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SUMMARY:The Effects of Federal Health Policy on Kansas
DESCRIPTION:Join the Dole Institute Student Advisory Board for the spring Student Advisory Board Program\, featuring a discussion on how the One Big Beautiful Bill’s effects on Medicaid and the new Rural Health Transformation Grant may change the healthcare landscape in Kansas. \nSAB coordinator Abbie Clements will be in conversation with Kansas health policy experts Sheena Schmidt\, senior policy analyst and strategy team leader at the Kansas Health Institute\, and David Jordan\, president and CEO of the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund\, to talk about the path forward. \n  \n\n  \nDavid Jordan is a proven leader with over 25 years of achievement in improving access to health care in Kansas and nationally.  David has served as the president and CEO of the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund (Health Fund) since 2018\, leading the statewide health foundation’s grantmaking\, external relations\, and policy and advocacy efforts. Before joining the Health Fund\, David served as the executive director of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas\, a coalition of over 100 organizations working to improve health and access to health care in Kansas. David oversaw the Alliance’s operations and the effort to expand and improve KanCare\, Kansas’ Medicaid program. David joined the Alliance after spending nearly seven years at Community Catalyst\, a leading national consumer health advocacy organization.  David also oversaw the MassACT! Coalition spearheading the ballot campaign that led to Massachusetts’ landmark 2006 universal health care law. David is recognized for his expertise in health care\, early childhood and civic engagement issues and is often called upon to serve on committees and task forces\, including the Governor’s Commission on Racial Equity and Justice\, the Governor’s Early Childhood Transition Task Force\, Kansas Rural Health Innovation Alliance\, Kansas Complete Count Committee\, and the Office of Early Childhood Transition Advisory Group. David holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Kansas and bachelor’s degree in speech communication from Emerson College.  He lives in Lawerence\, Kansas\, with his wife Suzanne and their two school-aged children. \nSheena L. Schmidt\, M.P.P.\, Senior Analyst & Strategy Team Leader\, leads strategic planning and programmatic activities related to access to care\, including Medicaid and other publicly funded programs\, the health care workforce and rural health issues. She has over 14 years of experience in public service at the federal\, state and local levels. At the state level\, Sheena recently served as the Director of Administrative Services for the Kansas Department for Children and Families\, where she oversaw grants and contracts for the agency\, among other key operational areas. At the local level\, Sheena was the Senior Grants Program Administrator and a Grant Writer for the City of Topeka\, where she developed strategic funding priorities which resulted in several million dollars for projects related to infrastructure and social services. She also worked at KHI as an Analyst from 2012-2016 and prior to that as an Analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office in Washington\, D.C. Sheena earned a master’s degree in public policy with a concentration in politics and institutions from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in political science with a minor in history and a certification in nonprofit management from Washburn University. As a lifelong Kansan\, she is invested in helping others understand how policies impact their health\, in addition to research interests related to health equity. Her personal interests include listening to podcasts and making memories traveling with her family.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-effects-of-federal-health-policy-on-kansas/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:The SAB Presents
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - In Conversation with Ambassador Bogdan Klich
DESCRIPTION:The Republic of Poland’s Head of Mission to the United States\, Bogdan Klich\, will be in conversation with Dole Fellow and former Kosovar diplomat Qëndrim Gashi on Poland’s experience in public diplomacy with the United States and examine key aspects of U.S.-Polish bilateral cooperation. Their discussion will also offer perspectives on current U.S. foreign policy and Poland’s priorities. \nThis program is presented in partnership with \n         \n  \n\n  \nH.E. Bogdan Klich is the Head of Mission in the Embassy of the Republic of Poland as of November 2024. He has been Senator in the Polish Parliament between 2011 and 2024. Between 2015 and 2019\, he was Minority Leader of the Polish Senate. Mr. Bogdan Klich served as Poland’s Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2011 and was a member of the European Parliament. Klich managed the Information Department at State TV Centre in Cracow between 1990 and 1992. He then was Head of the International Centre for Development of Democracy in Krakow from 1993 to 1999 and Head of the Institute for Strategic Studies from 1999 to 2003. In 1998 and 1999\, he was an Adviser to the government plenipotentiary for Poland’s accession negotiations with the EU. Mr. Klich graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the Krakow Medical Academy and the Faculty of Philosophy and History at the Jagiellonian University. He was a lecturer at the Institute of European Studies at the Jagiellonian University. Mr. Klich has authored numerous publications on foreign policy and international security. In the late 1970’s and 1980’s he was active in the democratic opposition movement. \nDr. Qëndrim Gashi is an associate professor at the University of Prishtina and was Kosovo’s Ambassador to France from 2016 until 2021. He has served in supervisory boards of various private and state institutions and think tanks and has won a number of scholarships\, awards and honors\, including receiving the insignia of Commander of the French Legion of Honor in 2022. Educated at the University of Chicago (PhD 2008)\, the University of Cambridge (MA St 2003)\, and the University of Prishtina (Diploma 2002)\, he has given talks at many universities\, was the founder and first President (2008-2012) of the Kosovar Mathematical Society\, and since April 2022 also serves as the Kosovo American Education Fund Development Manager.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/in-conversation-with-ambassador-bogdan-klich/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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SUMMARY:Inside the Electorate: A Bipartisan Look Ahead to the 2026 Midterms
DESCRIPTION:The nation enters a critical midterm election year with voters trying to come to grips with economic anxieties\, international disruptions\, and ongoing debates about the nation’s culture. The Wall Street Journal’s new bipartisan polling team\, Democrat John Anzalone and Republican Adam Geller\, will join Dole Institute Visiting Fellow Jerry Seib for their first public appearance to discuss the nation’s mood as seen through their surveys and extensive experience. \n  \n\n  \nJerry Seib has been a journalist with The Wall Street Journal for almost 45 years. He served as the Journal’s Executive Washington Editor and wrote the weekly “Capital Journal” column for 29 years. He also reported from the Middle East for the Journal in the mid-1980s\, covered the White House\, has moderated three presidential debates\, and interviewed every president since Ronald Reagan. \nJohn Anzalone\, one of the nation’s leading Democratic pollsters\, is the founding partner of Impact Research. A veteran of Democratic politics\, he’s served as the chief pollster for President Joe Biden in 2020. He also polls for Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer\, Roy Cooper’s 2026 U.S. Senate race (NC) and House Democratic Caucus Chair\, Pete Aguilar (CA). John also conducts public opinion research for many Fortune 500 companies\, as well as national associations and advocacy groups such as the AARP. \nAdam Geller is the chief executive officer of National Research\, Inc.\, a polling and political research firm. Active in numerous Republican campaigns over the years\, he was a pollster for President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Trump-aligned super PACs during the 2020 and 2024 presidential election cycles\, in addition to working with many congressional\, senatorial\, and gubernatorial campaigns. Adam also regularly works with corporate\, public relations\, and C-suite executives to provide political insights and strategies.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/inside-the-electorate/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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SUMMARY:The Counselors: Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?
