A great range of social, political and economic issues hang in the balance of the imminent presidential election outcome. These issues, and their significance to the American public, will be explored in a “Town Hall” style meeting with Washington University faculty members for the Nov. 3 Assembly Series. The event, to be held at 11 a.m. in Graham Chapel on the Washington University campus, is free and open to the public.
Experts in issues on the environment, poverty, health care, international political economy, and race and gender, will serve as panelists. The moderator, James Davis, Ph.D., professor of political science in Arts & Sciences and an expert on American politics, will collect questions from the audience and present them to the faculty panelists for comment. Audience members will be invited to submit questions to the panelists early in the program. The panelists include:
Leslie Brown, Ph.D., assistant professor in history and African and Afro-American studies in Arts & Sciences, will field questions concerning issues affecting race and gender in America. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and master’s and doctoral degrees from Duke University. She joined the Washington University faculty in 1999.
Bill Lowry, Ph.D., professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, will address concerns regarding environmental and natural resource issues. Lowry has taught at Washington University since receiving his doctorate from Stanford University in 1988. He is the author of four books, including the most recent, Dam Politics, published in 2003.
Mark Rank, Ph.D., Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, will focus on poverty and social welfare concerns. Rank received bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin. His most recent book is titled One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects All of Us.
Will Ross, M.D., associate dean for diversity and assistant professor in the renal division in the School of Medicine, will tackle issues regarding health care policy. A long-time advocate of public health and healthcare for the medically underserved, he has worked to eliminate healthcare disparities in the St. Louis community, and has recently co-authored the book, Living with Dignity? A Guide to African American Health.
Andrew Sobel, Ph.D., associate professor of political science and resident fellow in the Center for Political Economy, will field questions on international affairs. He teaches and conducts research in international relations and international political economy. His most recent book is called Private Incentives, Global Capital.
Davis is a veteran of the political science department who has been teaching and conducting research at Washington University for more than 30 years. His areas of expertise include American politics and public policy, as well as defense policy. He received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, and master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Michigan.
For more information on this and other Assembly Series events, check the Web site at http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu, or call 314-935-4620.