Each semester, the Blount Scholars Program brings artists, academics, and figures from public life to campus to lecture on topics of interest and meet with Blount students. Recent lecturers have included:
E.O. Wilson
“The father of sociobiology and biodiversity”, Pellegrino University Professor, Emeritus
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Bill Nye
The Science Guy. ‘nough said.
Douglas Brinkley
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Fellow
Professor of History, Rice University
Christina Baker Kline
American Novelist, #1 New York Times best selling author, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowship Recipient
Bobby Horton
Instrumentalist, Composer, Producer, and Music Historian
Danielle Allen
Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
James Bryant Conant University Professor, Harvard University
Kathryn Stockett
Novelist and Author of The Help. The book is always better (especially when the author comes to speak).
Betsy Schlabach
Associate Professor of History and African & African American Studies, Earlham College
Stephen Pinker
Johnstone Family Professor
Department of Psychology, Harvard University
