Sarah Staszak received her PhD in Politics from Brandeis University and is a Research Scholar in Politics and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Her research and teaching interests include public law, policy, American political development, and American political economy. She is the author of No Day in…
Panelists will discuss Project Extreme, an NJ.com investigative report on white supremacy and extremism throughout New Jersey, exploring efforts by far-right actors to take a forward-looking state back in time.
Edward B. Foley holds the Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law at The Ohio State University, where he also directs its election law program. He is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow and, from January to March 2024, a Visiting Professor at the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law. For the 2024-2025 academic year, he will be a…
Dr. Christian Braneon sits on the Board of Directors of The Trust for Governors Island as well as the Advisory Board of Morehouse College's Environmental Justice & Sustainability Program. He leads the Urban Pillar of the Climate Impacts Group at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Dr. Braneon previously served as Co…
Part 1 of SPIA in NJ's Fall 2024 series, New Jersey and the American Economy: What’s Needed for the Garden State to Lead a Thriving Country:The concept of reparative justice has taken hold in various policy circles, but with so much to heal and repair, how do we make progress without feeling overwhelmed? As the old saying goes,…
Ambassador Christian Wenaweser will highlight the importance of international legal norms, the way in which international law is increasingly undermined, and show how states can respond at the United Nations. He will address examples including the ongoing aggression against Ukraine, measures taken against officials of the…
Panelists will discuss: How caste, class, gender and regional politics shaped India's "shock" 2024 election results. The future outlook for India's democracy and politics, post-elections. And, a comparison of electoral prcesses in India and USA, with a short note on how the U.S. Presidential Elections might impact India and U.S…
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), …
