New faculty lecture

Dr. Jun Sudduth, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science, delivered the inaugural “New Faculty Lecture” series titled "Strategic Logic of Elite Purges: How Authoritarian Rulers Consolidate Power Over Time."

Hyneman endowed lecture

Dr. Diana Mutz, Ph.D. Stanford University, delivered The Distinguished Charles S. Hyneman Endowed Lecture on February 23. The lecture was titled “The Implosion of the Public Sphere.”

Dr. Darrell M. West, Brookings Institute’s Senior Fellow in the Center for Technology Innovation, delivered The Thomas M. Carsey Distinguished Lecture in November.  The title of his talk was How AI Will Transform the 2024 Elections.

Russell Hanson Endowed Lecture

Dr. Andrew Murphy, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan, delivered The Russell Hanson Endowed Lecture on March 22.  The title of his lecture was “Political Martyrdom and American Democracy: From Crispus Attucks to Ashli Babbitt.”