January 17: Trump’s New White House. With David B. Cohen, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science and Director of the Applied Politics Program, University of Akron.

January 24: Political Talk Radio and the Growth of Rural Conservatism. With Heyu Xiong, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economics.

January 31: Germany’s “Snap” Federal Election. With Andreas Sobisch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, John Carroll University.

February 7: Teaching About Global Health, Globalization, and the Spread of Infectious Diseases After the COVID-19 Pandemic. With Daniel J. Tisch, Ph.D., Professor of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and Director, Masters of Public Health Program.

February 14: The 119th Congress – Function or Dysfunction? With Kevin Kosar, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute. (speaker by Zoom)

February 21: How Consumers – and Voters – Assess the Economy. With Jonathan Ernest, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economics.

February 28: The Next Conclave. With Paul V. Murphy, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director, Institute for Catholic Studies, John Carroll University.

March 7: What Trump Can Do About Immigration. With Aleksandar Cuic, J.D., Adjunct Professor of Law and Partner, Brown Immigration Law.

March 14: Spring Break

March 21: Debt Bondage. With Bryan Adamson, J.D., David L. and Ann Brennan Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion. Alternate Room: Mather House 100

March 28: Billionaires and Not-So-Stealth Politics. With Matthew Lacombe, Ph.D., Alexander P. Lamis Associate Professor in U.S. Politics.

April 4: Aging and Automobiles. With Sharona Hoffman, J.D., Professor of Law and Bioethics, Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Jurisprudence, and Co-Director, Law-Medicine Center.

April 11: The Democrats and the Working Class. With Irene Lin, Democratic Political Operative. Alternate Room: Kelvin Smith Library Room LL06

April 18: The Political Crisis of Higher Education. With Michael Clune, Ph.D., Samuel B. and Virginia Knight Professor of the Humanities, Department of English, and Ben Mauk, Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism, Department of English.

April 25: Loving Primary Care to Death? More Ironies of “Health Care Reform.” With Joe White, Ph.D., Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy, with comments from Kurt Stange, MD, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor and Dorothy Jones Weatherhead Professor of Medicine. Alternate Room: Mather House 100