2008-- Global Health: From Catastrophe to Cure
2007-- Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America
2006 - No CIS held.
2005 - From Auschwitz to Darfur: Genocide in the Global Village
2004 - Race and Opportunity: Echoes of Brown v. Board of Education
2003 - Putting Science In Its Place: Discovery and Responsibility
2002 - No CIS held.
2001 - Earth Matters: Daily Decisions, Environmental Echoes
2000 - Gold Rush and Ghost Towns: Living on the Internet
1999 - No CIS held.
1998 - Feminism and Faith: Implications for Life
1997 - Sport and American Life
1996 - The Role of Media in America Culture
1995 - The Role of Liberal Arts Education in a Changing World
1994 - What Future is in our Genes: Freedom from Disease, Good Investment, Manufactured Humans?
1993 - Race and Social Change in America
1992 - The Columbus Legacy: 1492-1992
1991 - Lifeboat Earth: Decisions for Tomorrow
1990 - The Quest for Justice: Christian Voices
1989 - The American Dream: Rags, Riches, Reality
1988 - Medicine and Morality: Medical Care and Human Care
1987 - South Africa: Apartheid Under Scrutiny
1986 - Crisis in Central America: Perspectives and Alternatives
1985 - World Hunger
1984 - Civil Rights in the United States: The State of the Dream
1983 - Avenues Toward Peace
1982 - Lives in Transition: The Future of Marriage and Family
1981 - Energy
1980 - The Configuration of Peace in the Middle East