- 40th Annual: 2022-23
Sharon Lane-Getaz, Professor of Statistics and Education – “The Long Winding Road of a Career”
39th Annual: 2021-22 - Ibtesam Al-Atiyat, Sociology – “The Neo-Liberal Turn in Higher Education”
- Gregory Walter, Religion – “The Vulnerability of Religion”
38th Annual: 2020-21
- Charles Umbanhowar, Jr., Biology & Environmental Studies – Future, Present, Past? Reconstructing he Ecological History of Fire Using Charcoal
37th Annual: 2019-20
- Christopher Chiappari, Sociology/Anthropology & Latin American Studies – Beings, Relations, and Power: The New Animism in the Highlands of Guatemala
36th Annual: 2018-19
- Jennifer Kwon Dobb, English – Race, Citizenship Regimes, and Intercountry Adoption from the South Korean Kijich’on to the U.S.-Mexico Border in the Era of Trump
- Paul Jackson, Chemistry & Environmental Studies – Conversations with Neighbors: Shifting the Paradigm of Chemical and Environmental Sustainability from Local to Global and Back Again
35th Annual: 2017-18
- Diana Postlethwaite, English – The Monster Plot: Memory, Intelligence and Time in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
- Kathy Shea, Biology & Environmental Studies – Insights from an Ecologist’s Life
34th Annual: 2016-17
- David Booth, Religion – On the Public Usefulness of Theology: Making Sense of North Carolina’s “Bathroom Wars”
- Mary Griep, Art/Art History – Descent Into Detail
33rd Annual: 2015-16
- Matthew Richey, Mathematics – Take What You Have Gathered From Coincidence: Understanding and Using Randomness
- Karen Cherewatuk, English – The Tears of Things: Epic Grief
32nd Annual: 2014-15
- Rebecca Judge, Economics – Can Economics Save the Loon?
- Mary Titus, English – Thinking Through Things
31st Annual: 2013-14
- León Narváez, Romance Languages – My Story: Living the Liberal Artes in a Bicultural Context
- Bruce Nordstrom-Loeb, Sociology/Anthropology – Dilemmas of Faith and Family among Megachurch Evangelicals
30th Annual: 2012-13
- Jeanine Grenberg, Philosophy – But that’s Wrong! Kantian Reflections on the Conflict Between Happiness and Morality
- Dan Dressen, Music – Tone, Text, and Musico-poetic Synthesis
29th Annual: 2011-12
- Wendell Arneson, Art/Art History – Remember to Remember
- David Van Wylen, Biology – Murmurings of the Heart
28th Annual: 2010-11
- Mike Leming, Sociology, “Praxis Makes Perfect”
- Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak, Asian Studies and Political Science, “Making Citizens: Lessons From Japan”
27th Annual:2009-10
- Karen Peterson Wilson, Theatre, “Exit Pursued by Ethics”
- Paul Zorn, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, “Analyze This”
26th Annual: 2008-09
- Charles Wilson, Religion, “Inventing Jesus”
- Andrea Een, Music, “Playing by Ear: A Journey from Classical Violinist to Hardanger Fiddler”
25th Annual: 2007-08
- Robert Entenmann, History and Asian Studies, “The Life and Times of Andreas Ly, Chinese Catholic Priest (1693-1774)”
- Anne Walter, Biology, “Old Questions, New Methods: A Paradigm Shift in How We Think About Cell Membranes and Other Biological Entities”
24th Annual: 2006-07
- Rich DuRocher, English, “Why Milton Matters”
- David Schodt, Economics, “Commodity Connections: Latin America and the United States”
23rd Annual: 2005-06
- Steve Reece, Classics, “Homer, Jesus and Bass Fishing in Minnesota”
- Gary Gisselman, Theatre, “Sustainability and the Theatre: Landscape, Intimacy, Sex and Violins”
22nd Annual: 2004-05
- Paul Humke, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, “A Voyager from the Fourth Dimension”
- Jolene Barjasteh, French, “Deceit, Desire, and the Diary: Eugénie de Guérin’s Journal”
21st Annual: 2003-04
