On Tuesday, May 11 at 7 p.m. in the Severance Great Hall, Carleton College professor Steven Schier will moderate a panel discussion on the 2016 American Presidential Election and the Obama Presidency. The event, which will be followed by a reception, also serves to honor Schier, Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, who will retire later this year. This event is free and open to the public.
The panel of political experts includes R. Michael Alvarez, Carleton Class of 1986 and professor of political science the California Institute of Technology and co-director of the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project; Janet M. Box-Steffenmeier, Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science & Sociology at The Ohio State University and director of its program in statistics and methodology; Lawrence R. Jacobs, Walter F. and Joan Mondale Chair for Political Studies and director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the Hubert H. Humphrey School and Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota; and Nicol C. Rae, Dean of Letters and Sciences and professor of political science at Montana State University.
A highly regarded political commentator, Schier completed his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His interests are primarily in American politics, including interest groups, elections, Congress, the presidency, and political parties. He is the author of several books, including: By Invitation Only: The Rise of Exclusive Politics in the United States (2000), You Call This an Election? America's Peculiar Democracy (2003), and Panorama of a Presidency: How George W. Bush Acquired and Spent his Political Capital (2009). He edited The Postmodern Presidency: Bill Clinton's Legacy in American Politics (2000), High Risk and Big Ambition: The Early Presidency of George W. Bush (2004),Transforming America: Barack Obama in the White House (2011), and coedited of The American Elections of 2008 (2009), American Government and Popular Discontent: Stability Without Success (2012) coauthored with Todd Eberly, and The American Elections of 2012, edited by Janet Box-Steffensmeier and Steven E. Schier. In 2014, Schier was appointed a Fulbright Distinguished Professor of American Studies at Uppsala University in Sweden. He has taught at Carleton College since 1981.
This event is sponsored by the Carleton College Department of Political Science. For more information, including disability accommodations, call (507) 222-4117. Severance Great Hall is located off College Street on the Carleton campus.
