Katherine Newman, Director of the Institute for International and Regional Studies; Director of Joint Doctoral Programs in Sociology, Politics, Psychology and Social Policy; and Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Professor Newman is the author, with Victor Tan Chen, of The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America (Beacon Press) From the publisher: 'The Missing Class gives voice to the 57 million Americans-including 21

Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. Chairman of the Boards of RiverSource Funds, President Emeritus and Professor of Economics, Carleton College. Professor Lewis was elected Chairman of the Boards of RiverSource Funds, the Minneapolis-based mutual fund group, effective January 2007. He served as president of Carleton College from 1987 to 2002.

Mr. Palouš was Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States for 5 years and is now the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations. In October 1998, he became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. Mr. Palouš was also active in various non-governmental organizations and served as chairman of the Czech Helsinki Committee until 1998.

Scott Atran is Adjunct Research Scientist, Research Center for Group Dynamics; Associate Research Scientist, Anthropology Department; Adjunct Professor, Psychology Department; Visiting Professor, Ford School of Public Policy; Presidential Scholar in Sociology, John Jay School of Criminal Justice, New York City; and Directeur de Recherche, Anthropologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. Atran has written many papers and 5 books covering topics in anthropology, psychology and sociology.

Nina Totenberg, Legal Correspondent at NPR. Totenberg will discuss the current U.S. Supreme Court and its impact on women in the U.S. Nina Totenberg is widely recognized for her coverage of legal affairs and the Supreme Court and she is also a regular panelist on 'Inside Washington,' a weekly syndicated public affairs television program. This event is co-sponsored by Center for the Education of Women Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, Gerald R.

Rev. J. Bryan Hehir is the Secretary for Social Services and the President of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Boston. He is also the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Father Hehir served as President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA from 2001 through 2003. From 1998-2001 he served as Interim Dean and Dean of the Divinity School.

Dr. Gail Wilensky, an economist and a Senior Fellow at Project HOPE (an international health education foundation) analyzes and develops policies relating to health care reform and to ongoing changes in the health care environment. Dr.

Susan Waltz is a Professor of Public Policy. She is a specialist in human rights and international affairs. Susan is the author of Human Rights and Reform: Changing the Face of North African Politics (1995), and she has recently published a series of articles on the historical origins of international human rights instruments and the political processes that produced them.

Peggy McIntosh, Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director, Wellesley Centers for Women. Attendance at this event is limited to the Ford School community. For more information, please contact Tresa Kappil: [email protected]. Brought to you by Students of Color in Public Policy (SCPP) & Ford School Student Affairs Committee (SAC).

The Charge to the Class will be delivered by Cecilia Munoz, senior vice president for the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), 'the largest constituency-based Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group in the United States.' During Winter 2007, Cecilia taught a class at the Ford School and delivered a public lecture as the Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence. Her duties at the NCLR include oversight of all legislative activities pertaining to the policy staff.