Jimmy Tingle is one of the top social and political humorists in America. He has worked as a stand-up comic, writer, commentator and actor for radio, television and film. He created, wrote, edited, and performed television essays for national broadcast on the 60 Minutes II News Magazine television show. He has also worked as a […]

Kerry Emanuel, PhD is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has been on the faculty since 1981, after spending three years on the faculty of UCLA. Professor Emanuel’s research interests focus on tropical meteorology and climate, with a specialty in hurricane physics. His interests […]

Dr. Peter Gray is a research professor of psychology at Boston College. He has conducted and published research in comparative, evolutionary, developmental and educational psychology; published articles on innovative teaching methods and alternative approaches to education; and is author of Psychology (Worth Publishers), an introductory college textbook now in its 6th edition. His current research […]

On Point’s host, Tom Ashbrook, is an award-winning journalist brought to public radio following the attacks of September 11, 2001, when he was enlisted by NPR and WBUR-Boston for special coverage, after a distinguished career in newspaper reporting and editing. Tom’s career in journalism spans twenty years as a foreign correspondent, newspaper editor, and author. […]

Joanne Patterson, MPH/MSW, is the Director of Education and Prevention Programs at REACH Beyond Domestic Violence. She received her Master’s degrees from Boston University where her work focused on women’s health and violence prevention, and where she was awarded a fellowship in Intentional Injury. The founder of Peers Against ViolencE (PAVE), a dating abuse prevention […]

Casey Corcoran is the Director of the Start Strong Initiative at the Boston Public Health Commission. The Start Strong Initiative focuses on preventing teen dating violence and promoting healthy relationships. The youth-driven work of Start Strong Boston has been featured on MSNBC, CNN, The Early Show and was recently profiled in the New York Times […]

Emily Rothman, ScD, is a dating violence researcher in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health and a visiting scientist at the Harvard Injury Control Research Center (HICRC). She earned her doctorate from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2004, where her dissertation research focused on correlates […]

Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman is a former NASA astronaut who made five space flights to become the first astronaut to log 1000 hours of flight time aboard the Space Shuttle. Dr. Hoffman was Payload Commander on the first flight of the US-Italian Tethered Satellite System. He played a key role in coordinating the scientific and operational […]

Undersecretary Giudice brings more than 30 years of diverse and expansive energy industry experience to his role as the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ (EEA).  He is the secretary’s key advisor on energy issues. Undersecretary Giudice serves as board chair for the National Association of State Energy Officials, and is Vice Chair of […]

Dr. Lazzouni’squalifications for this lecture are substantial. He is the Chairman of the Board of the Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations at Merrimack College and is a Visiting Scholar of Islamic Studies at Boston College.  He was trained in classical Islam in traditional schools in North Africa, and was affiliated with the Oxford […]