The Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) hosts the event series Cox Family Process Speaker Series.

Beginning in 2021, the Cox Family Process Speaker Series offers annual programming that brings renowned artists and scholars to CU Boulder each spring. The invited guest speaker will discuss their work that made them famous in their fields. The CHA graciously thanks the Cox Family Visiting Professor Fund, which includes Dr. Jeffrey Cox, the inaugural director of the CHA, for making this series possible through their generous donation.

Previous Cox Family Process Speaker Series:

2023: Dr. Jennifer Holland and "Tiny You: A Western History of the Anti-Abortion Movement"

Dr. Jennifer L. Holland, History Professor at the University of Oklahoma, author, and expert on abortion history. She specializes broadly in histories of gender, sexuality, 20th century conservative movements, and the American West. On April 12, 2023, Dr. Jennifer Holland discussed the origins of her book Tiny You: A Western History of the Anti-Abortion Movement, the reception of the book, and the afterlife of Tiny You, especially after the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022.

2022: Kevin B. Lee and “Transformers: the Premake”

Kevin B. Lee, renowned filmmaker and video essayist, spoke about his film “Transformers: the Premake” on March 30, 2022. His film essay Transformers: The Premake, which acknowledges the internet's role asa boundless repository of information and as a primary experience of reality. He directs Crossmedia Publishing at Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, Germany. Lee is a filmmaker, film critic, and producer of over 350 video essays that explore connections between film and media. Link to the recording of the event can be found at CHA's YouTube Channel here.

2021: Dr. Priscilla Wald and "Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative"

Dr. Priscilla Wald, English Professor at Duke University, spoke about her book, Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative (Duke University Press, 2008) on March 29, 2021. Contagious is a cautionary tale about how the stories we tell circumscribe our thinking about global health and human interactions as the world imagines-or refuses to imagine-the next Great Plague. She shared her inspiration for this critical work, the afterlives of Contagious, and thoughts she had about this work given our COVID-19 lives. A link to the recording of the event can be found here.