Public lecture on the U.S. Presidential Elections

Public lecture on the U.S. Presidential Elections

American entrepreneur, academic, and policymaker Dr Terry Babcock-Lumish will speak at the University of Auckland next month.

Her lecture, “All Politics is Local? The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and its Implications for the International Community" will discuss the wider implications of the U.S. Presidential Election.

On 8 November 2016, Americans will return to the polls to cast their ballots for the 45th President of the United States. Will they be continuing "contemporary dynastic" rule with a Bush or a Clinton? Will they vote in a corporate outsider like Donald Trump or Carly Fiorina, or perhaps even a Vermont Socialist from the land of Ben & Jerry's ice cream? More importantly, why should you care? This lecture unpacks the ever-evolving dynamics of the upcoming US Presidential hustings, considers insights for an international community, and offers a guide for what to watch in the coming year with respect to both policy and process.

In 2005, Dr Babcock-Lumish founded Islay, an economic, policy, and political consultancy to meet the needs of innovative clients committed to effecting positive change, from local to global.

Previously she served as the founding Newman Director of Public Policy at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, dedicated to education, research, and civic engagement, in the historic New York City home of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt.

Her recent academic affiliations include the United States Military Academy, the City University of New York, the University of Oxford, the University of Arizona, and Harvard University. Terry has worked in local, state, and federal government, most recently in the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. Upon leaving the White House in 2001, she served as a researcher for two books by Al and Tipper Gore. Terry completed her BS at Carnegie Mellon University, and earned her MPA in environmental and technology policy at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs as a Lilly Community Assistance Fellow. She read her DPhil at Oxford as a Truman and Clarendon Scholar.

Dr Babcock-Lumish’s lecture is on Thursday 15 October at 5.30pm in Room B15, Library Basement (Building 109), City Campus.

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