Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Glenn C. Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences, Professor Emeritus of Economics, and Professor Emeritus of International and Public Affairs, joined Brown University in 2005. He is an academic economist who has made scholarly contributions to the fields of welfare economics, income distribution, game theory, industrial organization, and natural resource economics. He is also a prominent social critic and public intellectual, having published over 200 articles in journals of public affairs in the U.S. and abroad on the issues of racial inequality and social policy.

Loury is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a past Vice President of the American Economics Association. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was for many years a contributing editor at The New Republic magazine.

Among the issues Loury studies are racial affirmative action; dysfunctional social identity; status transmission across generations; and cognitive theories of racial stigma. He also writes popular essays on social and political themes as a public intellectual.

Michael J. Fortner, Pamela B. Gann Associate Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, will moderate the conversation.
 

Terry Tang is the executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, overseeing the newsroom and the Opinion section. She was appointed to her role in 2024, becoming the first female editor in the paper’s 142-year history.

Tang joined The Times in July 2019 as a deputy Op-Ed editor after two years at the American Civil Liberties Union, where she served as director of publications and editorial. She was named editorial page editor in 2022.

Before that, she worked at the New York Times for 20 years in many positions: as deputy editorial page editor; op-ed editor; assistant editorial page editor; editorial writer; deputy technology editor; metro desk major beats editor; and co-founder and editor of Room for Debate, an online platform for rapid-response commentary. Prior to that, she was an editorial writer and columnist at the Seattle Times and a reporter at the Seattle Weekly.

Tang graduated from Yale with a bachelor’s degree in economics and received a J.D. from New York University School of Law. She was a Nieman fellow at Harvard in 1992-93. Her family immigrated to Los Angeles from Taiwan, and she grew up in Gardena. (Source: LA Times)

Terril Jones is a visiting lecturer in the Government Department at Claremont McKenna College, specializing in international journalism. He has more than 40 years of experience in journalism, including as a business and foreign correspondent and editor for Reuters, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes and The Associated Press. Jones was based in Beijing, Paris, and Tokyo for 18 years covering politics, business, international relations, sports, crime and many other topics. He was also a technology correspondent in Silicon Valley and an automotive correspondent in Detroit. He is fluent in Japanese, Mandarin and French, and holds a B.A. from Pomona College.

This program is co-sponsored by the Dreier Roundtable at Claremont McKenna College.

Photo credit: Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times

Keynote Panel: Watt’s Next? A Roadmap for Energy Evolution

Panelists:

Hilary A. Haskell, Low Carbon Fuels Manager, TRC Companies, Inc

Robert Owlett, Director of Origination, Pathway Power

Philip Trapp, Senior Sales Manager, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited

Jeff Sebo is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, and Law, Director of the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, Director of the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy, Director of the Food Impact Program, and Co-Director of the Wild Animal Welfare Program at New York University. 

He is the author of The Moral Circle and Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves and co-author of Chimpanzee Rights and Food, Animals, and the Environment. He is also an advisory board member at the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience, an advisory board member at the Insect Welfare Research Society, an advisor at Eleos AI, and a senior affiliate at the Institute for Law & AI. 

In 2024 Vox included him on its Future Perfect 50 list of "thinkers, innovators, and changemakers who are working to make the future a better place."

Professor Sebo's Athenaeum presentation is co-sponsored by the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies at CMC.

James R. Stocker is associate professor of global affairs at Trinity Washington University. He is the author of Spheres of Intervention: US Foreign Policy and the Collapse of Lebanon, 1967–1976, which is being newly reissued in paperback in 2026. He has been a visiting researcher at Georgetown University and the American University of Beirut. He received his Ph.D .from the Graduate Institute of Geneva, where he received support from the Swiss National Science Foundation. He is a RAND Next Generation Faculty Leader.

Marilou Ryder Ed. D., is an author, speaker, and leadership strategist dedicated to advancing women’s confidence, visibility, and influence in work and life. A former superintendent and longtime university professor, she currently serves as Program Chair for the UMass Global doctoral program in organizational leadership, where she designs innovative leadership development experiences and mentors emerging leaders.

Ryder is the author of multiple books for women, including the bestselling titles "Promotion Power: Five Disruptive Career Moves for Modern Women" and "Self-Sabotage: Ten Personal Power Tips to be Your Best Self on a Good Day", which challenge women to rethink how they advocate for themselves, navigate workplace dynamics, and step into bold professional visibility. Through her speaking, writing, and publishing work, she equips women with practical, no-nonsense strategies that translate directly into action and results.

Known for her engaging, direct style and real-world insight, Ryder inspires audiences to move from capable to confident and from potential to powerful impact.

Dr. Ryder is the keynote speaker for the 2026 Women and Leadership Workshop, co-sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute, Berger Institute for Individual and Social Development, Berger Institute, Mgrublian Center for Human Rights, and the Women and Leadership Alliance.