Schmidt Lecture: Has Gambling Gone Too Far?

Jonathan D. Cohen leads gambling policy for the American Institute for Boys and Men. He is the author of Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling (2025) and For a Dollar and a Dream: State Lotteries in Modern America (2022). His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and other publications. Before joining AIBM, he served as a senior program officer at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and as a financial writer and editor at Tiger Capital Group. He earned his doctorate in history from the University of Virginia. Cohen's lecture is presented as the 2026 Edward S. and A. Rita Schmidt Lectureship in Ethics. Generously funded by Edward R. Schmidt '69, this lecture brings distinguished scholars and leaders to Susquehanna to address contemporary ethical issues and foster meaningful discussions among students, faculty and the community.