Oct. 15 panel will discuss possible effects of 2012 election

The United States Congress.
The United States Congress

Vanderbilt’s Office of Federal Relations and the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions will host a lunchtime panel discussing “Election 2012 and the Congressional ‘Lame Duck’: What’s at Stake?” on Monday, Oct. 15.

The event is scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, Multipurpose Room 235. Lunch will be provided, but an RSVP is required. Please contact janelle.st.croix@vanderbilt.edu or call (202) 216-4361 by Wednesday, Oct. 10, if you plan to attend. Please note that seating is limited.

The panel will be moderated by Beth Fortune, vice chancellor for public affairs, and will feature:

  • John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, professor of public policy and education and co-director of the Vanderbilt Poll and the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions;
  • Larry Bartels, May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science and co-director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions;
  • Josh Clinton, associate professor of political science and co-director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions; and
  • Christina West, Vanderbilt assistant vice chancellor for federal relations.

Contact: Janelle St. Croix, (202) 216-4361
janelle.st.croix@vanderbilt.edu