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Lecture Description: Join us for an engaging webinar with Jonathan Becker, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College, as he discusses key findings from his new book, Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses.  Coedited with constitutional rights attorney Yael Bromberg, the book examines powerful case studies from Tuskegee University, Prairie View A&M University, North Carolina A&T State University, and Bard College, highlighting the critical role college communities have played in the struggle for voting rights.  In this webinar, Becker will offer unique insights into how students and institutions have shaped the fight for suffrage and contributed to the ongoing evolution of voting rights in the United States. This conversation is essential for anyone interested in civic engagement, democracy, higher education, and civil rights history.

Dr. Jonathan Becker is Executive Vice President and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Director of the Center for Civic Engagement, and Professor of Political Studies at Bard College. He is  affiliated with the Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program, Global and International Studies, Politics, and Russian and Eurasian Studies. His academic expertise centers on Russian and East European politics, media and politics, and comparative politics. Educated at McGill University (B.A.) and St. Antony’s College, Oxford University (D.Phil.), he has taught at Central European University, the University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Wesleyan University, and Yale University as well as Bard College.