Monroe-Paine Lecture Series

Established by a gift from Frederick Middlebush, 12th president of the University of Missouri, to honor his wife's parents, the Monroe-Paine Distinguished Lecture in Public Affairs brings scholars, policymakers, and public officials to the MU campus. During their visit to campus, speakers give a public lecture, conduct a research seminar and meet with students and faculty from across campus.

Recent Monroe-Paine lecturers have included:

• Dr. Melissa Stone, Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center, University of Minnesota
  "Governing Partnerships: Collective Decision-Making Under Complex, Dynamic Conditions" April 5, 2011
• Dr. Katya Long, Researcher, Belgian Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université libre de Bruxelles, Visiting Scholar, Michigan State University, “Those Who Leave: How Americans Living Abroad Are Changing America” November 18, 2010
• Michelle Reininger, Assistant Professor, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, "Characterizing Organizational Responses to Labor Market Demands for Alternative Teacher Certification Programs" April 20, 2010
• Robert Goldstein, Professor Emeritus, Oakland University, "American Blacklist: The Attorney General’s List of Subversive Organizations, A Key Aspect of the Post-World War II Red Scare" October 29, 2009
• Brigadier General Edward Cardon, Deputy Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, "Cultivating Agile and Adaptive Leaders" October 19, 2009
• Dr. Michiko Ueda, California Institute of Technology, “The Economic Effects of Gerrymandering (with Salvatore Nunnari)” April 30, 2009
• Dr. Barry Rabe, University of Michigan, "Can Congress Govern the Climate?" March 12, 2009
• Dr. Susan Schmidt Bies, Member 2001-2007 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, “Public Policy Issues From the Current Financial Crisis” February 9, 2009
• Lieutenant General James Campbell, United States Army (Retired), "Selfless Service" January 28, 2009
• Lynn Vavreck, Assistant Professor University of California-Los Angeles, “The Message Matters: The Economy and Presidential Campaigns” September 9, 2008
• Gary Forsee, President University of Missouri, "Return on Investment: Does Public Higher Education Still Offer Value to Its Stakeholders?" April 28, 2008
• Anthony Nownes, Associate Professor Department of Political Science, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, “Density and Organizational Change: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Organizational Ecology” April 7, 2008
• Eric Greitens, Chairman, Center for Citizen Leadership, "The Next Generation of American Leadership" March 13, 2008
• Joel Waldfogel, Professor and Chair, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, "The Tyranny of the Market: Why You Can’t Always Get What You Want" October 29, 2007
• Congressman Ike Skelton, "Thinking in Terms of History" September 14, 2007

View a complete list of past Monroe-Paine Distinguished Lecturers