T.K. Coleman is Director of Entrepreneurial Education at the Foundation for Economic Freedom. T.K. creates workshops and curricula designed to teach the value of economic literacy and entrepreneurial thinking. He was recently featured in the Netflix documentary "Less is Now." His passion is helping young audiences elevate their aspirations and sense of agency to create and persevere in their individual journeys to live flourishing lives of meaning, achievement and happiness,

Each year, the Center for Ethics invites distinguished academics to present their current work at the Center for Ethics Speaker Series. Since 2001, the Center for Ethics has hosted more than 200 guest speakers. The Center for Ethics public lectures are free and open to all members of the Tulane community as well as the general public. 

Each semester, the Center for Ethics invites distinguished academics to present their current work at the Center for Ethics Public Lecture Series. Since 2001, the Center for Ethics has hosted more than 200 guest speakers.

Jonathan Simon a Lance Robbins Professor of Criminal Justice Law at the University of California, Berkeley. His research concerns the role of crime and criminal justice in governing contemporary societies, risk and the law, and the history of the interdisciplinary study of law.

Serene J. Khader is the Jay Newman Chair in Philosophy of Culture at Brooklyn College and Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. Professor Khader's research interests are in the values that underlie feminist theory and political practice - especially on issues related to women in the global South.

Şerife Tekin is a Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Medical Humanities Program at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Robert B. Talisse is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. His academic work focuses on democracy. More specifically, Professor Talisse writes about how a democratic political order can assist and complicate our efforts to acquire knowledge, share ideas, understand what is of value, and address our disagreements. His research engages questions about public discourse, popular political ignorance, partisan polarization, and the ethics of citizenship.

This lecture, and the reception to follow, is free and open to the public. 

Lecture Abstract provided by Professor Cushman:

Japa Pallikkathayil is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of Pittsburgh. Professor Pallikkathayil's primary research interests lie at the intersection of moral and political philosophy and include such topics as coercion, deception, and exploitation. Her scholarly articles have appeared in leading philosophy journals, including Ethics, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Philosophy and Public Affairs. Professor Pallikkathayil received her PhD from Harvard University in 2008.