Speakers

The Rose Institute invites speakers to discuss topics relevant to its research. Speakers have ranged from local politicians to redistricting experts, from economists to legal scholars.

All speaking events feature a main speaker or panel of speakers, followed by a significant question and answer session with the students. 

If you would like to organize a speaking event at the Rose Institute or wish to recommend a speaker, please contact the Rose.

2011-2012 Speakers

Friday, September 30th: 

Tom Campbell, dean, Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Law and professor of economics, Chapman University School of Law; “Uneasy Compromise

Tuesday, October 11th: 

Dan Walters, political columnist, The Sacramento Bee; author,  The New California: Facing the 21st Century (1986) and co-author,   The Third House: Lobbyists, Money and Power in Sacramento (2002); “Is California Ungovernable?”

Thursday, October 27th:

John Dinan, professor of political science, Wake Forest University; author, The Virginia State Constitution (2011) and The American State Constitutional Tradition (2006); “Standing Up to Washington: State Resistance to Federal Policy, Past and Present” (12:00 p.m.)

Monday, January 30th:

Dean Vogel, president, California Teachers Association; Jed Wallace, president and CEO, California Charter Schools Association; Julia Brownley, State Assemblywoman (CA-41st District); Jeff Stark P’11, vice president, Claremont Unified School District Board of Education; David Abel ’68, chairman and managing director, VERDEXCHANGE Institute; “Is California K-12 Education in Crisis? If So, What Do We Do about It?”

Tuesday, April 3th:

 Erica Grieder, southwest correspondent, The Economist; Eric Helland, Robert J. Lowe professor of economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, CMC; co-author, forthcoming The Impact of Liability on the Physician Labor Market and The Optimal Jury Size when Jury Deliberation Follows a Random Walk(2008); Chuck Devore ’85, Visiting Senior Scholar for Fiscal Policy, Texas Public Policy Foundation; “As Texas Goes…How California Lost Its Edge”

Thursday, April 12th: 

Kevin McCarthy, California Congressman (R-22nd district); Majority Whip, United States House of Representatives; “Leadership in Government: Remarks from Congressman Kevin McCarthy” (12:00 p.m.)