DESCRIPTION:In this edition of The Counselors\, attorneys and Dole Institute Visiting Fellows Ed Duckers and Pedro Irigonegaray will debate whether the Electoral College—the means in which the United States elects a president—should be abolished. They’ll be joined a panel of expert witnesses to debate both sides of the issue. \nThis program will be moderated by Ava Levin\, SAB member and Discussion Group Coordinator\, who studies Political Science\, English\, and Spanish. \n  \n\n  \nFor the negative: \nEd Duckers is partner at Stoel Rives LLP and the head of the firm’s Litigation Practice in California and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He is a past chair of Stoel Rives’ Food and Agribusiness Industry Team. Ed will be leading the argument for the negative. \nTara Ross is nationally recognized for her expertise on the Electoral College. She is the author of Why We Need the Electoral College (2019)\, along with multiple other books about the Electoral College. Her children’s books include We Elect A President: The Story of our Electoral College (2016)\, She Fought Too: Stories of Revolutionary War Heroines (2019)\, and We Fought for Freedom: The Story of Our American Revolution. Her Prager University video\, Do You Understand the Electoral College?\, is Prager’s most-viewed video ever\, with more than 66 million views. \nTrent England is the executive director and founder of Save Our States and has also served as the executive vice president at think tanks in Washington state and Oklahoma and as a legal policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation in Washington\, D.C. He is the author of Why We Must Defend the Electoral College and a producer of the feature-length documentary\, Safeguard: An Electoral College Story. Trent earned a J.D. from George Mason University School of Law and a B.A. in government from Claremont McKenna College. \n  \nFor the affirmative:  \nPedro Irigonegaray is an attorney and partner at Irigonegaray\, Turney\, & Revenaugh. A trial lawyer since 1973\, Pedro is a former President of The Kansas Trial Lawyers Association\, a Fellow in The American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow in The International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Pedro will be leading the argument for the affirmative. \nJeffrey D. Jackson is the James M. Concannon Dean and Professor of Law at Washburn University School of Law. Jackson received his B.B.A. in economics from Washburn University in 1989\, his J.D. from Washburn Law in 1992\, and his L.L.M. in Constitutional Law at Georgetown University Law Center in 2003. He teaches Constitutional Law I & II as well as Constitutional History. \nLinsey Moddelmog is a Professor of Political Science at Washburn University\, where she has taught since 2009. She has done research in the area of electoral systems and representation in the U.S. and around the world. She is excited to return to the Dole Institute where she worked for several years while in graduate school at the University of Kansas.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-counselors-should-the-electoral-college-be-abolished/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Ambassador Pjer Šimunović
DESCRIPTION:This Dole Forum will focus on Croatia’s experience in public diplomacy in the United States and examine key aspects of U.S.–Croatia bilateral cooperation. The discussion will also offer perspectives on current U.S. foreign policy and Croatia’s priorities. \n  \n\n  \nH.E. Pjer Šimunović is Croatia’s Ambassador to the United States since September 2017. Together with a career in journalism and academic research he served in various high-level positions in the Croatian Government\, in the fields of national security\, defense and diplomacy\, as Director of the Office of the National Security Council\, Ambassador to Israel\, Defense State Secretary in charge of defense policy\, National Coordinator for NATO and Assistant Foreign Minister in charge of international organizations and security\, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy in Paris and Deputy Head of Department for Analysis at the Foreign Ministry. He worked as a journalist with the BBC World Service Radio in London\, with the magazine Europ in Paris\, and with the Croatian daily ‘Večernji list’ in Zagreb\, covering international affairs. A regular speaker on political and security issues at many conferences and seminars\, he is the author of a range of security studies and articles published in the leading international journals. Ambassador Šimunović holds an M.A. degree from the Department of War Studies\, King’s College London. He is decorated with the title of Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur de la République française. \nDr. Qëndrim R. Gashi is a mathematician and diplomat\, currently serving as a visiting professor at the University of Maryland\, College Park. From 2016 to 2021\, he was Kosovo’s Ambassador to France\, also covering Portugal\, Andorra\, and Monaco. Dr. Gashi has served in supervisory boards of various private and state institutions\, and think tanks\, and has received numerous  scholarships\, awards and honors – including the insignia of Commander of the French Legion of Honor in 2022. He holds a Ph.D. (2008) from the University of Chicago\, and M.A. St (2003) from the University of Cambridge\, and a Diploma (2002) from the University of Prishtina. He was the Spring 2023 Dole Fellow\, leading the series Building Democracy in the 21st Century.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/in-conversation-with-ambassador-pjer-simunovic/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251030T203000
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SUMMARY:The Midterm Election\, One Year Out
DESCRIPTION:The groundwork already is being laid for highly consequential 2026 midterm elections\, as the two parties jockey over congressional redistricting\, controversies over the Trump agenda\, political violence and Democrats’ search for a unifying message. We examine all the elements one year out. \n  \n\n  \nJerry Seib has been a journalist with The Wall Street Journal for almost 45 years. He served as the Journal’s Executive Washington Editor and wrote the weekly “Capital Journal” column for 29 years. He also reported from the Middle East for the Journal in the mid-1980s\, covered the White House\, has moderated three presidential debates\, and interviewed every president since Ronald Reagan. \nFor more than 25 years\, Amy Walter has built a reputation as an accurate\, objective\, and insightful political analyst with unparalleled access to campaign insiders and decision-makers. One of Washington’s Most Powerful Women in 2023 & 2021\, she is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter\, where she provides analysis of the issues\, trends and events that shape the political environment. A contributor to the PBS NewsHour\, she provides weekly political analysis for the popular “Politics Monday” segment and is a featured contributor for their Election and Convention special coverage events. She is also a regular Sunday panelist on NBC’s Meet the Press and CNN’s Inside Politics and appears frequently on Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News Channel. From 2017 until early 2021\, Walter was the host of the weekly nationally syndicated program Politics with Amy Walter on The Takeaway from WNYC and PRX. She’s also the former political director of ABC News. Amy was an inaugural fellow at the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago\, where she now serves on the Board of Advisors. She graduated summa cum laude from Colby College\, earned an honorary degree as a Doctor of Letters\, and serves as a Trustee to the Board.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-midterm-election-one-year-out/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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SUMMARY:Affordable Housing in America
DESCRIPTION:Fueled by high home prices and rents\, a limited supply of affordable homes\, and persistent regulatory and financing hurdles\, families across the nation are finding it harder than ever to secure safe\, decent\, and affordable housing. Millions of American families spend more than half their income on housing\, while entry-level homeownership remains out of reach for many—a reality that threatens economic stability and upward mobility. \nAs local\, state\, and federal policymakers scramble to respond\, the question of what works has become urgent. The challenge is amplified by the need for solutions that not only increase housing production but also preserve existing affordable homes and help families with insufficient incomes cover high housing costs. \nJoin us at the Dole Institute as our two visiting fellows break down what’s at stake and why housing policy will remain a defining issue for years to come at every level of government. \n  \n \nThis program is presented in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center. \n  \n\n  \nMichael Kelley is a senior director at BPC Action. Before joining in 2021\, he held several senior roles at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development\, advising top officials on congressional and intergovernmental affairs. He previously served as deputy chief of staff and legislative director to Rep. Marlin Stutzman and as a legislative assistant to Rep. Steve Buyer. Kelley also brings experience from the Natural Products Association\, Mayer Brown\, and the Moffett Group. A Virginia native\, he holds a B.A. in History from the University of Virginia. \nAndy Winkler is managing director of housing and infrastructure at BPC\, where he leads the Housing Council and Task Force on Disaster Response Reform. Since joining BPC in 2015\, he has worked on infrastructure\, senior housing\, and housing finance reform. Previously\, he was director of housing finance policy at the American Action Forum. Winkler holds a B.A. from the University of Missouri.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/affordable-housing-in-america/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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SUMMARY:Why the Armenian Genocide Still Matters
