Decision 2024: Perspectives on the U.S. Elections
Date
Thursday October 31, 20242:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
The Corry Colloquium Speaker Series of the Department of Political Studies presents:
"Decision 2024: Perspectives on the U.S. Elections" :: A Panel Discussion
Join the Department of Political Studies for Q&A and commentary on the state of the race, recent campaign events, discussion of voter choices, and the impact of possible election outcomes. Panelists will share their perspectives on the race for the U.S. presidency and other federal elections and take audience questions.
Panelists: Paul Gardner, David Haglund, Fan Lu
Moderator: Zsuzsa CsergĹ
Thursday, October 31, 2024
2:30 - 4:00 PM
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
Light refreshments served
A Panel Discussion Featuring:
Paul Gardner, Assistant Professor, Queen's Department of Political Studies
Paul Gardner is an Assistant Professor of Political Studies at Queenâs University in Kingston, Ontario. He was formerly a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace at the šű˝´ĘÓĆľ Faculty of Law and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Politics at Princeton University. Gardner's research and teaching interests are broadly in American law and politics. His work sits at the intersection of a number of sub-disciplines of political science, including American institutions, judicial politics, American political development, law and society, and political behavior.
David Haglund, Professor, Queen's Department of Political Studies
After receiving his Ph.D. in International Relations in 1978 from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, in Washington, D.C., David Haglund assumed teaching and research positions at the University of British Columbia. In 1983 he came to Queen's. From 1985 to 1995, and again from 1996 to 2002, he served as Director of the Queenâs Centre for International Relations (subsequently renamed the Queenâs Centre for International and Defence Policy). From 1992 to 1996 he served as Head of the Department of Political Studies, and as Acting Head for the 2015-16 academic year. He has held visiting professorships in France (at Sciences Po in Paris, at the French military academy â Saint Cyr-CoĂŤtquidan, and at lâUniversitĂŠ Paris III/Sorbonne nouvelle); in Germany (at the Universität Bonn, and the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena); in Ireland (at the Clinton Institute for American Studies, University College Dublin); and in the US (at Syracuse University and Dartmouth College). From 2003 to 2012 he served as co-editor of the .
Fan Lu, Assistant Professor, Queen's Department of Political Studies
Fan Luâs primary fields of study are American Politics and Quantitative Methods, with a focus on race. She is interested in understanding political relations between Latinos, Asians, and African Americans. âPeople of colorâ in the United States share similar experiences with discrimination and political mis/underrepresentation. Yet, each group has distinct racial and cultural identities that lend themselves to different political needs and aspirations. What motivates them to form political coalitions with one another? What instigates inter-group conflict? She answers these questions using a combination of individual and aggregate level data, with plans to extend the study of racial politics beyond the United States.
Moderator: Zsuzsa CsergĹ, Professor, Queen's Department of Political Studies
Zsuzsa CsergĹ (PhD in Political Science, The George Washington University, 2000) is The Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Nationalism and Democracy Studies in the Department of Political Studies at Queenâs University. She specializes in the study of nationalism and contemporary challenges to democracy, with particular expertise on Central and Eastern Europe. Before joining the Queenâs faculty, she was Assistant Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of the Womenâs Leadership Program in U.S. and International Politics at the George Washington University. From 2013-2020, she was President of the , the largest international scholarly association in the field of nationalism and ethnicity studies. She currently serves as Director of the associationâs online initiative, â.â&˛Ô˛ú˛őąč;
