2011-12
John Oliver
The Avett Brothers
Childish Gambino
Sleigh Bells
2010-11
The Roots
Devotchka
Dr. Rick Altman
Valerie Plame-Wilson
Bill MckKibben
Aasif Mandvi
2009-10
Wilco
The Black Keys
Reza Aslan
Public Enemy
Ananya Roy
Manfred Nowak
Lt. Dan Choi
Tony Kushner
Chris Abani
Wendell Potter
Sudhir Venkatesh
Frank Warren (WW)
2008-09
Chuck Berry
Girl Talk
Harry Allen
Alice Sebold
Naomi Klein
E.O. Wilson
Inga Muscio
Ishmael Beah
Eric Rosenthal
Chuck Klosterman
2007-08
Kings of Leon
Bon Iver
Counting Crows
Marjane Satrapi
Laurie Garrett
Karl Rove
Daniel Ellsberg
Joshua Wolf Shenk
Brookings Institute
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Jeff Chang
2006-2007
President Jimmy Carter
Heather ray/Star Nayea
Joe Wilson
Jeanne Jordan
Jane Smiley
David Cole
*Frank McCourt
Mitch Albom
Nicholas Kristof
Zadie Smith
The Yes Men (WW)
2005-2006
Dan Savage
Noam Chomsky
Robert Ray
*Janet Reno
Amy Tan
Candace Bushnell
Public Power Debate
Howard Zinn
The New Yorker College Tour
Richard Florida
FCC Michael Copps & Jonathan Adelstein
Craig Colten & Soul Patrol
Tammy Bruce
Tom Arnold
2004-05
Bob Dylan
Second City Comedy Troupe (has performed in Iowa City numerous times)
Modest Mouse
Irshad Manji
*Howard Zinn
Jeff Ma
Minnijean Brown Trickey
Ira Glass
William Kristol
Monty Jones
Art Spiegelman
Jean Kilbourne
2003-04
John Mayer
311
Weird Al Yankovic
Switchfoot
Mo Rocca
Jeanine Benyus
*Salman Rushdie
Coleen Rowley & Ray McGovern
Judy Shepard
Mitch Albom
Linda Chavez
Seymor Hersh
Scott Turrow Catherine Crier
Dave Eggers
2002-03
Wilco (Jeff Tweedy and/or Wilco have performed in Iowa City more than five times)
Blues Traveler
Indigo Girls
David Sedaris (returns to campus in November for a lecture)
*William Jefferson Clinton
Leslie Feinberg
Randall Kennedy
Bono
Loung Ung
Robert Ressler
Linda Fasulo
Pedro Sanchez
Robert Siegel
2001-02
Jack Johnson
Ryan Adams
OAR
Ben Folds
Ween
Michael Weinstock
Robert Fisk
*F.W. de Klerk
Danny Glover & Felix Justice
Winona LaDuke
Kurt Vonnegut
Harlan Cohen
2000-01
Matchbox 20
Julia Hill
Michael Moore
*Coretta Scott King
Angela Davis
Urvashi Vaid
Max Weinberg
1999-2000
Goo Goo Dolls
Backstreet Boys
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sonia Monzano
Shay Banks-Young & Julia
Jefferson
*Gloria Steinem
Spitfire Tour
Joe Clark
Bob Woodward
Adam Werbach
Linda Wertheimer
1998-99
Henry Rollins
Elton John
Jerry Greenfield
*Johnathan Kozol
Jan Schlichtmann
Hanan Ashrawi
Arun Gandhi
Anka Radakovich
George Mitchell
Joycelyn Elders
1997-98
Ani Difranco
Widespread Panic
Al Franken
*Lech Walesa
Gloria Naylor
Michael Eric Dyson
Molly Ivins
Oliver Stone
Harold Kushner
Loveline August
1996-1997
Peter Jordan
Cathleen Cleaver & Roger
Newman
John Hockenberry
*Stephen Jay Gould
Taylor Branch
Robert Novak
Sister Helen Prejean
Charles Guggenheim
Tom Arnold
Billie Jean Young
David Silverman August
1995-96
311
All 4 One
8 Bold Souls
Ed Wilkerson
Michael Moore
Ralph Nader
George Mosse
*Mary Frances Berry
Studs Terkel
Julian Bond
Nadine Strossen & Armstrong
Williams
Anna Deavere
Timothy Leary August
1994-95
James Taylor
Nine Inch Nails
Dave Marsh
Hunter Thompson
Joseph Gaylord
*George McGovern
Paul Tsongas
Morris Dees
"A Reason to Believe"
Patricia Ritter
*Maya Angelou
Jackie Joyner-Kersee August
1993-94
Smashing Pumpkins
Primus
Garth Brooks (performed three-straight nights at Carver-Hawkeye Arena)
Jack Becker
Barry Williams
Gen. Lewis Mackenzie
Jack Gannon
Michael Tobias
Johnetta B. Cole
Edward James Olmos
Clarence Page
Fred Barnes
W.P. Kinsella with Juan Williams,
Sam Becker, Jo Ann Conklin, Larry Eckholt, Estera
Milman, and Erin Stack
1992-93
Metallica
Guns N Roses
Phish
1991-92
Alabama
Buddy Guy/Blues Traveler
*Carl Sagan
Danny Glover & Felix Justice
Carl Rowan
Irving Levine
Catherine Crier
General Charles Horner
Edward Said
Dr. Mary Berry
1990-91
New Kids on the Block
Bob Dylan
Paul Simon
Whitney Houston
*C. Everett Koop
David Berry
Ralph Nader
Alex Haley
Gwendolyn Brooks
Peter Burtchell
Boris Notkin
1989-90
Tom Petty
George Plimpton
Kenneth Adelman
Henry Cisneros
Spike Lee
Nikki Giovanni
Brit Hume
Sarah Weddington
1988-89
Def Leppard
REM
Violent Femmes
Bon Jovi
P.J. O'Rourke
Barry Commoner
Ralph Abenathy
Geneva Overholser
Ravi Batra
Donald Johnason
Gil White
Larry Speakes
1987-88
Beach Boys
Warren Zevon
U2
Whitney Houston (has performed at Iowa twice)
Jerry Seinfeld
Harlan Ellison
Helen Suzman
Barbara Ehrenreich
N. Scott Momaday
Bettina Gregory
Walter Williams
Graham Chapman
Mitch Snyder
1986-87
Stevie Wonder
REM
Jay Leno - comedy
Survivor (also performed at UI Homecoming 2011)
Kenny Rogers
Ellen Goodman
Dr. Charles Clements
Dr. Edward Said
Maya Angelou
Richard Leakey
Armando Valladares
Dith Pran
1985-86
Tina Turner
Heart
Stevie Nicks
1984-85
Elton John (has performed at Iowa twice)
Ray Charles
Psychedelic Furs
Crosby Stills and Nash
Chicago
George Carlin
BB King
REM (has performed at Iowa three times)
