagher, Professor of Theatre Arts:
Shakespeare´s clowns: Power, politics and play,
Arboretum Conference Room. See video |
| Jan 19, 2023 |
Rebecca DuBois, Professor, Biomolecular Engineering:
Viruses and Vaccines,
Arboretum Conference Room. See video |
| Mar 9, 2023 |
Cynthia Larive, Chancellor: Annual exchange of
views,
Seymour Marine Discovery Center. See video
|
| Apr 27, 2023 |
Phillip Crews, Distinguished Research Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry:
Special Lecture: Effect of Smoke on Vineyard and Wine,
Arboretum Conference Room. No video.
|
| May 18, 2023 |
Barry Bowman, Professor Emeritus MCD Biology:
A View of the Inner Life of the Cell,
Arboretum Conference Room. See video
|
| Sep 21, 2023 |
Elaine Sullivan, Associate Professor History:
A Virtual Return to the Tomb: Reimagining an ancient Egyptian tomb with Virtual Reality,
Arboretum Conference Room and Zoom. See video |
| Nov 9, 2023 |
Cameron Monroe, Professor Anthropology:
Kings, Queens, Commoners, and Captives: What Can Archaeology Tell Us About Dahomean Society in the Era of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?,
Arboretum Conference Room. See video |
| Jan 18, 2024 |
Eli Silver, Professor Emeritus, Earth & Planetary Sciences:
Subduction: the Earth's most dynamic interface and the evolution of its imaging,
Arboretum Conference Room. See video |
| May 16, 2024 |
Pratigya Polissar, Associate Professor Ocean Sciences:
The History of Atmospheric CO2 since the Demise of the Dinosaurs,
Arboretum Conference Room. See video
|
| Sep 19, 2024 |
James Doucet-Battle, Associate Professor, Sociology:
Manifesting our Metabolic Destiny: On Horticide, Technology, and the Future of the American Body,
Arboretum Conference Room and Zoom. See video |
| Nov 14, 2024 |
Tanya Merchant, Associate Professor, Music:
Community Resilience, Spontaneity, and Adaptability in North American Contra Dance Groups,
Arboretum Conference Room. See video |
| Jan 16, 2025 |
Daniel Stewart (Maestro) and colleagues, Santa Cruz Symphony,
Harmonizing Tradition and Innovation,
Arboretum Conference Room. (No video available.)
|
| May 15, 2025 |
Karen Miga, Associate Professor Biomolecular Engineering:
Rebooting the Human Genome to Better Represent Global Human Populations,
Arboretum Conference Room. See video
|
| Sep 18, 2025 |
Ingrid Parker, Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology:
Worlds within worlds: Complex networks of plants and fungi in our backyard,
Arboretum Conference Room and Zoom. See video |
| Nov 13, 2025 |
Matt Sparke, Distinguished Professor, Politics and Co-Director of Global and Community Health:
Farmworker health protections: Crisis and resilience,
Arboretum Conference Room. See video |
| Jan 15, 2025 |
Dustin Chacón, Assistant Professor, Linguistics:
Parts of a whole how the brain processes words and phrases in reading,
Arboretum Conference Room. See video |
| May 21, 2025 |
Sandra Faber, Professor Emerita, Astronomy and Astrophysics:
Waking Universities Up to Face the Future,
Arboretum Conference Room. See video
|
Compiled by Todd Wipke, pre-2004 data from Stan Stevens. Last update by C. McDowell 9/27/2026