Summer 2016 Issue

Emmy award-winning journalist Harry Smith ’73 interviewed bestselling author Reza Aslan on campus April 7. Smith and Aslan discussed topics including Islam, the Middle East, Muslim Americans and more.

Aslan, author of “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” and “No god but God,” is professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and hosts a television series about writing: “Rough Draft with Reza Aslan.”

Smith is now an NBC news correspondent and previously hosted “The Early Show” on CBS, as well as A&E’s television series “Biography” and The History Channel’s “Modern Marvels.” His illustrious career has included interviews with international leaders from Richard Nixon to Margaret Thatcher.

Harry Smith ’73 interviewed Reza Aslan, bestselling author of “Zealot” and “No god but God.”