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Community Talks & Panels

When possible, I give talks in the community about political issues that relate to my research or teaching.  I have given talks to local library groups, credit union meetings, ministers’ associations, and other community organizations in addition to professional talks. These are recent selected panels and talks.

  • “Federal Revival: The Politics of the People… or Disunity?” February 8, 2023.
  • “The 2022 Elections: A Retroperspective.” November 16, 2022.
  • “The Rise of Ideology: America’s Surprising Political Journey.” August 7-12, 2022 (Björklunden).
  • “Predicting Presidential Elections.” October 20, 2020.
  • “Political Polarization: The Way Forward.” September 28, 2020.
  • “The 2020 U.S. Elections in Global Perspective.” January 9, 2020.
  • “Commemorating the Federal Depository Library Program.” November 5, 2019.
  • “The Electoral College: Protecting the Republic or Disenfranchising a Democracy?” January 4, 2017.
  • “Elections: Candidates, Substance and Personality.” October 12, 2016.
  • “Unexpected but not Unprecedented: Upheavals in American Politics from 1856 to 2016.” October 7, 2016.
  • “Working with the Media.” Featured Panel, Midwest Political Science Association, April 4, 2014.
  • “Party Polarization: Are Voters or Parties Driving Division?” April 2, 2014.
  • “Scraping Data and Making ‘Big’ Inferences.”  March 6, 2014.
  • “Is Anyone Listening? American Presidents and Public Attention.” September 19, 2013.
  • “Lincoln, the Constitution, and the Civil War.” National Constitution Center and the American Library Association, January 10, 2013.
  • “Bitter Clingers and the 47 Percent: How the Rise of Social Media Has Undercut Honest Democracy.” October 22, 2012.
  • “Political Culture and American Political Development.” October 24, 2011.
  • “The Walker Budget and Wisconsin’s Fiscal Future.” April 21, 2011.
  • “Redistricting and Political Competition.” March 24, 2010.