The final talk in the “Democracy in Focus: the 2024 Election” speaker series will be hosted by the Department of Politics and Government as its annual Hibbert Roberts Lecture. Dr. Alexandra Filindra will present her talk, “The Politics of Violence as a Threat to American Democracy,” on October 30 at 7 p.m. in the Brown Ballroom in the Bone Student Center. This talk is free and open to the public, and no registration is required.
Filindra is a professor of political science and psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago where she is a scholar and teacher of the politics of immigration, gender, and race in the United States. Filindra’s work also addresses the rise of harassment, threats, and political violence against elected officials and their staff and how this affects democratic politics and representation
The annual Hibbert Roberts Lecture is organized by the Department of Politics and Government in memory of Roberts, who was a faculty member in the department from 1969-92. The lecture brings a leading academic or activist to speak about their work on public policy related issues.
