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SPA Explains the 2024 Election

Browse below for a compilation of events, scholarship, and videos from SPA Faculty surrounding the 2024 US Presidential Election. Follow us on , , , and  for more election coverage!

Upcoming Events


CEP Conference Flyer

Why Aren't the Presidential Candidates Talking Much About Climate Change?


October 17 | SIS Founders Room

In the “thick” of the campaign, we seek through this conference to take a step back and ask broader questions about political polarization, party politics, and one of the most under-considered campaign issues of our time. 


Correcting Election-Related Misinformation Flyer

Correcting Election-Related Misinformation


October 22 | 10 - 11am | Virtual

  • Angie Holan, International Fact-Checking Network
  • Joanne Miller, University of Delaware
  • Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College
  • Claire Wardle, Cornell University


When Politics & Markets Meet flyer

When Politics & Markets Meet: The 2024 Presidential Election


October 22 | 4-5pm | Kerwin 301

Join to hear panelists from UBS & American University discuss the 2024 election, and how the result will impact the U.S. economy and global markets.

  • Andrew Shantz, Managing Director - Wealth Management, The Shantz Mantione Group, UBS
  • Shane Lieberman, Executive Director, US Office of Public Policy, UBS
  • David Marchick, Dean, Kogod School of Business, American University
  • Liz Suhay, Associate Professor of Government, School of Public Affairs, American University


Imagining a First Gentleman Flyer

Imagining a First Gentleman


October 28 | 10am | Kerwin 311
Light breakfast served

  • Anita McBride, Director, First Ladies Initiative, School of Public Affairs; Founding Member, First Ladies Association for Research and Education (FLARE); Co-Author, Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women
  • Diana B. Carlin, Professor Emerita, St. Louis University; Founding Member, First Ladies Association for Research and Education (FLARE); Co-Author, Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women
  • Nanc Kegan Smith, Vice President, First Ladies Association for Research and Education (FLARE); Co-Author, Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women

Scholarship

Senate Edition Congress on Demand

Congress On Demand is a new tool to witness Congress-members' appearances — on the job — in the House and Senate created by CCPS Fellow Eve Silberberg

Gender on the Ballot news

Government & Politics ·

AU SPA’s Women & Politics Institute Is Permanent Home to Gender on the Ballot

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Past Events

Videos in this playlist

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