DESCRIPTION:Over a century later\, the 1915 Armenian Genocide continues to offer us many insights about human rights\, competing national interests\, and the role of history in identity and narrative-building. \nJoin Dole Institute senior archivist and head of collections Sarah Gard\, historian Alice Kelikian\, and journalist Michael Bobelian for a conversation inspired by the Dole Institute’s original exhibit\, “Dole & Dr. K\,” that builds on the stories of loss and recovery turned advocacy for Armenia. \n  \n \nThis program is presented in partnership with the KU Center for Russian\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies. \n  \n\n  \nSarah Gard\, C.A.\, serves as the Dole Institute’s senior archivist and head of collections. In her role\, she preserves and provides access to the Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archives and Special Collections—one of the largest congressional archives in the United States. She holds a B.A. in art history from the University of Mary Washington and an M.S.I.S. with a specialization in archives and records enterprise from the University of Texas at Austin. Sarah is also an active member of the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress and the Congressional Papers Section of the Society of American Archivists. \nAlice Kelikian is an associate professor of history at Brandeis University working on Italian culture and cinema. She took her first degree at Princeton University and got her doctorate at the University of Oxford. Kelikian is also the daughter of Dr. Hampar Kelikian\, the Armenian surgeon Senator Bob Dole credited with his mental and physical recovery after World War II. \nMichael Bobelian is an award-winning author\, lawyer\, and journalist who has written about and discussed human rights\, the Supreme Court\, and legal affairs for outlets like the Washington Post\, Los Angeles Times\, Forbes.com\, C-SPAN\, and NPR. A graduate of the University of Michigan Business and Law schools and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism\, he is the author of two books\, including Children of Armenia: A Forgotten Genocide and the Century-Long Struggle for Justice. Bobelian also served as the Dole Archives Fellow for Armenian Advocacy in 2018\, and his research was the foundation for the “Dole & Dr. K” exhibit.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/why-the-armenian-genocide-still-matters/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251015T203000
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SUMMARY:The 2025 Constitution Day Program: Healthcare in the U.S. Constitution
DESCRIPTION:In observation of Constitution Day\, Dole Institute associate director Dr. Barbara Ballard\, and attorney and Student Advisory Board alum Jesse Burbank will be in conversation with I. Glenn Cohen\, the James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law at Harvard Law School\, about the intersection of healthcare policy and the U.S. Constitution\, including discussions on Medicare and Medicaid\, Obamacare\, abortion\, gender-related medical treatment\, and the future of healthcare. \nThe Dole Institute’s Constitution Day Program is made possible by the support of longtime Friend of the Dole Institute\, Mark P. Johnson. \n  \n\n  \nDr. Barbara Ballard is senior associate director at the Dole Institute\, where she leads civic engagement and leadership programs. She has served at the University of Kansas since 1980 and teaches in education and gender studies. A Kansas House Representative since 1992\, she is the Democratic Caucus Chair and serves on key committees. She is also a former president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. \n\nJesse Burbank earned his bachelor’s degree in history and political science from the University of Kansas in 2017. He was a member of the Dole Institute Student Advisory Board\, and he served as Dole Institute Director Bill Lacy’s research assistant during his senior year. Jesse earned his law degree with honors from Harvard Law School in 2020\, and worked in private practice after law school at the law firm Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago before joining the U.S. Army JAG Corps in late 2022. He is now a Captain in the U.S. Army\, serving as a criminal trial attorney in the Military District of Washington\, DC. He was previously a federal prosecutor in the District of Kansas and a Special Victims’ Counsel at Fort Riley\, representing survivors of sexual assault and related offenses throughout the military justice process. \n\nProf. I. Glenn Cohen is the Deputy Dean and James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and serves as the Faculty Director\, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy\, Biotechnology & Bioethics. He is one of the world’s leading experts on the intersection of bioethics and the law\, as well as health law. He also teaches civil procedure. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. He has spoken to NATO on biotechnology and human enhancement\, addressed the OECD and members of the US and the Korean Congress on medical AI policy\, and advised then- U.S. Vice President Harris on reproductive rights. He has provided bioethical advising and consulting to some of the largest healthcare companies in the world including Bayer\, Otsuka\, and Illumina. He has given grand rounds and lectured to medical and industry conferences across the world. His work has been frequently covered by or appeared in media venues such as PBS\, NPR\, ABC\, NBC\, CBS\, CNN\, the New York Times\, The Washington Post\, the Boston Globe. He is the author of more than 300 articles and leading law\, medicine\, and science journals and the author\, co-author\, editor\, or co-editor of more than 20 books. Prof. Cohen’s current projects relate to medical AI\, mobile health and other health information technologies\, abortion\, reproduction/reproductive technology\, the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs\, research ethics\, organ transplantation\, rationing in law and medicine\, health policy\, FDA law\, translational medicine\, medical tourism and many other topics
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-2025-constitution-day-program-healthcare-in-the-u-s-constitution/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250923T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250923T201500
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SUMMARY:Water for Our Future
DESCRIPTION:Join Dole Fellow Karen Willey for a bipartisan conversation with legislative members of the Water Program Task Force. Kansas State Sen. Kenny Titus (R) and State Rep. Lindsay Vaughn (D) are two members of the 16-member panel\, which will produce its first report by the end of January 2026. \nThe Water Program Task Force was by Kansas House Bill 2172 (2025) to examine policy solutions in response to Kansas’ current and future water supply\, assess potential impacts on the state’s economy\, and consider funding efforts for related special projects. Governor Laura Kelly signed HB 2172 in March 2025 having received overwhelming bipartisan support during consideration in the state legislature. \n  \n \nThis program is presented in partnership with the KU Honors Program. \n  \n\n  \nKaren Willey serves as the Douglas County\, Kansas Commissioner for District 3. Dr. Willey holds a BA in Environmental Studies and a PhD in Geography\, both from KU. She works as a nonprofit consultant through Futureful\, a local company providing organizational health and fundraising support to health\, housing\, and human services organizations in urban Kansas City. She leverages this social impact work along with her science and entrepreneurship experience in crafting grounded local policy. \nSen. Kenny Titus was born and raised in Great Bend\, Kansas\, and attended Kansas State University where he received BS degrees in Journalism and History and a MA in History\, along with a JD from the University of Kansas School of Law. Kenny has worked as a public service attorney for the Kansas Department of Transportation\, Kansas Attorney General\, and Kansas Department of Agriculture\, where he dealt extensively with the state’s water law issues\, and he taught water law as an adjunct professor for the University of Kansas School of Law. He currently resides near Manhattan and represents the 51st District in the Kansas House\, which includes Pottawatomie\, Wabaunsee\, and Riley Counties and serves on the House Water Committee. \nRep. Lindsay Vaughn is a Kansas State Representative serving District 22 in Overland Park\, where she was born and raised. Lindsay is the Ranking member of the House Water Committee and is focused on developing policy and working with stakeholders across Kansas to build nonpartisan coalitions aimed at sustainable water use. As the youngest woman in the Kansas Legislature\, Rep. Vaughn is also dedicated to elevating the voices of young Kansans and advocating for future generations. To her legislative work\, she brings diverse experiences in nonprofit and volunteer management as well as grassroots community organizing. Lindsay is active in her local community and serves on the board of Heartland Conservation Alliance\, a land trust dedicated to stewarding the Blue River watershed.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/water-for-our-future/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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SUMMARY:Church and State
DESCRIPTION:With Catholics assuming prominent roles in Washington\, and a new American Pope in place in the Vatican\, a look at how Catholic thought is impacting the public debate. \n  \n\n  \nJerry Seib has been a journalist with The Wall Street Journal for almost 45 years. He served as the Journal’s Executive Washington Editor and wrote the weekly “Capital Journal” column for 29 years. He also reported from the Middle East for the Journal in the mid-1980s\, covered the White House\, has moderated three presidential debates\, and interviewed every president since Ronald Reagan. \nJames V. Grimaldi is executive editor of the National Catholic Reporter\, a 60-year-old award-winning nonprofit news organization independent of the Catholic Church and based in Kansas City\, Mo. A multiple Pulitzer Prize winner and former investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post\, Grimaldi is a native of Kansas City\, Missouri\, and a graduate of the University of Missouri Journalism School and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Creighton University and was named 2025 Distinguished Alumnus at the University of Missouri. His relationship with NCR began when he was a student at Kansas City’s Jesuit-run Rockhurst High School. Grimaldi\, who has two grown sons\, lives in Washington\, D.C. with his wife\, two dogs and three cats. \nAshley McGuire is a Senior Fellow with The Catholic Association. Her writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, USA TODAY\, TIME\, Newsweek\, First Things\, RealClearPolitics\, the New York Post\, and The Huffington Post\, among others\, and she has appeared on CNN\, Fox News\, PBS\, and most major television networks. In March of 2013\, Ashley traveled to Rome to cover the papal conclave and provided live commentary for major news outlets like CNN International and the BBC. In April of 2014\, she traveled to Geneva to testify at the United Nations in defense of the Holy See. She is a recipient of the Phillips Foundation Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship and the Susan B. Anthony List’s Young Pro-Life Leader award. She lives in the Washington\, D.C. area\, with her husband and five children.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/church-and-state/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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SUMMARY:No Sacrifice Too Great: The 1st Infantry Division in World War II
