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 for anyone and everyone to view:
- Student Life Amidst COVID-19
- 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.