10/14/2006: "Upcoming author events and interviews include:"

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10/14/2006

Upcoming author events and interviews include:

June 22, CBS Sunday Morning television interview on the history and impact of the GI Bill and my book Over Here.
October 21, 2008: Ohio State University, public lecture on the evolution-intelligent design debate and my book, Monkey Girl.
November 14, 2008: Bowdoin College, Maine, Colloquium on Faith and Reason.
Feb 14, 2009: Darwin Week in Santa Barbara, in conversation with Judge John E. Jones III, who presided over the modern-day Scopes Trial featured in Monkey Girl. Details to come.

To schedule an event or find out more information, click here.

Author talks: In recent years, I have been invited to speak and deliver keynotes at a variety of venues and conferences. I've been asked to testify before the U.S. Senate committee on family, youth and children, to address a joint session of both houses of the California Legislature, and to speak to the National Association of District Attorneys, the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, the National Association of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the National High School Journalism Conference, the National Association of Teachers of English, the California Department of Corrections, the California Appellate Project, the American Psychology and Law Society, the Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Poynter Institute, the National Education Summit, and the National Steinbeck Center, among others. I've had the pleasure of delivering a commencement address at Hampshire College in Amherst, my alma mater, and have enjoyed speaking at venues throughout California as part of the amazing My California Project. I have also visited many schools and universities for lectures. The Marist School in Atlanta, for instance, assigned its entire junior class to read School of Dreams, then brought me in to lecture and teach a class; while the Hilliard-Davidson High School in Columbus made the book a faculty read, then invited me to lead a discussion and brainstorming session for improving their school. I enjoy doing writing workshops with high school and college students when I have the time.