Gilbert Lecture

2024

"The Lie Detectives: Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age" Sasha Issenberg, author and journalist

"Identity Politics? Black Voters and Democratic Accountability in American Elections" Ismail White, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs Princeton University

2023- "The Civil Rights Movement Today: A Second Redemption?", Jamelle Bouie, Columnist for the New York Times; Former CBS News Political Analyst and Chief Political Correspondent for Slate Magazine

2022- "The Family Roe: Joshua Prager in Conversation with Professor Carol Nackenoff" Joshua Prager, Author of "The Family Roe: An American Story"  View video of the lecture here

2021-"Race, Punishment & Social Bonds in America" Ekow Yankah, Professor Law, Cardoza School of Law 

2017-"Will Republicans and Democrats Always Hate Each Other?" Marc J. Hetherington, Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University

2015-"LGBT Politics After Marriage Equality" Patrick J Egan ('92)

2013- "Counting Women's Ballots: How Did Women Vote Once They Won the 19th Amendment?" Christina Wolbrecht, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame

2012-"Voting Rights and Voter Suppression in America" Alexander Keyssar, Matthew W. Stirling, Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School, Harvard University

2011- "Why the Tea Party is Obama's Ace in the Hole" John G. Greer, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University 

2010- "The Constitutional Struggle over Health Care Reform" Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School

2008- "History in the Making? Assessing the 2008 Presidential Campaign and Its Implications for The Future of American Politics" Dr. Michael X Delli Carpini, Dean of the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania

2007- "Congress and the Courts: Why all the fuss about federal judges and why you should care" Sarah Binder, Professor of Political Science, George Washington University

2001- "Judicial Politics and the Rule of Law in Election 2000" Howard Gillman, Associate Professor, University of Southern California

1998- "The Challenge of American Illiberalism: Race and Civic Ideals" Rogers M. Smith, Professor of Political Science, Yale University