The Presidential Speaker Series presents Steven Teles as the first speaker of the 2024-2025 academic year.

Steven Teles is Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Center for Economy and Society (SNF Agora) at the Johns Hopkins University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center. Professor Teles is the author of five books, including The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement (2008) and The Captured Economy (2017). 

The Presidential Speaker Series, launched last year, is returning for the 2024-2025 academic year.  The series focuses on freedom of speech, viewpoint diversity, and campus discourse. Open to all members of the Seattle University community, the speaker series will bring nationally known thinkers and academics to campus. Civil discourse across disagreement is essential for our academic and personal growth, as well as for the health of our democracy.