Robert L. Tsai is a professor of law and Harry Elwood Warren Scholar at Boston University. He is the author of four books: “Eloquence and Reason: Creating a First Amendment Culture” (Yale University Press, 2008), “America’s Forgotten Constitutions: Defiant Visions of Power and Community” (Harvard University Press, 2014), …
Dr. Yukyan Lam is the Director of Research and a Senior Scientist at the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School University, where she helps develop and manage the Center’s research portfolio. She is a social and behavioral public health scientist trained in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, with a…
This event is part of SPIA's weekly DEI Dinner programming.Join us in celebrating SPIA's diverse communities. All are welcome. Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.
What cumulative impacts needs is a simple solution to a complex problem, or at least a simplified approach if solution is a too ambitious goal. A solution implies that they would cease to exist, yet cumulative impacts are a part of everyone’s everyday lives. The question remains whether a feasible, standardized approach can be…
A talk featuring author, Josh Cowen about his new book, "The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Voucher", a deep-dive investigation of education privatization that reveals voucher programs as the faulty products of decades of work by wealthy patrons and influential conservatives.
Valerie Mueller received her Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland. She is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University (ASU).
ERS Seminars are held on the Wednesdays noted from noon-1pm in 165 Wallace Hall. Lunch is provided. Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.
A lively conversation between two of the brightest minds on the frontlines of democracy focused on the challenges and opportunities of the contemporary moment — including voting rights, reproductive freedom, government transparency, federalism, civil liberties, and more — with an emphasis on what’s at stake in NJ and the nation…
