30th ANNUAL: 2012-13

• Jeanine Grenberg
• Dan Dressen

29th ANNUAL: 2011-12

• Wendell Arneson
• David Van Wylen

28th ANNUAL: 2010-11

• Mike Leming, Sociology, "Praxis Makes Perfect"
• Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak, Asian Studies and Political Science, "Making Citizens: Lessons From Japan"

27th ANNUAL:2009-10

• Karen Peterson Wilson, Theatre, "Exit Pursued by Ethics"
• Paul Zorn, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, "Analyze This"

26th ANNUAL: 2008-09

• Charles Wilson, Religion, "Inventing Jesus"
• Andrea Een, Music, "Playing by Ear: A Journey fromClassical Violinist to Hardanger Fiddler"

25th ANNUAL: 2007-08

• Robert Entenmann, History and Asian Studies, "The Life and Times of Andreas Ly, Chinese Catholic Priest (1693-1774)"
• Anne Walter, Biology, "Old Questions, New Methods: A Paradigm Shift in How We Think About Cell Membranes and Other Biological Entities"

24th ANNUAL: 2006-07

• Rich DuRocher, English, "Why Milton Matters"
• David Schodt, Economics, "Commodity Connections: Latin America and the United States"

23rd ANNUAL: 2005-06

• Steve Reece, Classics, "Home, Jesus and Bass Fishing in Minnesota"
• Gary Gisselman, Theatre, "Sustainability and the Theatre: Landscape, Intimacy, Sex and Violins"

22nd ANNUAL: 2004-05

• Paul Humke, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, "A Voyager from the Fourth Dimension"
• Jolene Barjasteh, French, "Deceit, Desire, and the Diary: Ergnie de Guerin's Journal"

21st ANNUAL: 2003-04

• David Wee, English, "Sport (Mostly Baseball) in Culture and the Curriculum"
• Amy Kolan, Physics, "The Pleasures of Seeing: making Light of the World Around Us"

20th ANNUAL: 2002-03

• Charles Taliaferro, Philosophy, "A Defense of a Romantic Education: The Role of Feeling in Personal Development"
• L. DeAne Lagerquist, Religion, "The Observations of the Observed: Theological Literacy, the Liberal Arts and Global Perspective"

19th ANNUAL: 2001-02

• Nancy Paddleford, Music, "Ravel and Rice and Beans"
• Edmund Santurri, Religion and Philosophy, "Philosophical Ambiguities in Ostensibly Unambiguous Times: The Moral Evaluation of Terrorism"

18th ANNUAL: 2000-01

• Eric S. Cole, Biology, "Probing Life with Light" and "Science, Mystery and the Art of Inquiry"
• James J. Farrell, History, "It's a Mall World After All"

17th ANNUAL: 1999-2000

• Ed Langerak, Philosophy, "Civil Disagreement"
• Mac Gimse, Art, "Always Learning, Forever Going Home"

16th ANNUAL: 1998-99

• Charles Huff, Psychology, "An Invitation to Psychology"
• Alice Hanson, Music, "Conserve, Conservative, Conservatory: The Place of Music at St. Olaf"

15th ANNUAL: 1997-98

• Eric D. Weitz, History, "The Century of Terror"
• Wendy Allen, French, "Searching for Averroes: Reflections on Language, Culture and Education Incorporating a Global Perspective"

14th ANNUAL: 1996-97

• James M. May, Classics, "Cicero's Ideal Orator and the St. Olaf Graduate: The Tradition Continues"
• Olivia Frey, English, "What is Education For?

13th ANNUAL: 1995-96

• Fred Stoutland, Philosophy, "Philosopy, Science and Other Cultural Activity"
• Martha Wallace, Mathematics, "Learning Teaching and Teaching Learning"

12th ANNUAL: 1994-95

• Anton Armstrong, Music, "How Can I Keep From Singing?"
• Kristina Huber (MacPherson), Library, "Whither the St. Olaf Libraries?"

11th ANNUAL: 1993-94

• J. Patrick Dale, Political Science, "In the Aftermath of the Communist Interlude"
• John Maakestad, Art, "The Excluded and Included in 20th Century Art"

10th ANNUAL: 1992-93

• Valborg Tollefsrud, Nursing, "The Human Science of Caring"
• Gwen Barnes-Karol, Spanish, "Preaching, Politics, and Theater in Counter-Reformation Spain"

9th ANNUAL: 1991-92

• George C. Helling, Sociology, "For Adults Only"
• Kathleen Fishbeck, Biology, "Consider the Soybeans...They Toil Much"

8th ANNUAL: 1990-91

• Robert Jacobel, Physics, "Ice and Climate: A Geophysical Perspective on Global Change"
• Ann Wagner, Dance, "Dance and its Discontents: American Denominational Opposition"

7th ANNUAL: 1989-90

• Robert L. Nichols, history, "Renewing the Spirit"
• Anantanand Rambachan, Religion, "Theological Literacy, A Global Perspective and the Challenges of Religious Pluralism"

6th ANNUAL: 1988-89

• Ted Johnson, Biology, "Out of the Laboratory: Challenges and Dilemmas"
• Carol Holly, English, "Restoring Community to the Canon: A Consideration of Nineteenth-Century American Literature"

5th ANNUAL: 1987-88

• Samiha Sidhom Peterson, Sociology, "The Search of Authenticity in an Interdependent World: The Case of the Middle East"
• Howard Hong, Philosophy, "Three Little Words"

4th ANNUAL: 1986-87

• Albert E. Finholt, Chemistry, "The Inscrutable Face of Science"
• Jo Fraatz (Beld), Political Science, "The Politics of Excellence"

3rd ANNUAL: 1985-86

• Reidar Dittmann, Art and Norwegian, "Turner, Ruskin and the Grand Tour: Switzerland, Italy and the Sublime"
• Devra Westover, Nursing, "Images of Nursing: Fact and Fantasy"

2nd ANNUAL: 1984-85

• Anne H. Groton, Classics, "'Though much is taken, much abides': Classics and the Will to Survive"
• Harold H. Ditmanson, Religion, "Christian Faith and Public Morality"

1st ANNUAL: 1983-84

• Lynn Steen, Mathematics, "1 = 1 + 0" The Invisible Revolution in Modern Mathematics"