Featured Lectures Highlight
Enjoy this highlight reel from past seasons of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
Fall 2023 Lectures
Dan Flores
Center for the Study of the American West's Garry L. Nall Lecture in Western Studies
"Wild New World"
November 2, 2023
7 p.m.
Legacy Hall
Dr. Jack M. Fletcher, 11th Annual Helen Piehl Distinguished Lecture
"The Reading Brain: Understanding the Science of Dyslexia"
October 5, 2023
8:30 a.m. - noon
Legacy Hall and online
Main sponsors:
Helen Piehl
WT Distinguished Lecture Series
Terry B. Rogers College of Education and Social Sciences
Sandra Lopez
"Career Empowerment and Leadership"
October 4, 2023
Noon
Alumni Banquet Hall (lunch included)
Main Sponsors:
WT Distinguished Lecture Series
Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business
Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA)
Co-Sponsors:
Women in Business (WIB)
Buff Analytics
College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)
Hispanic Student Association (HSA)
Aaron A. Abeyta
"An Evening of Poetry Featuring Award-Winning Poet and Author Aaron A. Abeyta"
September 11, 2023
6:00 p.m.
Legacy Hall
Sponsored by:
WT Distinguished Lecture Series
Office for Engaged Citizenship
Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages
Center for the Study of the American West (CSAW)
More Past Events
Space Between Conference with José Limón and Rebecca VanDiver
June 9, 2023
Theodore Waddell
April 20, 2023 | Amarillo Museum of Art
Aaron Mahnke, podcaster
April 13, 2023 | Legacy Hall
Annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month Kickoff Event 2023 with Lt. Barbara Ferrara
April 10, 2023 | Legacy Hall
Distinguished Lecture Series Headliner Event with Anna Deavere Smith
April 4, 2023 | Legacy Hall
"Listening to Nostalgia in Contemporary Mexican Media" with Dr. Jacqueline Avila
March 23, 2023 | Blackburn Reading Room, Cornette Library
"K-Pop Dance" with Dr. Chuyun Oh
March 9, 2023 | FAC Recital Hall
"Confronting Climate Gridlock: What Climate Solutions are Both Needed and Possible for the State of Texas?" with Dr. Daniel Cohan
November 8, 2022 | Legacy Hall
"The Dorothy Patterson Poetry Series Presents a Poetry Reading by George Bilgere"
November 2, 2022 | Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
"Latinx Poetry and the stories of America"
October 18, 2022 | Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
"An Evening with Dr. Ellen Ochoa"
October 17, 2022 | Legacy Hall
"To and Fro without a Road Map: Which Way the Coronado Expedition Chose to Go, and Why"
October 6, 2022 | Cornette Library
"Planning to Remember: Quinceañera and the Power of Community Memory"
September 15, 2022 | Hazlewood Lecture Hall, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
“Anti-Union Workers and Conservative Backlash Politics During the 1937 Sit-Down Strikes” with Dr. Gregory J. Wood
April 14, 2022 | Blackburn Room , Cornette Library
“Values of the Cow Country Told in Story, Verse and Song” with cowboy poet Red Steagall (part of CSAW’s Nall Lecture Series)
April 7, 2022 | Legacy Hall and Livestream
"What happened to Steve" with Steve Burns, the first host of Blue's Clues
April 5, 2022 | Legacy Hall and Livestream
"Spanish Literacy Translation in Motion" with Lisa Dillman and Gregary J. Racz
April 4, 2022 | CC 316 , FAC Recital Hall
“Airborne Lasers: Making Methane Emissions Reduction Simple” with Dr. Pete Roos
February 10, 2022 | Legacy Hall
The Dorothy Patterson Poetry Series: Internationally known performance poet Ray McNiece
November 3, 2021 | Legacy Hall
"Mathemagics!: Math in the Digital Age" with Arthur T. Benjamin
October 27, 2021 | Via Zoom
"Beyond Economic Impact: How Sports Events Contribute to Community" with Dr. Jennifer Stoll
October 13, 2021 | Fairly Group Club, Buffalo Stadium
"Latinx Poetry and the Crises of America" with Alessandra Narváez Varela & Casandra López
October 12, 2021 | Via Zoom
"Peace and Friendship: An Alternative History of the American West" with Stephen Aron
September 30, 2021 | Legacy Hall and Zoom
"Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorders: Exploring and Explaining the Link" with Rick Lavoie
September 25, 2021 | Via Zoom
Lecture & Demonstration of Dynamic Symmetrywith Dr. Ruth Pasquine
September 22, 2021 | MMNH 189 and Zoom
10th Annual Helen Piehl Distinguished Lecture
"Emil Bisttram, Dynamic Symmetry, and the Southwest"with Dr. Ruth Pasquine
September 21, 2021 | Via Zoom