{"id":2378,"date":"2026-07-01T17:12:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/?page_id=2378"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:23:15","slug":"about-the-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/about-the-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-background\" style=\"background-color:#bad1dd;grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Learn about the APSA 2026 Plenary Speakers and Presenters<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2207519219-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3779 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-1&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-1\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\"><strong><strong><strong>122nd APSA Presidential Address<\/strong>:&nbsp;<strong>The University in an Era of Democratic Erosion<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-1\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Stokes_headshot-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2595 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Stokes_headshot-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Stokes_headshot-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Stokes_headshot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Stokes_headshot-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Stokes_headshot-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Stokes_headshot-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Susan Stokes<\/strong> is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy. She has authored or coauthored six books on democratic theory, distributive politics, clientelism, political behavior, democratic erosion, and Latin American politics. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she is also President-Elect of the American Political Science Association and a founding member of Bright Line Watch. Stokes has held leadership roles in APSA and previously chaired the Yale Political Science Department. Her forthcoming book, <em>The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies<\/em> (2025), examines the global rise of democratic backsliding and offers strategies for resistance and institutional repair. Written for both scholars and general readers, the book combines rigorous social science methods with accessible analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-2&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-2\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\"><strong>2026 Plenary Panel:&nbsp;U.S. Democracy at 250: How It Started, How It\u2019s Going, and What We\u2019ve Learned<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-2\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3129 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Luis Fraga<\/strong> (University of Notre Dame)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3129 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Anna Grzymala-Busse<\/strong> (Stanford University)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3129 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guy Uriel-Charles<\/strong> (Harvard Law) <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"497\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-01-131203.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2380 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-01-131203.png 475w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-01-131203-287x300.png 287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vesla Mae Weaver&nbsp;<\/strong>(Ph.D., Harvard, Government, and Social Policy)&nbsp;is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Johns Hopkins University and faculty affiliate of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale University. A scholar of American politics, she writes about race, power, and political life. Weaver has pioneered concepts to understand the role of incarceration and policing in race-class subjugated communities and the development and consequences of coercive institutions in American democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weaver\u2019s books include&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/A\/bo18008991.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arresting Citizenship<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/hardcover\/9780691152998\/creating-a-new-racial-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creating a New Racial Order<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em>Her next book<em>, The State from Below: Racial Authoritarianism in US Democracy, <\/em>amasses the&nbsp;most extensive collection of first-hand accounts of the police\u2014by those who are policed\u2014to date, using a new civic infrastructure called&nbsp;Portals. She co-directs the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gmail.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=aae68af9b08c1c4c0f4853f72&amp;id=fa9b8ae8a7&amp;e=d6ea7c45cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Prison Writing Archive<\/a>, the largest and first fully searchable digital archive of imprisoned people writing about their experience inside confinement in four hundred prison and jail facilities.&nbsp;Such projects unite a concern with positioning the unfree as central theorists of democracy. Weaver\u2019s research has been supported by fellowships from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation (2017 fellow), Russell Sage Foundation, National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Brookings Institution, and owes her beginnings as a political scientist to the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has written in the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Washington Post<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Boston Review<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Marshall Project<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Slate<\/em>, among others, and she takes an active role in public debates about what it might mean to construct public space focused on civic health rather than surveillance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Michener_Prof-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3145 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Michener_Prof-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Michener_Prof-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Michener_Prof-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Michener_Prof.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moderator<\/strong>:<br><strong>Jamila Michener<\/strong> is a Professor of Government and Public Policy at Cornell University, and the inaugural Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/equitablefutures.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures<\/a>. She studies poverty, racism, and public policy, with a particular focus on health and housing.She is author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/fragmented-democracy\/9A69DF1567190EF38883D4766EBC0AAC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics<\/a><\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/hardcover\/9780691264462\/uncivil-democracy?srsltid=AfmBOopAKhgY2aHVcr-LXOpmB6MXApDrXj3GDsuyduK5ao5bExcdUtAb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uncivil Democracy: How Access to Justice Shapes Political Power<\/a><\/em> (Princeton University Press, 2026). She is co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/collegepublishing.sagepub.com\/products\/politics-in-the-american-states-12-262982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Politics in the American States: A Comparative Analysis<\/a> <\/em>(Sage Publications).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-3&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-3-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-3\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Breaking News Panel:<\/strong> <strong>Political Science in a Backsliding World: How Can Scholars Help Protect Democracy?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-3\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-3-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3129 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Norm Eisen<\/strong> (Brookings Institution)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/b183213a-d793-40b8-9309-7f2061606fb4-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2517 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/b183213a-d793-40b8-9309-7f2061606fb4-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/b183213a-d793-40b8-9309-7f2061606fb4-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/b183213a-d793-40b8-9309-7f2061606fb4-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/b183213a-d793-40b8-9309-7f2061606fb4-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/b183213a-d793-40b8-9309-7f2061606fb4-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/b183213a-d793-40b8-9309-7f2061606fb4.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr.&nbsp;Jennifer McCoy&nbsp;<\/strong>is Regent\u2019s Professor Emerita of Political Science at Georgia State University in Atlanta and Nonresident Scholar at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<\/a>, as well as&nbsp;a&nbsp;Research Affiliate at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/democracyinstitute.ceu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CEU\u2019s Democracy Institute<\/a>&nbsp;in Budapest.