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Recognizing Leaders in Prevention Science
The Bennett Lecture in Prevention Science is an annual fall event to honor worldwide leaders in prevention research. The lecture includes a week of activities with the most prominent scholars in the field. The featured speaker also provides a second lecture, co-sponsored with the Child Study Center, on a related topic. The Lectureship was created through an endowment, established in 1999 by Edna Bennett Pierce ’53 HEc, which also provides a comprehensive portfolio of enhancements to the Center.
The Bennett Lecture is one of the Center’s most visible outreach efforts. The inaugural lecture was held in 2002, and was given by Sir Michael Rutter, Research Professor of Developmental Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. Edna and her first husband, the late C. Eugene Bennett, also established the Edna Peterson Bennett Faculty Chair in Prevention Research in 1994.
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Past Bennett Lecturers
- 2023: Velma McBride Murry, Vanderbilt University
- 2022: Beth Stormshak, University of Oregon
- 2021: Guillermo (‘Willy’) Prado, The University of Miami
- 2020: Dorothy Espelage, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 2019: Katie Witkiewitz, The University of New Mexico
- 2018: Richard Catalano, University of Washington
- 2017: Stephanie Jones, Harvard University
- 2016: Gene Brody, University of Georgia
- 2015: Hirokazu Yoshikaw, New York University
- 2014: Philip Fisher, University of Oregon
- 2013: Nancy Gonzales, Arizona State University
- 2012: Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University
- 2011: Matthew Sanders, University of Queensland
- 2010: Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, University of California at Los Angeles
- 2009: G. Alan Marlatt, University of Washington
- 2008: Roger Weissberg, University of Illinois at Chicago
- 2007: Thomas Dishion, University of Oregon
- 2006: Mary Ann Pentz, University of Southern California
- 2005: David L. Olds, University of Colorado
- 2004: Irwin Sandler, Arizona State University
- 2003: J. David Hawkins, University of Washington
- 2002: Sir Michael Rutter, King’s College London
Past Bennett Lecturers
- 2021, Guillermo (‘Willy’) Prado, The University of Miami
- 2020 Dorothy Espelage, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 2019 Katie Witkiewitz, The University of New Mexico
- 2018 Richard Catalano, University of Washington
- 2017 Stephanie Jones, Harvard University
- 2016 Gene Brody, University of Georgia
- 2015 Hirokazu Yoshikaw, New York University
- 2014 Philip Fisher, University of Oregon
- 2013 Nancy Gonzales, Arizona State University
- 2012 Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University
- 2011 Matthew Sanders, University of Queensland
- 2010 Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, University of California at Los Angeles
- 2009 G. Alan Marlatt, University of Washington
- 2008 Roger Weissberg, University of Illinois at Chicago
- 2007 Thomas Dishion, University of Oregon
- 2006 Mary Ann Pentz, University of Southern California
- 2005 David L. Olds, University of Colorado
- 2004 Irwin Sandler, Arizona State University
- 2003 J. David Hawkins, University of Washington
- 2002 Sir Michael Rutter, King’s College London
