As part of its “Challenges to Democracy” lecture series, the University of Wyoming School of Politics, Public Affairs and International Studies will host its first statewide event, “Crisis of Civility and Hope for Civic Engagement,” at the Mineta-Simpson Institute Lecture Hall at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, located between Powell and Cody. The free public event is at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30.
The lecture series will feature more than 20 experts from the school’s faculty, including experts on civic engagement around Wyoming, as well as international scholars in 10 programs.
Participants in the Sept. 30 event will feature Tom Dougherty, the 2024 Milward L. Simpson Visiting Professor of Political Science at UW and former U.S. ambassador to Burkina Faso; UW Professor Andrew Garner; UW Professor Jean Garrison; and Aura Newlin, Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation executive director.
Dougherty was a U.S. Foreign Service officer for 27 years, serving in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Australia.
Garner is a professor of political science at UW, and his main area of research and teaching involves the quality and nature of democracy.
Garrison is a professor of political science and international studies and co-director of the Malcolm Wallop Civic Engagement Program at UW. Her research and teaching focus on U.S. foreign policy, conflict and civic engagement.
Newlin, a UW graduate, oversees the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, which manages the Heart Mountain historic site, Heart Mountain Interpretive Center and the Mineta-Simpson Institute at Heart Mountain.
“We are grateful for the collaboration with Heart Mountain, which allows us to bring this discussion up to Park County,” Garrison says. “We hope people come out and share their perspectives and thoughts with us.”
More information on the remaining events that will take place throughout the state in Casper, Cheyenne, Laramie and Sheridan will be made available here.
For more information about the Park County event, email lecture series co-organizers Garrison at garrison@uwyo.edu or Garner at agarner1@uwyo.edu.