DESCRIPTION:From their landing on Omaha Beach during Operation Overlord to the fierce battles in the Battle of the Bulge\, the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division – currently stationed at Fort Riley\, KS\, and known as the Big Red One – continuously adapted to the evolving battlefield conditions throughout Europe in World War II. \nAs the world reflects on the 81st anniversary of D-Day\, retired U.S. Army Colonel Gregory Fontenot\, author of No Sacrifice Too Great: The 1st Infantry Division in World War II\, will join retired U.S. Army Ranger and University of Kansas Professor Adrian R. Lewis to discuss the Division’s WWII history\, highlighting the experiences and stories of individual members of the Big Red One. \n  \n\n  \nAdrian R. Lewis is the David B. Pittaway Professor of Military History at the University of Kansas\, Lawrence. He has extensively researched and written on war\, military affairs\, and the U.S. Armed Forces\, teaching courses on World War II\, the Cold War\, the Korean War\, the Vietnam War\, and recent military operations. His notable publications include The American Culture of War and Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory. Prof. Lewis has taught at prestigious institutions like the U.S. Military Academy and the University of California\, Berkeley. He earned degrees from UC Berkeley\, the University of Michigan\, Southern Illinois University\, and the University of Chicago. A retired soldier\, he served in various infantry divisions and has experience in Korea\, Alaska\, Panama\, and Germany. \n  \nGregory Fontenot is a retired Colonel of the U.S. Army. He is currently a consultant on threat emulation for Army experimentation and a working historian. He was lead author of On Point: The US Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom published by Command General and Staff College Press and is the author of The 1st Infantry Division and the US Army Transformed: Road to Victory in Desert Storm\, 1970–1991\, winner of the 2017 Army Historical Foundation award for Unit History\, as well as Loss and Redemption at St. Vith: The 7th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/no-sacrifice-too-great-the-1st-infantry-division-in-world-war-ii/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250430T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250430T203000
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SUMMARY:A Fireside Chat with Sec. Robert Gates
DESCRIPTION:Former United States Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (2006-2011) will be in conversation with Dole Institute Visiting Fellow Jerry Seib for the opening of the 2025 KU Security Conference\, which is aimed at understanding China’s long-term geopolitical objectives and how they affect U.S. national security. \nMore information about the KU Security Conference can be found on the ICCAE website. \n  \n \nThis program is presented in partnership with the University of Kansas National Defense Initiatives\, the Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence\, and the Command and General Staff College Foundation\, Inc. \n  \n\n  \nJerry Seib has been a journalist with The Wall Street Journal for almost 45 years. He served as the Journal’s Executive Washington Editor and wrote the weekly “Capital Journal” column for 29 years. He also reported from the Middle East for the Journal in the mid-1980s\, covered the White House\, has moderated three presidential debates\, and interviewed every president since Ronald Reagan. \n  \nRobert M. Gates served as the nation’s 22nd Secretary of Defense (2006-2011). Dr. Gates served eight U.S. presidents across both parties and has the distinction of being the only secretary of defense in U.S. history to be asked to remain in office by a newly elected president. On Gates’s last day in office President Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom\, America’s highest civilian honor. \nPrior to becoming Secretary of Defense in 2006\, Gates served as president of Texas A&M University\, one of the nation’s largest universities. \nGates served in the CIA for nearly 27 years\, culminating his service as Director of Central Intelligence from 1991 to 1993. He is the only career officer in CIA’s history to rise from entry-level employee to director. He spent nearly nine years on the National Security Council at the White House\, serving four administrations across both parties. \nGates has been awarded the National Security Medal\, the Presidential Citizens Medal\, has three times received the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal\, and has three times received CIA’s highest award\, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal. \nGates is a principal at the consulting firm Rice\, Hadley\, Gates & Manuel\, LLC\, alongside former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice\, former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley\, and Executive Director of the Aspen Strategy Group Anja Manuel. Additionally\, he is Chancellor of William & Mary\, his alma mater. He has served on various public boards to include Starbucks\, Fidelity Funds\, the NCAA\, the American Council on Education\, and the Boy Scouts of America. Gates has authored four books\, covering his experiences at CIA and at the Pentagon\, leadership\, and U.S. nonmilitary instruments of power.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/a-fireside-chat-with-sec-robert-gates/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250403T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250403T201500
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SUMMARY:The State of Education in Kansas
DESCRIPTION:Join the Dole Institute Student Advisory Board for the spring Student Advisory Board Program\, “The State of Education in Kansas.” SAB coordinator Kenna McNally will be joined by experts to discuss K-12 education policy in Kansas. \n  \n\n  \nKenna McNally serves as the Dole Institute Student Advisory Board Coordinator\, in addition to her role as the Dole Institute’s Marketing Intern. She is a junior studying Digital Marketing Communication\, Advertising and Public Relations\, public policy\, and business. \nBrett Parker worked in Kansas schools as a classroom aide\, substitute teacher\, and classroom teacher before being elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 2016. After leaving the House\, Brett has worked for Kansas NEA supporting and advocating for educators in the greater Kansas City area in Kansas. \nSenator Doug Shane (R) represents the 37th Senate District\, which includes northern Miami County and southwestern Johnson County. Senator Shane is passionate about education\, possessing a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Production Medicine and Epidemiology. He became active in education policy after serving on the Louisburg USD 416 Board of Education. As a freshman senator serving on the education committee\, he has become a new leading voice on State education policy. \nRepresentative Mari-Lynn Poskin (D) was elected to represent Kansas House District 20 in 2020. Mari-Lynn is a Kansan by choice\, choosing to put down roots here in the aftermath of 9/11 after pursuing a corporate relocation lifestyle for many years. She and her husband David have a blended family of seven children who spent a total of 90 years in K-12 classrooms\, 62 of which were in Kansas public schools\, making them her top legislative issue. David has secondary progressive MS\, is in a wheelchair full time and Mari-Lynn is his primary caregiver\, giving her firsthand insight into the struggles of living with chronic disease and the importance of access to healthcare and growing its workforce. Before joining the legislature\, Representative Poskin worked for 20 years in higher education\, including trade\, community and four-year colleges. She believes our young Kansans are our greatest asset and will continue to fight to make sure that the qualities which drew her to Kansas continue to define the Sunflower State for generations to come.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-state-of-education-in-kansas/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:The SAB Presents
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250218T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250218T160000
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SUMMARY:Rewired: The New Power Structure in Washington
