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Ethics & Accountability in a Polarized Era: 28th Annual Travers Conference on Ethics & Accountability in Government

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Agenda Highlights

9:30–9:40 a.m.
Introductory Remarks by Scott Straus (Professor & Chair, Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science)

9:45–11 a.m.
Panel: “Political Ethics in a Polarized Era”

Moderator:
Desmond Jagmohan (UC Berkeley)
Panelists:
Sean Ingham (UC San Diego)
Sara Sadhwani (Pomona College)
Lisa Disch (University of Michigan)

11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Panel: "The Redistricting Wars”

Moderator:
Christian Fong (University of Michigan)
Panelists:
Celina Stewart (League of Women Voters of the United States),
Eric McGhee (Public Policy Institute of California),
Duf Sundheim (former Chair of California GOP)

12:30–1:45 p.m.
Lunch Break

1:45–3 p.m.
Panel: “Can Voters Still Hold Politicians Accountable?”

Moderator:
Sarah Anzia (UC Berkeley)
Panelists:
Alex Theodoridis (University of Massachusetts)
Yanna Krupnikov (University of Michigan)
Morris Fiorina (Stanford University and Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution)

Notes

Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California is a nonprofit public forum; we welcome donations made during registration to support the production of our programming.

Presented by the Charles & Louise Travers Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley in cooperation with Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California.

Travers Conference

Fri, Apr 17 / 9:30 AM PDT

UC Berkeley Charles & Louise Travers Department of Political Science
1 Alumni House
Berkeley, CA 94720
United States

Speakers

See event description for speakers and schedule

Format

9:30 a.m.–3 p.m. 

In-person:
Free