- David Wee, English, “Sport (Mostly Baseball) in Culture and the Curriculum”
- Amy Kolan, Physics, “The Pleasures of Seeing: making Light of the World Around Us”
20th Annual: 2002-03
- Charles Taliaferro, Philosophy, “A Defense of a Romantic Education: The Role of Feeling in Personal Development”
- L. DeAne Lagerquist, Religion, “The Observations of the Observed: Theological Literacy, the Liberal Arts and Global Perspective”
19th Annual: 2001-02
- Nancy Paddleford, Music, “Ravel and Rice and Beans”
- Edmund Santurri, Religion and Philosophy, “Philosophical Ambiguities in Ostensibly Unambiguous Times: The Moral Evaluation of Terrorism”
18th Annual: 2000-01
- Eric S. Cole, Biology, “Probing Life with Light” and “Science, Mystery and the Art of Inquiry”
- James J. Farrell, History, “It’s a Mall World After All”
17th Annual: 1999-2000
- Ed Langerak, Philosophy, “Civil Disagreement”
- Mac Gimse, Art, “Always Learning, Forever Going Home”
16th Annual: 1998-99
- Charles Huff, Psychology, “An Invitation to Psychology”
- Alice Hanson, Music, “Conserve, Conservative, Conservatory: The Place of Music at St. Olaf”
15th Annual: 1997-98
- Eric D. Weitz, History, “The Century of Terror”
- Wendy Allen, French, “Searching for Averroes: Reflections on Language, Culture and Education Incorporating a Global Perspective”
14th Annual: 1996-97
- James M. May, Classics, “Cicero’s Ideal Orator and the St. Olaf Graduate: The Tradition Continues”
- Olivia Frey, English, “What is Education For?
13th Annual: 1995-96
- Fred Stoutland, Philosophy, “Philosophy, Science and Other Cultural Activity”
- Martha Wallace, Mathematics, “Learning Teaching and Teaching Learning”
12th Annual: 1994-95
- Anton Armstrong, Music, “How Can I Keep From Singing?”
- Kristina Huber (MacPherson), Library, “Whither the St. Olaf Libraries?”
11th Annual: 1993-94
- J. Patrick Dale, Political Science, “In the Aftermath of the Communist Interlude”
- John Maakestad, Art, “The Excluded and Included in 20th Century Art”
10th Annual: 1992-93
- Valborg Tollefsrud, Nursing, “The Human Science of Caring”
- Gwen Barnes-Karol, Spanish, “Preaching, Politics, and Theater in Counter-Reformation Spain”
9th Annual: 1991-92
- George C. Helling, Sociology, “For Adults Only”
- Kathleen Fishbeck, Biology, “Consider the Soybeans…They Toil Much”
8th Annual: 1990-91
- Robert Jacobel, Physics, “Ice and Climate: A Geophysical Perspective on Global Change”
- Ann Wagner, Dance, “Dance and its Discontents: American Denominational Opposition”
7th Annual: 1989-90
- Robert L. Nichols, history, “Renewing the Spirit”
- Anantanand Rambachan, Religion, “Theological Literacy, A Global Perspective and the Challenges of Religious Pluralism”
6th Annual: 1988-89
- Ted Johnson, Biology, “Out of the Laboratory: Challenges and Dilemmas”
- Carol Holly, English, “Restoring Community to the Canon: A Consideration of Nineteenth-Century American Literature”
5th Annual: 1987-88
- Samiha Sidhom Peterson, Sociology, “The Search of Authenticity in an Interdependent World: The Case of the Middle East”
- Howard Hong, Philosophy, “Three Little Words”
4th Annual: 1986-87
- Albert E. Finholt, Chemistry, “The Inscrutable Face of Science”
- Jo Fraatz (Beld), Political Science, “The Politics of Excellence”
3rd Annual: 1985-86
- Reidar Dittmann, Art and Norwegian, “Turner, Ruskin and the Grand Tour: Switzerland, Italy and the Sublime”
- Devra Westover, Nursing, “Images of Nursing: Fact and Fantasy”
2nd Annual: 1984-85
- Anne H. Groton, Classics, “‘Though much is taken, much abides’: Classics and the Will to Survive”
- Harold H. Ditmanson, Religion, “Christian Faith and Public Morality”
1st Annual: 1983-84
- Lynn Steen, Mathematics, “1 + 1 = 0″ The Invisible Revolution in Modern Mathematics”