DESCRIPTION:For the first time\, the Dole Institute will host the Dole Forum in our nation’s capital. Dole Institute Visiting Fellow and former Washington Executive Editor of the Wall Street Journal Jerry Seib will moderate an exclusive conversation about the new power structure in Washington. \nJoin us virtually on Tuesday\, February 18\, at 3 p.m. CST/ 4 p.m. EST for this exclusive conversation. \n  \n\n  \nJerry Seib has been a journalist with The Wall Street Journal for almost 45 years. He served as the Journal’s Executive Washington Editor and wrote the weekly “Capital Journal” column for 29 years. He also reported from the Middle East for the Journal in the mid-1980s\, covered the White House\, has moderated three presidential debates\, and interviewed every president since Ronald Reagan. \nRahm Emanuel was confirmed as the 31st United States Ambassador to Japan on December 18\, 2021. Before this role\, he served as the 55th Mayor of Chicago until May 2019\, where he implemented significant educational reforms\, including extending the school day and year\, and introducing universal pre-kindergarten and free community college. His tenure also saw a focus on public safety\, corporate relocations\, and major infrastructure projects like the O’Hare International Airport modernization and the Chicago Riverwalk development. Prior to his mayoral role\, Emanuel was President Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff\, helping to pass key legislation such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Affordable Care Act. He also served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois and was a senior advisor in President Bill Clinton’s administration\, contributing to significant legislative achievements. Emanuel holds degrees from Sarah Lawrence College and Northwestern University and has a background in finance. He is married to Amy Rule\, with whom he has three children. \nAlex Latcham is a native of Des Moines\, Iowa\, and has worked for President Trump for over eight years\, most recently as the Director of Congressional Engagement for his historic 2024 campaign. In this role\, Latcham oversaw the campaign’s engagement with members of Congress\, regularly advised President Trump on political races and endorsements\, and served as the campaign’s primary liaison to the NRCC\, NRSC\, and RGA. During the 2024 Republican primary\, Alex Latcham served as the Early States Director\, planning and directing all campaign activity and staff within the early four nominating states of Iowa\, New Hampshire\, South Carolina\, and Nevada. In this role\, Latcham contributed to historic victories that enabled President Trump to quickly and decisively secure the Republican nomination. During President Trump’s first term\, Latcham served as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Political Director. In this role\, Latcham managed President Trump’s political and official engagements across the nation and regularly worked with national and state political parties\, cabinet members\, members of congress\, state constitutional officers\, and other key industries and organizations to strategically advance the administration’s political and policy priorities. From 2014-2016\, Latcham was political director for the Republican Party of Iowa and was part of a small team responsible for the successful planning and execution of the record-setting 2016 Iowa Republican Caucuses. Alex Latcham holds a B.A. in Political Science from Drake University.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/rewired-the-new-power-structure-in-washington/
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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LOCATION:https://youtube.com/live/i2dgk3r7eGs?feature=share
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250123T201500
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SUMMARY:The Arc of Kansas Politics
DESCRIPTION:The history of Kansas is unlike any other state in the Union. Inspired by the recent book Reform and Reaction: The Arc of Kansas Politics (University Press of Kansas\, 2024)\, Philadelphia Inquirer politics and government reporter Katie Bernard sits with former Kansas governors Kathleen Sebelius (D) and Mike Hayden (R) to discuss the complex story of—and their experiences with—recent Kansas politics\, from the 1960s to today. \nReform and Reaction is edited by Michael A. Smith (Emporia State University) and H. Edward Flentje (Wichita State University)\, and features contributions by the editors\, Patrick Miller (Kent State University)\, Chapman Rackaway (Radford University)\, and the late Burdett Loomis (University of Kansas). \nThis program is presented in partnership with the University Press of Kansas \n  \n\n  \nKatie Bernard covers election administration and suburban politics at the Philadelphia Inquirer. She was the paper’s point person for voting processes during the 2024 presidential election as Pennsylvania was a hotbed of election misinformation. Previously\, Katie was a statehouse reporter at the Kansas City Star where she led coverage of Kansas’ historic August 2022 abortion vote. She studied journalism and political science at the University of Kansas where she spent four years on the Dole Institute’s Student Advisory Board. \nFormer Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius is one of America’s foremost experts on health policy\, health care reform\, and executive leadership. She served as U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services from 2009 to 2014\, Governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009 and Kansas Insurance Commissioner from 1995 to 2003. She also chaired the Democratic Governors Association in 2007. Sebelius holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Kansas and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity Washington University. Kathleen has also participated in various programs at the Dole Institute\, including Discussion Groups programs and the Presidential Lecture Series. She currently serves as a member of the Institute’s Board of Advisors. \nFormer Kansas Governor John “Mike” Hayden was born in Atwood Kansas. He received his bachelor’s degree in wildlife conservatory from Kansas State University and a master’s degree in biology from Fort Hays State University. As an infantry company commander for the U.S. Army\, Governor Hayden spent 13 months in Vietnam\, where he received the Soldier’s Medal\, two bronze Stars\, and the Army Commendation Medal. He began his career in public service as a state representative\, serving from 1972 to 1986. In 1983 and 1985\, he was elected speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives. His legislative career was highlighted by numerous conservation and environmental achievements. Elected governor in 1986\, Hayden improved the fiscal condition of the state; in 1988\, Kansas was one of the top three states in reducing state taxes. His other administrative priorities included conservation of the state’s natural resources\, rural community preservation\, and efforts to combat drug and alcohol abuse. In November 1988\, Governor Hayden was elected chair of the Republican Governors Association.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-arc-of-kansas-politics/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241114T200000
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SUMMARY:The Counselors: Should the Draft Be Reinstated?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next edition of The Counselors—an engaging program featuring debates on contemporary topics. This fall\, Dole Institute Visiting Fellows and attorneys Ed Duckers and Pedro Irigonegaray will debate whether or not the military draft should be reinstated in the United States with the assistance of expert witnesses. \nThis program will be moderated by Abbie Clements\, a member of the Dole Institute Student Advisory Board and a Student Events Assistant. She studies political science\, strategic communications\, and history. \n  \n\n  \nAffirming Side\nPedro Irigonegaray is an attorney and partner at Irigonegaray\, Turney\, & Revenaugh. A trial lawyer since 1973\, Pedro is a former President of The Kansas Trial Lawyers Association\, a Fellow in The American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow in The International Academy of Trial Lawyers. \nDr. William M. Raymond\, Jr.\, is an assistant professor in the Department of Command and Leadership at the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth\, Kansas. He served in the U.S. Army for 30 years in a wide variety of field artillery and educational assignments\, leading diverse and high-performing teams and organizations. He has more than 22 years’ experience teaching students and developing curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate levels during active duty (at the United States Military Academy (USMA) and CGSC) and civilian service (at Benedictine College and CGSC). He has a BS in Engineering from USMA\, an MMAS from CGSC\, and an MA and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan. \nDr. Roosevelt Barfield\, brings a wealth of experience in strategy\, operations\, budget\, training\, management\, and leadership having served as a Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and an Army Veteran with 32 years of service. A veteran of the Armed Forces\, Brigadier General (retired) Barfield served as a Military Legislative Assistant to the U.S. Senate and held progressive levels of command responsibility with the military. Dr. Barfield holds a Doctorate of Business Administration from Walden University\, a Master’s of Science Degree in Management from Central Michigan University\, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Kansas\, and is a 2013 Dole Fellow. \n  \nNegating Side\nEd Duckers is partner at Stoel Rives LLP and the head of the firm’s Litigation Practice in California and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He is a past chair of Stoel Rives’ Food and Agribusiness Industry Team. \nSteve Leonard serves as the Assistant Area Director for Management and Entrepreneurship in the KU School of Business. Prior to joining the faculty in 2015\, he spent nearly thirty years in uniform as a U.S. Army leader\, where he served as a senior military strategist and war planner. A career writer and speaker\, he is the author and co-editor of several books\, including Power Up (Casemate\, 2023)\, To Boldly Go (Casemate\, 2021)\, and the upcoming Professionals Talk Logistics (Howgate\, 2025). \nDebra Sheffer is a Professor of History at Park University in Parkville\, Missouri. She holds a PhD in Military History from the University of Kansas. She was a 2007 Fellow at the West Point Summer Seminar in Military History. Her published works include The Buffalo Soldiers\, “Lincoln’s Wartime Diplomacy and the Emancipation Proclamation” in The Routledge Handbook of Military and Diplomatic History: The Colonial Period to 1877\, “The Convergence” in A Companion to Custer and the Little Big Horn Campaign\, and “African American Soldiers: The Struggle for Equality through Service in the Civil War and the Great War” in Wars Civil and Great: American Experience in the Civil War and World War I. Her current research explores the cultural constructs of death and honor in the Civil War.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-counselors-should-the-draft-be-reinstated/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241029T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241029T111500
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SUMMARY:How to Make Congress Work for the American People
