Speaking
Past and future lectures and appearances are below. If you are contemplating bringing Lisa Wade for a visit, please feel free to reach out to her or to her speaking agent, Soapbox.
Three free webinars are also available (with sign up, but genuinely for anyone and everyone to view):
- Undergraduate Women Forging Friendships During the Pre-Vaccine Pandemic
- American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus
- Biology and the Gender Binary: The New Science of Sex Difference
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“Lisa was a dream guest speaker. Her talk was a combination of current, relevant, and well-researched information delivered in an entertaining and non-judgmental manner. The students loved her approachable style and great sense of humor.”
— Sarah Rankin (Harvard University)
KEYNOTE AND PLENARY SPEECHES
- Alpha Kappa Delta National Sociology Honor’s Society (virtual, June 16, 2021)
- Wisconsin Department of Health Services Sexually Transmitted Infections Summit (virtual, November 18, 2020)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention Conference (virtual, September 17, 2020)
- Society for Personality and Social Psychology Pre-Conference (New Orleans, February 27, 2020)
- California State University Sociology Week (Fullerton, March 6, 2017)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pleasure Week (Boston, February 13, 2017)
- Harvard University Humanist Hub Sunday Speaking Series (Boston, February 12, 2017)
- Wichita State University Sociology Department Gender and Sexuality Conference (Wichita, March 4, 2016)
- Midwest Sociological Society Meetings (St. Louis, March 27, 2015)
- University of Nebraska Undergraduate Sociological Symposium (Omaha, November 12, 2015)
- University of Illinois Artist-in-Residence (Urbana-Champaign, October 19-23, 2014)
- University of Akron Alpha Kappa Delta Awards Banquet (Akron, April 19, 2013)
- Harvard University Women’s Week (Boston, March 11, 2013)
- California State University Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society (Northridge, October 8, 2012)
- Harvard University Sex Week (Boston, March 26-28, 2012)
- Yale University Sex Week (New Haven, February 6-7, 2012)
ALL LECTURES AND APPEARANCES:
2022
- Concord University (Athens, April 13)
- Colorado Mesa University (Grand Junction, March 7)
2021
- Alpha Kappa Delta National Sociology Honor’s Society (virtual, June 16)
- W.W. Norton & Co. Webinar (virtual, April 7)
- Tulane University Sex Week (virtual, March 5)
2020
- Wisconsin Department of Health Services (virtual, November 18)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (virtual, September 14-17)
- W.W. Norton & Co. Webinar (virtual, April 2)
- Society for Personality and Social Psychology Pre-Conference (New Orleans, February 27)
2019
- Chapman University (Orange, November 4)
- Bowdoin College (Brunswick, October 23)
- D’Youville College (Buffalo, April 4)
2018
- Pomona College (November 14)
- Archer School for Girls (November 12)
- University of Southern California (November 5)
- United States Air Force Academy (October 29)
- Kenyon College (October 22)
- Chapman University (October 10)
- Tarrant County College (February 7)
- University of Texas, Permian Basin (February 8)
- California State Fullerton (February 13)
- Pomona College (February 15)
- Oregon Women’s Conference (March 3)
- Alabama Child Safety Conference (March 6)
- California State University, Long Beach (March 14)
- Chapman University (March 15)
- Occidental College (March 27)
- Pacific Lutheran University (April 10)
- Franklin and Marshall College (April 12)
- Swarthmore University (April 12)
- Tulane University (April 18)
- Furman University (April 19).
2017
- Cornell University (November 16)
- Butte College (November 9)
- Moorpark College (November 2)
- University of California, Los Angeles (October 24)
- University of California, Irvine (October 20)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (October 17)
- University of Delaware (October 4)
- Elon University (October 2)
- Northwestern University (May 1)
- University of Chicago (April 28)
- Co-Op Seminary Bookstore, Chicago, IL (April 27)
- University of Minnesota (April 25)
- Saint Louis University (April 24)
- Southern Illinois University (April 23)
- University of Virginia (April 12)
- University of New Orleans (April 10)
- State University of New York, Brockport (April 6)
- Hobart and William Smith (April 5)
- California Lutheran University (March 7)
- California State University, Fullerton (March 6)
- University of Southern California (March 6)
- Northeastern University (February 14)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pleasure Week (February 13)
- Harvard Bookstore (February 12)
- Harvard University, Humanist Hub Sunday Speaking Series (February 12)
- Politics and Prose, Washington, DC (February 11)
- Hunter College (February 8)
- Columbia University (February 7)
- Stanford University (February 3-4)
- Books, Inc, with Peggy Orenstein (February 2)
- Whitman College (January 31)
- Seattle Town Hall (January 30)
- Loyola University, New Orleans (January 25)
- Louisiana State University (January 24)
- Octavia Books (January 12)
2016
- Tulane University – Fridays at Newcomb (April 22)
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (April 20)
- University of Wisconsin, River Falls (March 22-23)
- Boise State University (March 14-15)
- Wichita State University – Keynote Speaker for the Sociology Club and Sociology Department Gender & Sexuality Conference (March 4)
2015
- University of Nebraska, Omaha Undergraduate Sociological Symposium – Keynote Speaker (November 12)
- Shawnee State University Distinguished Lecture Series (October 27)
- Marshall University (October 26)
- University of Missouri-Columbia (March 31 – April 1)
- Midwest Sociological Association Meetings Plenary Speaker (March 27)
2014
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Artist in Residence (October 19-23)
- Citrus College Sex 101 Week (April 3)
- Westminster College Bastian Diversity Lecture Series (March 11)
2013
- United States Bartending Guild, Los Angeles Chapter (October 15)
- Macalester College (October 1-2)
- Carleton College (September 30)
- Citrus College (September 10)
- University of Akron AKD Spring Awards Banquet Keynote Speaker (April 19)
- Citrus College (April 2)
- Pomona College (March 27)
- Harvard University Women’s Week (March 11)
- Queen’s University of Kingston (February 26)
- Occidental College (January 31)
2012
- California State University-Northridge (October 8)
- Indiana State University Annual International Crime, Media and Popular Culture Studies Conference – Featured Speaker (September 17)
- California State University-Northridge (April 26)
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Sociology Research Institute (April 20)
- Occidental College Digital Scholarship Symposium (April 12)
- University of California-Los Angeles Couples and Sex Therapy Training Program (April 5)
- Yale University Sex Week (February 6-7)
- Dartmouth University (March 29)
- Harvard University Sex Week (March 26-28)
- Boston University (March 27-28)
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst Sociology Department Colloquium (Marcn 27)
2011
- Occidental College Last Lecture Series (December 1)
- Occidental College Feminist Faculty Series (October 26)
- Pacific Lutheran University Sex + Speakers Series (October 25-26)
- University of California-Los Angeles Brown Bag Lecture Series (October 15)
- Franklin and Marshall College Common Hour (March 24)
2010
- Tulane University Newcomb College Institute Speakers Series (September 30)
- Loyola University (September 29)
2009
- Slippery Rock University Women’s Studies Speaker Series (November 5)
- California Lutheran University Health and Social Change Lecture Series (October 21)
- University of Southern California Health Center Staff Education Series (April 24)
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Photo credit: Emma Pulido.