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

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.

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

April 4: TBA

April 11: TBA

April 18: A Policy Dilemma for the “Right to Life” Movement: What to Do When Fertility Treatment Works Too Well. With Danielle Czarnecki, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology.

April 25: Loving Primary Care to Death. With Joe White, Ph.D., Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy, and with comments from Kurt Stange, MD, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health.