Faculty Remarks

2025 SSD Graduation Ceremony
Dean Amanda Woodward addresses SSD graduates on Saturday, June 7, 2025.
At each Spring Quarter Diploma and Hooding Ceremony, a member of the Division's faculty delivers remarks to celebrate the occasion. The roster below highlights remarks given since 2019.
Robert Pippin
2019

Robert B. Pippin, Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor, John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought

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Kristen Schilt
2020

Kristen Schilt, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology

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Robert Shimer
2021

Robert Shimer, George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics

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Photograph of Emilio Kouri
2022

Emilio Kourí, Professor of History

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Photograph of William Howell
2023

William Howell, Sydney Stein Professor of American Politics

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Photograph of Mark Berman
2024

Marc Berman, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology

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Photo of Cathy Cohen
2025

Cathy J. Cohen, D. Gale Johnson Distinguished Service Professor and the inaugural chair for the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity

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