Kantor
Lecture

The Kantor Lecture brings eminent psychologists to campus for several days for lectures to the Psychology Department and campus, and to meet with students.

Here are just a few notable speakers from past years:

  • Daniel Simons (University of Illinois)
  • Steven Maier (University of Colorado)
  • Eugene Borgida (University of Minnesota)
  • Susan Goldin-Meadow (University of Chicago)
  • Paul Rozin (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Kay Deaux (City University of New York)
  • Edward F. Zigler (Yale University)
  • Alice Eagly (Northwestern University)

About the Kantor Lecture Series

The J.R. Kantor Memorial Lecture brings eminent psychologists to campus for several days to offer lectures to the College community as well as to the Psychology Department, and to meet with students.

Support for this lecture series comes from the estate of the late Prof. Kantor, who spent a long career at Indiana University and the University of Chicago, and who had many ties to the Department of Psychology at Denison.

Kantor Lecture
Archives

2025 - 2026

The 2025-2026 J.R. Kantor Memorial Lectureship in Psychology presents Susan Clayton from the College of Wooster.

The 2025-2026 J.R. Kantor Memorial Lectureship in Psychology presents Susan Clayton from the College of Wooster.

2024 - 2025

The 2024-2025 J.R. Kantor Memorial Lectureship in Psychology presents Suzana Herculano-Houzel of Vanderbilt University.

The Kantor Lecture Series welcomes historian Max Felker-Kantor.

2023 - 2024

Denison University’s Psychology and Journalism Departments welcome Carl Hart to campus as part of the J.R. Kantor Memorial Lecture series.

2019 - 2020

Denison University Psychology Department welcomes Kantor Speaker Claude Steele presenting a lecture.

2018 - 2019

Denison University Psychology Department welcomes Kantor Speaker Daniel Simon presenting Do “Brain Training” Programs Work?

Denison University Psychology Department welcomes Kantor Speaker Daniel Simon presenting "Missing What’s Missing..."

2017 - 2018

The Kantor Lecture Series presents "Exploring the Prenatal Origins of Perceptual and Social Development."

The Kantor Lecture Series presents "Understanding Instinctive (Species-Typical) Behavior Without Appeals to Nativism: Development as Explanation."

2016 - 2017

The Kantor Lecture Series welcomes University of Michigan professor Abigail Stewart presenting "Creating an Inclusive Academic Culture."

2015 - 2016

The Kantor Lecture Series welcomes Steven Maier, University of Colorado Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Center for Neuroscience.

2013 - 2014

The Kantor Lecture Series welcomes Professor Eugene Borgida presenting “The Generalizability of Gender Bias: Effects of Sexism, Expertise, and...”

The Kantor Lecture Series welcomes Professor Eugene Borgida, presenting “Bringing the Mind into the Courtroom: Using Science to Challenge Commonsense.”

The J.R. Kantor Memorial Lecture Series welcomes Jenny Saffran presenting "Beyond nature versus nurture: Changing views of infant language development."

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