DESCRIPTION:Public frustration with Congress has been the status quo since the institution’s very first days. Many point to constant gridlock and high levels of partisanship as the main problems that have led to Congress’s recent decrepitude. While partisanship and gridlock does impact Congress’s ability to be a responsive and representative body\, an often underdiscussed problem is that of the institution’s internal capacity. What resources does Congress need to effectively\, efficiently\, and transparently meet the needs of the American people? What incentives drive member behavior and how can the day-to-day workflow of the institution be altered to drive more bipartisan policymaking? \n  \n \nThis program is presented in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center. \n  \n\n  \nMichael Thorning serves as the Director of Structural Democracy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Prior to BPC\, Thorning worked for Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall where he focused on campaign finance and election reform\, Senate rules and congressional reform\, and judiciary\, civil rights\, and civil liberties issues. Thorning has been a fellow of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University and is a member of the guest faculty of the University of New Mexico. Thorning earned his B.A. in political science with honors from the University of New Mexico and served as a Fred R. Harris Congressional Intern. \nJ.D. Rackey is the Senior Policy Analyst for Structural Democracy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. His research focuses on the politics and procedures of the U.S. Congress with an emphasis on congressional capacity and modernization. Rackey previously served as professional staff with the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress and he’s a frequent adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University. Rackey earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Oklahoma and is a former American Political Science Association Public Service Fellow.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/diop-x-bpc-structural-democracy/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241017T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241017T201500
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SUMMARY:The Growing Divide: Political Realignment in the Modern Era
DESCRIPTION:As this year’s momentous election campaign nears its climax\, it is illustrating anew how the Democratic and Republican parties are undergoing profound ideological and demographic changes. Dole Institute Visiting Fellow Jerry Seib will be joined by Karen Tumulty\, an associate editor and columnist at The Washington Post\, for an overview of the campaign and how it is reshaping the nation’s political landscape for years to come. \n  \n\n  \nJerry Seib has been a journalist with The Wall Street Journal for almost 45 years. He served as the Journal’s Executive Washington Editor and wrote the weekly “Capital Journal” column for 29 years. He also reported from the Middle East for the Journal in the mid-1980s\, covered the White House\, has moderated three presidential debates\, and interviewed every president since Ronald Reagan. \n  \nKaren Tumulty is an associate editor and columnist for The Post. In her previous role as a national political correspondent for the newspaper\, she received the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting. She joined The Post in 2010 from Time magazine\, where she had held the same title. During her more than 15 years at Time\, Tumulty wrote or co-wrote more than three dozen cover stories. She also held positions with Time as congressional correspondent and White House correspondent. Before joining Time in 1994\, Tumulty spent 14 years at the Los Angeles Times\, where she covered a wide variety of beats. During her time there\, she reported on Congress\, business\, energy and economics from Los Angeles\, New York and D.C. Tumulty is a native of San Antonio\, where she began her career at the now-defunct San Antonio Light. Tumulty holds a bachelor of journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-growing-divide-political-realignment-in-the-modern-era/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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SUMMARY:China in the Heartland: Building a Balanced Approach
DESCRIPTION:As China’s influence grows around the world\, skepticism in the United States grows in tandem with it. Evidence of this is seen throughout the Heartland of America\, where anti-China legislation and rhetoric have grown over the years. Professor Jack Zhang of the KU Department of Political Science will be joined by Susan Thornton\, Vice Chair of the U.S. Heartland China Association and a retired senior U.S. diplomat with decades of experience in Eurasia and East Asia\, and Kyle Jaros\, an associate professor at the University of Notre Dame\, for a discussion on building a balanced approach for relations with China. \n  \n     \nThis program is presented in partnership with the United States Heartland China Association and the KU Department of Political Science. \n  \nWith support from the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations’ Public Intellectuals Program\, which is generously funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. \n  \n\n  \nJack Zhang is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Kansas (KU) and director of the KU Trade War Lab. He is a Public Intellectuals Program fellow with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University in 2018-2019 and a Wilson China Fellow at the Wilson Center in 2021-2022. Dr. Zhang’s research explores the political economy of trade and conflict in East Asia. His newest projects investigate the determinants of U.S. foreign policy towards China\, the politics of the U.S.-China Trade War\, and the national security implications of economic interdependence with China. \n  \nSusan Thornton serves as Vice Chair of the U.S. Heartland China Association and is a retired senior U.S. diplomat with almost 30 years of experience with the U.S. State Department in Eurasia and East Asia. She is currently a senior fellow and research scholar at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale University Law School; director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy; and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. \nUntil July 2018\, Thornton was acting assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of State and led East Asia policymaking amid crises with North Korea\, escalating trade tensions with China\, and a fast-changing international environment. In previous State Department roles\, she worked on U.S. policy toward China\, Korea\, and the former Soviet Union and served in leadership positions at U.S. embassies in Central Asia\, Russia\, the Caucasus\, and China. \nThornton received her master’s in international relations from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and her bachelor’s from Bowdoin College in economics and Russian. She serves on several non-profit boards and speaks Mandarin and Russian. \n  \nKyle Jaros is an associate professor of global affairs at the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He is a faculty fellow of the Keough School’s Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies and the Pulte Institute for Global Development. \nJaros’s research explores the politics of urban and regional development\, intergovernmental relations\, and subnational foreign engagement with a focus on China. His first book\, China’s Urban Champions: The Politics of Spatial Development\, examines the policy logics and political factors driving uneven development in China’s provinces. \nBefore coming to Notre Dame\, he was an associate professor in the political economy of China at the University of Oxford’s School of Global and Area Studies and held a China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Ash Center of the Harvard Kennedy School. Jaros earned a PhD and MA in political science from the Department of Government at Harvard University\, and an AB in public and international affairs\, and a certificate in Chinese language and culture from Princeton University. He also holds a graduate certificate in Chinese studies from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/china-in-the-heartland-building-a-balanced-approach/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241003T190000
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SUMMARY:The Candidates and America's Role in the World
DESCRIPTION:With rising tensions in the Middle East\, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine\, and continuous challenges on the international stage by China and Russia\, all eyes are focused on the candidates in this year’s elections\, and how they view America’s role in the world. Dole Institute Visiting Fellow Jerry Seib will be joined by former Senator and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to discuss where the candidates stand on the issues that impact our standing on the world stage. \n  \n\n  \nJerry Seib has been a journalist with The Wall Street Journal for almost 45 years. He served as the Journal’s Executive Washington Editor and wrote the weekly “Capital Journal” column for 29 years. He also reported from the Middle East for the Journal in the mid-1980s\, covered the White House\, has moderated three presidential debates\, and interviewed every president since Ronald Reagan. \n  \nChuck Hagel was the 24th Secretary of Defense\, serving from February 2013 to February 2015. He is the only Vietnam veteran and the first enlisted combat veteran to serve as Secretary of Defense. Hagel served two terms in the United States Senate (1997-2009) representing the state of Nebraska. While in the Senate\, he chaired and served on numerous committees\, including the Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees\, and Banking Committee’s subcommittees. He also served as the Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and the Senate Climate Change Observer Group. Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate\, Hagel was president of McCarthy & Company\, an investment banking firm in Omaha. He also served as Deputy Administrator of the Veterans Administration under President Ronald Reagan. Hagel is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha\, and has two children with his wife\, Lilibet.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-candidates-and-americas-role-in-the-world/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240904T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240904T201500
