Delaware Valley University issued the following announcement.
Wednesday, October 14
7:00pm to 8:30pm
Via Zoom
The Master of Public Policy program at DelVal is proud to present its Policy in Practice Series. Join us on Zoom on Oct. 14 at 7 p..m for a panel discussion on the upcoming 2020 election.
About the Event:
This year, 2020, is the 150th anniversary of the passage of the 15th Amendment in 1870, granting the vote to African-American men, and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, granting universal women’s suffrage. Yet both before and after the ratification and passage of these amendments, the American voting system and institution has been rife with undemocratic policies and tactics that have barred its citizens from voting, such as implementing poll taxes and property requirements, barring convicted felons from voting, and employing other methods to get around adhering to constitutional amendments and laws.
From the closing of the Reconstruction era immediately following the Civil War, to the voting Rights Act of 1965, millions of African-American voters were disfranchised in the American South, not to be redressed until the passage of The Voting Rights Act of 1965. Since then, the memories of the 2000 Florida recount and the hanging chads of the 2000 Bush v. Gore election still scar many Americans' memories. And the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder by the United States Supreme Court in 2013 has major implications today.
Will your vote be counted fairly? Will U.S. Postal Service challenges, mail-in ballots, and “naked ballots” in swing states like Pennsylvania, be an election night concern? Will convicted felons and others still be purged from voter rolls? Please join Dr. Jeffrey Carroll, associate professor of political science at Chestnut Hill College, Dr. Kevin Davis, adjunct professor of public policy at Delaware Valley University, and Dr. Craig Stutman, associate professor of history and public policy at DelVal, as they have a discussion on voting rights and disenfranchisement through the lens of the upcoming 2020 election.
About the Panel:
Dr. Craig Stutman, Moderator
Dr. Craig Stutman is an associate professor of history and public policy at Delaware Valley University. Dr. Stutman specializes in public history, social justice and social policy, race and ethnicity in the United States, the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, and Pennsylvania history.
Dr. Stutman formerly served as the lead research historian and writer of a National Park Service Context Study examining the history and built-environment of African-Americans in Pennsylvania – a project which was jointly administered by both the African-American Museum in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. In addition, he currently serves as the Chair of the Toni Morrison Society’s Bench by the Road Project – a memorial history project that has been marking significant events in the history of the African-American Diaspora by placing symbolic benches and plaques at both national and international locations. Dr. Stutman is also on the board of the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust, located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Eden Cemetery, a historic African-American cemetery located in Collingdale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Kevin Davis, Panelist
Dr. Kevin Davis is an adjunct professor of public policy at Delaware Valley University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a Master of Public Administration from Villanova University and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University-Newark. Dr. Davis was politically active in Trenton and Mercer County, NJ, where he helped coordinate absentee and emergency ballots, neighborhood canvassing, and get-out-the-vote efforts.
Dr. Davis has an extensive career in the public sector and his research focuses on social equity and the distribution of public resources. Dr. Davis has taught at Villanova, Rutgers-Newark, and West Chester (PA) University.
Dr. Jeffrey Carroll, Panelist
Dr. Jeffrey Carroll is an assistant professor of political science and the chair of the Center for Data & Society at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. His scholarly interests lie in American Politics with special attention to urban affairs, social geography, and civic engagement. Most recently, he has served as an invited speaker nationally in events that center on race, political culture, and campaigns and elections. His work has been published in the journals Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, Commonwealth: Journal of Pennsylvania Politics and Policy, Urban Regeneration and Renewal, Pennsylvania Geographer, and Journal of Political Science Education. Dr. Carroll is a graduate of Boston College and holds master’s degrees in urban studies and political science from Temple University, and a Ph.D. in political science, also from Temple University.
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