New York Center for Public Anthropology & Sociology Events
Margaret Mead Annual Lectures

The Sixth Annual Margaret Mead Lecture (2025)
The Launch of the New York Center for Public Anthropology
Wednesday, April 16
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Fordham School of Law
150 West 62nd Street
Hill Faculty Conference Room, 7-119
Lynette Arnold, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Daina Sanchez, University of California and Santa Barbara

The Fifth Annual Margaret Mead Lecture (2024)
Between Distribution and Consumption: Toward an Anthropology of Acquisition
Dr. Hanna Garth, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University

The Fourth Annual Margaret Mead Lecture (2023)
Coming of Age in Mixed-Status Families
Dr. Ariana Mangual Figueroa, Associate Professor, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Yazmin Montes, City College of New York
Jennifer Portillo, Macaulay Honors College at Lehman College
Lumari Sosa, Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College

The Third Annual Margaret Mead Lecture (2022)
The Revolution Within: Islamic Media and the Struggle for a "New Egypt"
Dr. Yasmin Moll, University of Michigan

The Second Annual Margaret Mead Lecture (2020)
The 1.5 Insurgent Generation: Stories of El Salvador’s Postwar
Dr. Irina Carlota (Lotti) Silber, City College, CUNY Graduate Center

The First Annual Margaret Mead Lecture (2019)
Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal About Generation Z's New Path to Success
Dr. Shalini Shankar, Northwestern University