Famous Political Author Speaking At John Carroll University

From JCU: Join John Carroll University's Department of Political Science; the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights Program; and the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion on Thursday, April 19, at 5:00 PM in the Donahue Auditorium of the Dolan Science Center, for “Taking a Knee, Marching for Our Lives: Political Engagement in an Era of Inequality” by Jamila Michener, Ph.D.

Dr. Michener is a professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University. She studies American politics and policy, with a particular focus on the political causes and consequences of poverty and racial inequality.

She is author of Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism and Unequal Politics (Cambridge University Press). Michener’s research has been supported by the Russell Sage Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Ford Foundation. Her public writing has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The American Prospect. Her commentary has appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio, New York Public Radio, and Vox. Michener also sits on the advisory board of the Cornell Prison Education Program and teaches in local correctional facilities. Prior to working at Cornell, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Scholar at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and her undergraduate degree from Princeton University.

The Woelfl Seminar in Public Policy was established in 1981 in honor of Rev. Paul A. Woelfl, S.J., a founder and long-time chairman of the Political Science Department at John Carroll University. The purpose of the Woelfl Seminar in Public Policy is to provide a forum for the integration of research and public policy issues significant to the Cleveland metropolitan area.

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Guest speaker: Dr. Jamila Michener, Cornell University
Lecture: "Taking a Knee, Marching for Our Lives: Political Engagement in an Era of Inequality" Date: Thursday, April 19, 5 p.m. | Dolan Center for Science and Technology, Donahue Auditorium
This event is free to attend and open to the public. It is part of the Woelfl Seminar in Public Policy.

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