Kelly Winfrey, an assistant professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, will discuss the unique challenges women candidates face and the communication strategies they use in their efforts to win over voters during the fall 2019 LAS Dean’s Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 10.
Nominations are being accepted for the 2020 Women Impacting ISU calendar through Friday, Sept. 27, until 11:59 p.m.
Dianne Bystrom, director emerita of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, will receive the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Service Award on Oct. 25.
During a news conference on Sept. 10, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announced the creation of a Carrie Chapman Catt Award to incentivize high schools to register eligible students to vote as well as the addition of a Suffrage 101 curriculum to the SOS website.
Alexander Heffner, the host of PBS’s The Open Mind, will present “Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age: Media and the 2020 Election” at Iowa State on Nov. 4.
The former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence and current NBC News national security analyst Frank Figliuzzi will present the fall 2019 Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science on Nov. 19.
The Catt Center is accepting applications for the 2019 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics through Nov. 24, 2019.
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is pleased to recognize the accomplishments and activities of its faculty, staff, students and alumni.