Student Center Theater
Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus

“Laura’s Legacy: Traditional Conservative Woman or International Activist First Lady?”
Dana Cooper, Stephen F. Austin State University

“The Continuing Leadership of President and Mrs. Bush in Arts and Culture”
Adair Margo, Founder and President, Tom Lea Institute
Chairman, President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, 2001-2008
Anne-Imelda Radice, Executive Director, American Folk Art Museum
Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2006-2010
Deputy Chairman for Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities,
2005-2006; Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the United States
Department of Education, 2003-2005

“Dancing With the First Lady: Her Societal Waltz in the Shadow and the Spotlight”
Patricia A. Rossi, Attorney

Discussant
Anita McBride
Executive-in-Residence, Center for Congressional and
Presidential Studies, American University
Assistant to President George W. Bush and Chief of Staff to
First Lady Laura Bush, 2005-2009
Senior Advisor, Bureau of International Organizations,
Department of State, 2004
Senior Advisor to the Secretary and White House Liaison,
Department of State, 2002-2003
Special Assistant to the President for White House Management, 2001

Moderator
Rosanna Perotti, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science, Hofstra University