The series begins on Tuesday, Jan. 22, with a special lecture in celebration of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. The event, which is co-sponsored with the Office of Interfaith Campus Ministries and The Office of Multi-ethnic Student Affairs, will feature Judith Green, associate professor of philosophy and co-director of women’s studies at Fordham University, who will address “Waging Peace, Deepening Democracy: The Transformative Potential of King’s Prophetic Philosophy in Twenty-First Century Global Contexts.” Green specializes in social and political philosophy, ethics and applied ethics, philosophy of economics, philosophy of religion, American philosophy, African American philosophy, Native American philosophy, critical theory, feminist theory, interdisciplinary women’s studies, urban studies, and urban and regional planning. She is the author of Pragmatism and Social Hope: Deepening Democracy in Global Contexts and Deep Democracy: Community, Diversity, and Transformation. She earned undergraduate degrees in English and philosophy from Michigan State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Minnesota.