Spring 2023 Department of Political Science Distinguished Speaker Series
Faculty and students are invited to a series of Thursday talks 2:00-3:00 PM CST. Sessions occur by Zoom.
February 23
Stephan Haggard, University of California, San Diego
“Backsliding: Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World”
Discussant: Sultan Tepe, UIC
Zoom Session, 2:00-3:00 PM
https://bit.ly/3f6foVW
March 16
Wendy Schiller, Brown University, and Kaitlin Sidorsky, Coastal Carolina University
“Federal Funding and Women’s Human Security: Measuring the Effectiveness of the U.S. Office of Violence Against Women”
Discussant: Christopher Mooney, UIC
Zoom Session, 2:00-3:00 PM
https://bit.ly/3f6foVW
Cosponsored by Department of Public Policy, Management and Analytics; Gender and Women’s Studies, UIC
April 20
Laura Gamboa, University of Utah
“Resisting Backsliding: Opposition Strategies Against the Erosion of Democracy”
Discussant: Sebastian Tobon Palma,UIC
Zoom Session, 2:00-3:00 PM (Hybrid Event, also in BSB 1115)
https://bit.ly/3f6foVW
Cosponsored by Latin American and Latino Studies, UIC
The Political Science Distinguished Speaker Series is organized by Prof. Alba Alexander and sponsored by UIC’s Department of Political Science
