The Department of Political Science will present Nicol Rae, a professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University, on Tuesday, Oct. 30, a week before Election Day. Rae’s lecture is entitled “Winning Ugly? The 2012 Election and its Consequences for American Government,” and it will explore what the nature of the 2012 campaign, which has been widely derided for its negativity, says about the state of our politics. The lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Room 305 of Leighton Hall, and it is free and open to the public.
Rae, a senior associate dean in FIU’s College of Arts and Sciences, has degrees from the University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh. His work focuses on American politics, looking at Congress, the presidency, political parties and conservatism in American life. Besides his many articles for academic journals, he has authored, coauthored and edited a total of nine books; most recently, along with Timothy Power of the University of Oxford, he edited Exporting Congress?: The Influence of the U.S. Congress on World Legislatures (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006). Rae has also contributed to books by other authors, including two recent books edited by Carleton political science professor Steven Schier: Transforming America: Barack Obama in the White House (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011) and The American Elections of 2008 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008). Rae was a Visiting Professor at Yale University for the fall 2000 semester, and he was awarded a Congressional Fellowship by the American Political Science Association in 1996, serving as a Capitol Hill aide to Congressman George Radanovich (R-Calif.) and Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.).
For more information about this event, including disability accommodations, contact the Carleton College Department of Political Science at (507) 222-4117. Leighton Hall is located at the end of College Street on the Carleton College campus in Northfield.