McCourtney Institute for Democracy

McCourtney Institute for Democracy

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Andrew Sullivan to discuss 'American Democracy in the Age of Trump' Oct. 2

Lee Ann Banaszak, professor of political science and women's, gender, and sexuality studies, joins the Democracy Works podcast this week to discuss her work on the Pennsylvania Redistricting Reform Commission

Professor reflects on effort to create fair congressional maps for Pennsylvania

Constitution Day: "We the People"

Constitution Day to be celebrated at University Park on Sept. 17

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Sept. 12 lecture to explore democracy's evolution in Ireland

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Though politically divided, Americans remain patriotic

Penn State alumnus Jay Yonamine joins the Democracy Works podcast this week to discuss how automation and misinformation are impacting the health and stability of democracies around the world.

Will artificial intelligence and misinformation weaken democracy?

Laura Rosenberger, director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, discusses what the Mueller report means for democracy on this week's episode of the Democracy Works podcast.

Democracy Works podcast examines what the Mueller report means for democracy

Crystal Sanders, associate professor of history and African American studies at Penn State

Conference, podcast examine school segregation 65 years after Brown decision

Sarah Koenig answers a question from the audience during her Q&A with the McCourtney Institute for Democracy. The conversation with Koenig is now available as an episode of the Institute's Democracy Works podcast.

What Serial taught Sarah Koenig about criminal justice

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Center for Democratic Deliberation recognizes undergraduate, graduate students

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Students see new perspectives through Mood of the Nation Poll

Patricia Roberts-Miller, professor of rhetoric and writing at the University of Texas-Austin, will deliver the Penn State Center for Democratic Deliberation’s annual Kenneth Burke Memorial Lecture at 4 p.m. April 16 in the Nittany Lion Inn Faculty-Staff Club.

UT Austin professor to present lecture on rhetoric and demagoguery April 16

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Inaugural Eleanor Roosevelt Scholars to study Mood of the Nation Poll

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The Irish Citizens' Assembly Project to receive the 2019 Brown Democracy Medal

Sona Goder, professor of political science, joins the Democracy Works podcast this week to discuss Brexit's origin and its future.

Political science professor reflects on how Brexit began — and how it might end

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