FALL 2024 | Beyond the Ballot: Understanding the 2024 Elections
2024-09-25 | The Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, 66045, United States
Join Dole Fellow Jonathan Shorman Wednesdays this fall as he highlights elections, campaigns, and more here in Kansas and throughout the nation. His series will culminate this November with the Kansas Panel of the 2024 Post Election Conference.
Learn more about Jonathan Shorman’s Discussion Groups series by visiting our website.

SPRING 2025 | Exactly How Much Power Does an American President Have?
2025-02-19
Dole Fellow Matt Beat examines how the exercise of presidential power has evolved since the ratification of the Constitution and how it is shared with each branch of government, the states, and citizens themselves.
Learn more about his Discussion Groups series by visiting his Fellow profile.

FALL 2025 | Leadership Lessons from the Front Lines of Public Service
2025-09-10
Dole Fellow, bestselling author, and political consultant Joni Wickham examines topics in local governance, including mayoral and representative leadership, public advocacy, and local policymaking in her Fall 2025 Discussion Groups series, Leadership Lessons from the Front Lines of Public Service.”
Learn more about her Discussion Groups series by visiting her Fellow profile.

SPRING 2026 | Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Principles That Built a Nation
2026-02-11
Former Kansas State Senator Jeff King and journalist Mark McCormick served together as Spring 2026 Dole Fellows. Their series, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Principles That Built a Nation,” examined principles undergirding America’s founding, and evaluated how they shape our world today.
Learn more about Jeff King and Mark McCormick, and their Discussion Groups series, by visiting their Fellow profile.
