A lecturer on social studies at Harvard University, Professor Adatto is currently writing on the changing meaning of the soul in American civic life and popular culture. Author of Picture Perfect: The Art and Artifice of Public Image Making, which had been honored as a CLSC selection, Dr. Adatto's writings have appeared in The New York Times, New Republic, Forbes Media Critic, Commonweal, the photography journal, See, and numerous scholarly publications. The title of Dr. Adatto's lecture is Reclaiming the Soul in American Civil Life.