Boston College Front Row

Panelists Eric Gregory, professor of religion at Princeton University, Susan Crawford Sullivan, assistant professor of sociology and Edward Bennett Williams Fellow at the College of the Holy Cross, and William Julius Wilson, the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, discuss poverty in the U.S. and the ways in which we (the government and citizenry) act to alleviate it.

Erik Owens, associate director of the Boisi Center and adjunct assistant professor of theology and international studies at Boston College, moderates the panel discussion.

Laurent Dubois, the Marcello Lotti Professor of Romance Studies and History at Duke University, talks about his book Haiti: The Aftershocks of History (2012). He is the author of Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France (2010) and Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution (2004), and is currently writing a history of the banjo.

Laurent Dubois, Duke University, talks about his book Haiti: The Aftershocks of History (2012). He is the author of Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France (2010) and Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution (2004), and is currently writing a history of the banjo.

William Glavin is chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Oppenheimer Funds, an investment bank and full-service investment firm. In an interview with Robert Radin, graduate programs lecturer, Glavin describes his work and career.

William Glavin is chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Oppenheimer Funds, an investment bank and full-service investment firm. In an interview with Robert Radin, graduate programs lecturer, Glavin describes his work and career.

Richard Garnett is the associate dean for faculty research and a professor of law and political science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters, and comments regularly in print and broadcast media on legal matters.

Richard Garnett is the associate dean for faculty research and a professor of law and political science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters, and comments regularly in print and broadcast media on legal matters.

Anthony Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, delivers this Lowell Humanities Series lecture, titled “The Florentine Renaissance Portrait: Cultural Origins of a New Art Form.”

Anthony Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, delivers this Lowell Humanities Series lecture, titled “The Florentine Renaissance Portrait: Cultural Origins of a New Art Form.”

Glenn Carle served for 23 years in the CIA, where his last position was deputy national intelligence officer for transnational threats of the National Intelligence Council. He is author of The Interrogator: An Education (2011).