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SUMMARY:The Lie Detectives: An Evening with Sasha Issenberg
DESCRIPTION:As political campaigns around the world are ready for the busiest election year in human history\, and few issues are as urgent for candidates and parties as how to handle the barrage of online disinformation. Veteran political reporter Sasha Issenberg visits the Dole Institute for a conversation on his new book\, The Lie Detectives: In Search for a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age\, which explores how the new online landscape has forced those who run campaigns to rethink everything they thought they knew about how to reach and move voters. \n  \n     \nThis program is presented in partnership with the Lawrence Public Library and the KU Honors Program. \n  \n\n  \nSasha Issenberg is a journalist and the author of four previous books\, including The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns and\, most recently\, The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage. He is a correspondent for Monocle\, and has written for New York\, the New York Times Magazine\, Bloomberg Businessweek\, and Politico Magazine. He teaches in the UCLA Department of Political Science. \n  \n \nThe Lie Detectives: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age is the story of the hitherto unknown political operatives who have been leading the political class as it grapples the problem of how to handle online disinformation—or use it to their own advantage—in a vexing challenge that unites campaigners worldwide. \nThe author will be available after the program for a book signing. You can purchase your copy ahead of time online\, as limited copies will be available for sale at the program.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-lie-detectives-an-evening-with-sasha-issenberg/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240410T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240410T201500
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SUMMARY:The 2024 KU Security Conference Keynote Address with General Philip Breedlove
DESCRIPTION:On April 10\, General Philip M. Breedlove\, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe\, will open the 2024 KU Security Conference with a keynote address at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. This address will kick off a two-day conference at the University of Kansas aimed at bringing together scholars and practitioners from academia\, the intelligence community\, and the military. \nThis program is presented in partnership with the Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence (ICCAE) and the Center for Russian\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies (CREES). \n  \n\n  \nGen. Philip M. Breedlove\, USAF\, Ret.\, is a highly decorated retired general of the U.S. Air Force where he reached the highest levels of military leadership as one of six geographic combatant commanders and the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. Throughout his 39 years of service\, General Breedlove served in a variety of demanding command and staff positions\, leading large-scale\, diverse\, global operations across two theaters of combat and earning a reputation as an inspirational leader that focuses on his people\, their families\, and mission accomplishment. \nAs the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the Commander of U.S. European Commander\, he answered directly to NATO’s governing body\, the North Atlantic Council\, and to the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense. He led the forces of 28 nations and several partners to ensure the security of an alliance that accounts for more than half of the world’s gross domestic product. Gen. Breedlove also served as the Commander of U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa\, as Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force\, and as Assistant Chief of Staff for Air Operations\, Plans\, and Requirements. \nHe earned his Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in aerospace technology from Arizona State University. Additionally\, he completed a Masters of International Security Affairs from the National War College\, a Fellowship in International Security Affairs\, Seminar XXI from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed Leadership at the Peak at the Center from Creative Leadership\, Colorado Springs. Gen. Breedlove now serves as the CEO of Emerald Coast Strategic Solutions\, on the Georgia Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering School Advisory Board\, and on the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Council.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-2024-ku-security-conference-keynote-address-with-general-philip-breedlove/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240325T201500
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SUMMARY:Kansas Speaks: the Crossroads of Policy and Public Opinion
DESCRIPTION:Discover the intersection of policy and public opinion at the Spring Student Advisory Board Program moderated by SAB Coordinator Allie Haggar featuring a panel of Kansas Speaks Contributor Dr. Alexandra Middlewood\, as well as Rep. Christina Haswood and Rep. Nick Hoheisel\, two legislative members of the Kansas Future Caucus\, representing both Republican and Democrat perspectives. Join us for a discussion on key insights from the 2023 Kansas Speaks public opinion survey\, addressing issues such as marijuana legalization\, Medicaid expansion\, abortion rights\, climate change\, and more. This event will explore crucial topics affecting young people and the wider community in Kansas\, combining data-driven insights from the survey with real-world experiences and legislative perspectives. \nDr. Alexandra Middlewood is the Political Science Department Chair at Wichita State University. Her areas of expertise include public opinion\, political behavior\, gun politics\, and gender. She is a contributing columnist for Insight Kansas\, a Policy Fellow at the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University\, contributes to the annual Kansas Speaks public opinion survey\, and is the former President of the Great Plains Political Science Association. She earned her PhD in Political Science at KU in 2019. \nRep. Christina Haswood (Diné/Navajo) is a State Legislator for the Kansas State House of Representatives House District 10. She is the Ranking Minority Member on the Joint Committee on State and Tribal Relations. She is known for her Native American and public health policy expertise. Christina helped pass Kansas’ first Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) bill in 2021 and is an avid champion of reproductive rights. Christina is known for using social media in politics and for building the bench for young Kansans to be involved in state politics. \nRep. Nick Hoheisel is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 97th district. Elected in November 2018\, he assumed office in 2019. Hoheisel is a native of Wichita\, Kansas\, and co-chair of the Kansas Future Caucus.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/kansas-speaks-the-crossroads-of-policy-and-public-opinion/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:The SAB Presents
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240228T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240228T201500
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Black History Month: A Conversation on Race
DESCRIPTION:Join us for A Conversation on Race with Shawn Alexander\, Professor and Chair of KU’s African and African American Studies\, and Deborah Dandridge\, associate librarian\, field archivist and curator of African American Experience Collections for the Spencer Research Library. \nThe conversation will be moderated by Dr. Barbara Ballard\, senior associate director of the Dole Institute.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/celebrating-black-history-month-a-conversation-on-race-part-vii/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240213T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240213T171500
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SUMMARY:Beyond KU: D.C. Internships
DESCRIPTION:Are you a current KU student considering a DC internship? Join us as we interview a panel of four former KU students and Student Advisory Board members as they talk about their internships in D.C. and how these experiences moved their careers forward. \n  \nThe program is presented in partnership with the KU Career Center \n  \n\n  \nEric Kros graduated from the University of Kansas in 2020 with a double major in Political Science and Public Administration as well as a minor in Business. During his time at KU\, he worked at the Dole Institute of Politics as a Development Intern and Discussion Group Student Coordinator. In 2017\, Eric interned for Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) in her Omaha district office. The next two summers\, he interned for Urban Swirski and Associates\, a Washington\, D.C.-based government relations firm focused on tax and trade issues. Eric then spent early 2020 as a Legislative Intern for Braden\, Heidner\, Lowe and Associates\, a Topeka-based lobbying firm. In May of 2020\, Eric started his career as an intern at a multi-client lobbying firm in Washington\, D.C.\, Capitol Hill Consulting Group (CHCG). He was then hired as a Legislative Assistant and eventually promoted to Legislative Director. At CHCG\, Eric primarily works in the Tribal\, association\, energy\, municipal\, and agriculture space. \nRaina Peter is a senior at the University of Kansas studying Economics and Political Science. She is an outreach coordinator at the Dole Institute of Politics and has had two internships in Washington DC. In Summer 2022\, she interned at the Department of State in the Office of Investment Affairs. In Summer 2023\, she interned on Capitol Hill for Representative Sharice Davids. While she doesn’t have confirmed plans post-graduation\, she hopes to return to DC in the political space whether that is for the government\, think tank\, or research-based firm. \nAmanda Petersen works to improve opportunities for young Kansans to thrive as the Director of Early Childhood at the Kansas State Department of Education. She graduated from the University of Kansas with bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science in 2015 and earned a master’s degree in public administration in 2018. Her D.C. internship supporting state advocacy organizations\, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities\, led to a subsequent semester as an intern in the Kansas Legislature and to her first jobs in state-level policy advocacy at Kansas Action for Children. \nMandy Snodgrass grew up on a small farm in northeast Kansas and graduated from KU. She has worked in a variety of political and nonprofit positions since high school\, including on federal and state campaigns\, in the Kansas statehouse\, and now in Washington D.C. Currently\, Mandy lives in Washington D.C. and works for Heritage Action\, the political partner organization of The Heritage Foundation as a Manager of Donor Communications. While at KU\, she interned on Capitol Hill for a former Kansas representative and also for the National Down Syndrome Society\, also in Washington DC.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/beyond-ku-d-c-internships/
