One Nation, Divisible featuring John Mark Hansen
Event Details
Two hundred twenty-seven years after the delegates to the Constitutional Convention created one nation from the many states, today's polarized leaders seem unable to even agree to disagree. Democrats and Republicans struggle to find common ground on current pressing issues like minimum wage, transportation, immigration, health care, and the budget. In this lecture, political scientist John Mark Hansen will discuss both the causes and ramifications of the current deadlock between party leaders and suggest how it might eventually be overcome.
John Mark Hansen is the Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science and the College; he is also senior adviser to President Robert J. Zimmer on critical matters of strategy and development. In addition to his work as a scholar and teacher, he has also served as dean of the social sciences division, chair of the political science department, and associate provost for education and research. Hansen has authored two books, Mobilization, Participation, and Democracy in America (with Steven J. Rosenstone) and Gaining Access: Congress and the Farm Lobby, 1919–1981.
$20/person for general admission
$10/person for recent graduates (College alumni of the past ten years and graduate alumni of the past five years)
Two complimentary registrations for members of the Alumni Leadership, Chicago, Harper, and Phoenix Societies
Includes program and refreshments
Program
6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Registration and reception
7:00 PM-8:30 PM: Presentation and discussion
Speaker Profiles
John Mark Hansen (Speaker)
John Mark Hansen is the Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor in the department of political science and the College and Senior Advisor to President Zimmer. He is also one of the nation's leading scholars of American politics.
Hansen, whose research has focused on interest groups, citizen activism and public opinion, is the author of two books, Mobilization, Participation and Democracy in America (1993) with Steven Rosenstone and Gaining Access: Congress and the Farm Lobby, 1919-1981 (1991).
In 1999, he received the Heinz Eulau Award from the American Political Science Association for the Best Article Published in the American Political Science Review in 1998. He also received the Outstanding Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists for Mobilization, Participation and Democracy in America in 1995. In 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Hansen's current research focuses on public opinion, public budgeting and politicians' inferences from the outcomes of elections.
In addition to his distinguished scholarship, Hansen is an experienced administrator. He has served as Dean of the Division, as Chairman of the Political Science Department, and as Associate Provost for Education and Research.
He joined the University faculty in 1986 as Assistant Professor in Political Science and was named an Associate Professor in 1992 and a Professor in Political Science in 1994. He served as Chairman of Political Science from 1995 to 1998, when he was named Associate Provost for Education and Research. Hansen received a B.A. in 1981 from the University of Kansas and a M. Phil. in 1983 and Ph.D. in 1987 from Yale University.