Upcoming Events, 2025-26
All presentations will take place in the Robinson Teaching Theatre at 4 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Oct. 22, 2025: Kristin Kobes Du Mez – Cowles Auditorium
Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a New York Times bestselling author and professor of history at Calvin University. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion and politics. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Religion News Service and Christianity Today, and has been interviewed on NPR, CBS and the BBC, among other outlets. She is the author of the bestselling book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. And her next book is Live Laugh Love, a cultural study of white Christian womanhood.
Nov. 13, 2025: Curt Thompson
Curt Thompson, M.D. is a psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, Va. He is the founder of Being Known, which develops teaching programs, seminars and resource materials to help people explore the connection between interpersonal neurobiology and Christian spirituality. Thompson is the author of Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices that Can Transform Your Life and Relationships. His book demonstrates how insights from interpersonal neurobiology resonate with biblical truths about God and creation, validating the deep human need for meaningful relationships as a key to a life of hope and fulfillment. He also produced a video series called "Knowing and Being Known: The Transforming Power of Relationships."
March 5, 2026: Sabrina Little
Sabrina Little is an assistant professor in the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture and Society at Ohio State University. Little earned her Ph.D. in philosophy at Baylor University and also studied at Yale Divinity School and the College of William & Mary. Her main areas of interest are virtue ethics, moral psychology and classical philosophy. She often writes about moral emotions, character education and the ethics of exemplarity. Her first book, The Examined Run (Oxford University Press), was released in March 2024. Little also ran professionally for seven years. She holds two American distance running records, was a World Championships silver medalist and was selected to represent the United States on five national teams.
April 8, 2026: Christine Emba
Christine Emba is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She was formerly an opinion columnist for The Washington Post and member of their editorial board. She is the author of Rethinking Sex: A Provocation, which addresses the failures and potential of the sexual revolution in a post-#MeToo world. Earlier in her career, Emba was the Hilton Kramer Fellow in Criticism at The New Criterion and a deputy editor at the Economist Intelligence Unit, focusing on technology and innovation. She grew up in Virginia and holds an A.B. in public and international affairs from Princeton University.