CATEGORIES:The SAB Presents
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240208T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240208T111500
DTSTAMP:20260413T113444
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SUMMARY:Grappling with the Nation’s Pressing Fiscal Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Spring 2024 visiting Fellows Rachel Snyderman and Emily Wielk \nThe U.S. fiscal house stands on shaky ground. Marked by a federal debt that has eclipsed $34 trillion\, growing annual deficits\, persistent inflation\, and rising interest costs\, Americans are increasingly frustrated by both the risks they present as well as the partisan gridlock in Washington over how to address them. America’s fiscal challenge is even more acute today given the significant economic issues that the 119th Congress and next administration will immediately face including the debt limit\, tax reform\, and Social Security and Medicare solvency\, to name a few. \nPlease join us at the Dole Institute as our two Visiting Fellows break down what’s at stake and why fiscal policy will remain front and center in the coming years. What will the potential impact be on our families and communities\, nation\, and global competitiveness? \n  \n \nThis program is presented in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center.  \n  \n \nRachel Snyderman\, Director of Economic Policy\, Bipartisan Policy Center\nRachel Snyderman serves as the Director of Economic Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Rachel joined the BPC following federal service with the Millennium Challenge Corporation\, the Department of Commerce\, and the Office of Management and Budget. Earlier in her career\, she worked for EY and Innovations for Poverty Action. She earned her B.A. in Economics and Latin American Studies from Wellesley College and holds an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. \n  \n \nEmily Wielk\, Economic Policy Analyst\, Bipartisan Policy Center\nEmily Wielk is a Policy Analyst for BPC’s Economic Policy Program\, where her portfolio includes tax policy\, working families support\, and educational programming on fiscal policy. Prior to this role\, Wielk interned with the EPP team\, contributing to projects on tax policy and Social Security. Wielk holds a B.A. Public Policy and Sociology from Gettysburg College and a M.A. in Public Policy and Women\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies from the George Washington University.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/grappling-with-the-nations-pressing-fiscal-challenges/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231114T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231114T173000
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SUMMARY:U.S. Policy Toward Ukraine: A Conversation with Ryan Guirlinger
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, November 14\, the KU Center for Russian\, Eastern European and Eurasian Affairs\, in partnership with the Dole Institute\, will bring U.S. Department of State official Ryan Guirlinger to the Dole Institute for a conversation on the United States’ policy toward Ukraine as the war continues into a third year. Guirlinger\, the State Department’s Chief of the Ukraine Political Unit\, will discuss the current state of the U.S. policy toward Ukraine\, how these policies are designed and implemented\, and answer questions from the audience. \nUnlike other programs\, this program will not be live-streamed on our YouTube Channel\, so make plans to attend this event in-person. \nRyan Guirlinger has served as the Ukraine Political Unit Chief since August 2022. In his distinguished career with the State Department he has previously served as Saudi Arabia Senior Desk Officer in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs\, deputy economic counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Morocco\, economic officer at the U.S. Embassy in Algeria\, consular officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul\, Turkey\, and consular and economic officer at the U.S. Embassy in Honduras. In 2019\, he was the recipient of the inaugural Hayden Brown Award for Outstanding Leadership in Energy Security and Access. He joined the Foreign Service in September 2008\, and holds two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Maryland-College Park and a master’s degree from Syracuse University.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/u-s-policy-toward-ukraine-a-conversation-with-ryan-guirlinger/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231109T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231109T110000
DTSTAMP:20260413T113444
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SUMMARY:Whirlwind: What to Expect for Digital Democracy in 2024
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Katie Harbath\, CEO of Anchor Change and Former Facebook Public Policy Director \nNext year will be a rollercoaster with an unprecedented number of elections worldwide\, the impact of new technologies such as AI\, and the implementation of new regulations. Online platforms are facing their biggest test yet – and there are many new ones on the stage as well. In this talk\, former Facebook head of elections Katie Harbath will break down what to expect. \n  \nKatie Harbath is a global leader at the intersection of elections\, democracy\, and technology. As the chief executive of Anchor Change\, she helps clients think through tech policy issues. She is a senior advisor for technology and democracy at the International Republican Institute and is also a fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center\, the Integrity Institute and a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council. \nPreviously\, Katie spent 10 years at Facebook. As a director of public policy\, she built and led global teams that managed elections and helped government and political figures use the social network to connect with their constituents. \nBefore Facebook\, Katie held senior digital roles at the Republican National Committee\, the National Republican Senatorial Committee\, and the DCI Group\, as well as multiple campaigns for office. She is a board member at the National Conference on Citizenship\, Democracy Works\, R Street and the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Madison-Wisconsin. \nKatie writes a weekly newsletter on Substack called Anchor Change and hosts the podcast Impossible Tradeoffs. You can also follow her on Twitter and connect with her on LinkedIn. \n  \nThis program is sponsored by AT&T and presented in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/whirlwind-what-to-expect-for-digital-democracy-in-2024/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231024T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231024T201500
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SUMMARY:A Question of Respect: Bringing Us Together in a Deeply Divided Nation
DESCRIPTION:Celinda Lake\, a Democrat\, and Ed Goeas\, a Republican\, have been crossing party lines for more than three decades to produce the Battleground Poll that takes a bipartisan look at America and its politics. Now they have co-authored a book that draws on what they have learned to describe how America has reached its current\, deeply fractured political condition and\, more importantly\, how the country might move beyond it. These two leading political practitioners will be at the Dole Institute to discuss their work\, including their central argument that the only way to escape the current polarization is through mutual respect. \nJerry Seib has been a journalist with The Wall Street Journal for almost 45 years. He served as the Journal’s Executive Washington Editor and wrote the weekly “Capital Journal” column for 29 years. He also reported from the Middle East for the Journal in the mid-1980s\, covered the White House\, has moderated three presidential debates\, and interviewed every president since Ronald Reagan. \nCelinda Lake was one of two main pollsters for the Biden campaign\, is the only Democratic pollster to play a major role in defeating two incumbent presidents\, and is a prominent pollster and political strategist for progressives. Celinda currently serves as President of Lake Research Partners. Lake’s polling and strategic advice has helped candidates such as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to groundbreaking wins. Lake co-authored the book What Women Really Want with Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway. \nEd Goeas was President and C.E.O. of The Tarrance Group for thirty-five years\, one of the most respected and successful Republican survey research and strategy teams in American politics today. Widely recognized as one of the country’s leading political strategists\, Goeas is an often-sought-after consultant and strategist. In Fall 2018\, Ed served as a Fellow at Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service focusing on “Civility in Politics.” In April Goeas was inducted into the American Association of Political Consultants “Hall of Fame.” \n  \nTo purchase a copy of “A Question of Respect: Bringing Us Together in a Deeply Divided Nation\,” please click this link. \nFor those who purchase the book in advance\, there will be an opportunity for Ed Goeas and Celinda Lake to sign the book after the program.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/a-question-of-respect-bringing-us-together-in-a-deeply-divided-nation/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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