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Mary Louise Smith Chair

  • Former U.S. representatives Vicky Hartzler and David Skaggs
    Spring 2025 – Vicky Hartzler and David Skaggs

    March 11, 2025

  • Head-and-shoulders photo of Dr. Deborah Turner
    Spring 2024 – Deborah Turner

    February 1, 2024

  • Head-and-shoulders photo of Sherry Boschert, a middle-aged white woman with short dark hair and brown-rimmed glasses wearing a dark colored top and blue scarf, standing in front of a plant-covered trellis.
    Spring 2023 – Sherry Boschert

    February 10, 2023

  • Susana Martinez
    Spring 2022 – Susana Martinez

    July 11, 2022

  • United States Representative Katie Porter
    Spring 2021 – Katie Porter

    March 1, 2021

  • Spring 2020 – Elaine Weiss

    March 10, 2020

  • Florence George Graves
    Spring 2019 – Florence George Graves

    April 2, 2019

  • U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is the fall 2017 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics.
    Fall 2017 – Amy Klobuchar

    November 2, 2017

  • Lynn Povich
    Fall 2016 – Lynn Povich

    November 8, 2016

  • Kathleen Parker is the fall 2015 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics.
    Fall 2015 – Kathleen Parker

    November 3, 2015

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