&nbsp;Her areas of expertise include democratic resilience;&nbsp;erosion and recovery; and political polarization and depolarization. She&nbsp;previously served as&nbsp;Director of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartercenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carter Center\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;Americas Program (1998-2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. McCoy was named a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carnegie.org\/andrew-carnegie-fellows\/jennifer-mccoy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024-26 Andrew Carnegie Fellow<\/a>&nbsp;for her project, \u201c<em>Mitigating Pernicious Polarization through Innovative Civic Educational Interventions<\/em>.\u201d&nbsp;Her forthcoming book is&nbsp;<em>How to Depolarize: Remaking Global Democracies,<\/em>&nbsp;with Murat Somer (Princeton University Press, 2027). Her most&nbsp;recent&nbsp;volume is&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aapss.org\/annals\/volumes\/681\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polarizing Polities: A Global Threat to Democracy<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em>co-edited with M. Somer (<em>The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science<\/em>,&nbsp;2019).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3129 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>K. Sabeel Rahman<\/strong> (Cornell Law School)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/68672d43-97e4-4348-8fbd-97f4e1fb6a71-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2807 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/68672d43-97e4-4348-8fbd-97f4e1fb6a71-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/68672d43-97e4-4348-8fbd-97f4e1fb6a71-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/68672d43-97e4-4348-8fbd-97f4e1fb6a71-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/68672d43-97e4-4348-8fbd-97f4e1fb6a71-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/68672d43-97e4-4348-8fbd-97f4e1fb6a71.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A progressive organizer, scholar and strategist, <strong>Dorian Warren <\/strong>has worked to advance racial, economic,&nbsp;and social justice for&nbsp;over&nbsp;three decades. Like the organizations he leads, Warren is driven by the innate conviction that only social movements \u2013 led by the people most affected by racial, economic, gender,&nbsp;and social injustice \u2013 can change their communities and public policies for the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dorian is co-president of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitychange.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Community Change<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 an organization founded in 1968 by civil rights, labor,&nbsp;and community leaders to honor the memory of Robert F. Kennedy&#8217;s fight to end poverty in America \u2013 and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitychangeaction.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Community Change Action<\/a>, its political arm. He is also the co-founder of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/economicsecurityproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Economic Security Project<\/a>, an innovative social impact organization that has already shifted the national conversation around cash, economic power, and economic security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warren taught for over a decade at the University of Chicago and Columbia University, where he was co-director of the Columbia University Program on Labor Law and Policy. He&#8217;s the co-author of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/hidden-rules-of-race\/33D38E05DCD5B288BBC4090CC900A967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Hidden Rules of Race<\/em><\/a>, co-editor of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Race-and-American-Political-Development\/Lowndes-Novkov-Warren\/p\/book\/9780415961530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Race and American Political Development<\/em><\/a>, and has penned numerous academic articles. He also worked at MSNBC, where he was a contributor and a fill-in host for&nbsp;<em>Melissa Harris-Perry&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Now with Alex Wagner<\/em>, as well as the host and co-executive producer of&nbsp;<em>Nerding Out<\/em>&nbsp;on MSNBC\u2019s digital platform (now Peacock).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dorian also co-hosted the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/content\/system-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">System Check<\/a>\u201d podcast at&nbsp;<em>The Nation<\/em>&nbsp;and the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/takeaway\/deep-dive-dorian-warren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deep Dive<\/a>\u201d podcast on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/takeaway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Takeaway<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;with Melissa Harris-Perry. He was previously a Fellow at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rooseveltinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roosevelt Institute<\/a>&nbsp;and serves on the boards of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/civilrights.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Education Fund<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogressaction.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for American Progress (CAP) Action Fund<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/economicsecurityproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Economic Security Project<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/assetsundermovement.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assets Under Movement<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/masthead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Nation<\/em>&nbsp;Magazine Editorial Board<\/a>, among others. He is also part of the Advisory Circle for Rx Kids.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-4&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-4-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-4\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Breaking News Panel:<\/strong> <strong>The State of the World: Democracy, Power, and Uncertainty in the Face of Simultaneous Crises<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-4\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-4-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/c3b3da0c-24a7-4364-93a3-8fe280976c72-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2515 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/c3b3da0c-24a7-4364-93a3-8fe280976c72-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/c3b3da0c-24a7-4364-93a3-8fe280976c72-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/c3b3da0c-24a7-4364-93a3-8fe280976c72-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/c3b3da0c-24a7-4364-93a3-8fe280976c72-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/c3b3da0c-24a7-4364-93a3-8fe280976c72-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/c3b3da0c-24a7-4364-93a3-8fe280976c72-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Hahrie Han<\/strong> is the Inaugural Director of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/snfagora.jhu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SNF Agora Institute<\/a>, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Political Science, and Faculty Director of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.p3researchlab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">P3 Research Lab<\/a>&nbsp;at Johns Hopkins University.&nbsp;She is an award-winning author of five books and numerous scholarly articles. Her latest&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/669326\/undivided-by-hahrie-han\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">book<\/a>&nbsp;(Knopf 2024), about faith and race in America with a focus on evangelical megachurches, was named to the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;list of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/11\/26\/books\/notable-books.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">100 Notable Books of the Year in 2024<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/best-books-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>New Yorker<\/em>&#8216;s List of Recommended Books for 2024<\/a>.&nbsp;She has also written for scholarly and public outlets ranging from the&nbsp;<em>New York Times&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>Washington Post&nbsp;<\/em>to the&nbsp;<em>American Political Science Review (APSR)<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Nature Human Behavior,&nbsp;<\/em>andthe&nbsp;<em>Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Han is a 2025 recipient of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/fellows\/class-of-2025\/hahrie-han\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MacArthur Fellowship<\/a>&nbsp;(so called &#8220;genius grants&#8221;), is an elected member of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amacad.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)<\/a>, was named a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schwabfound.org\/social-innovation-thought-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 Social Innovation Thought Leader of the Year<\/a>&nbsp;by the World Economic Forum&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schwabfound.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schwab Foundation<\/a>, and delivered the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanner_Lectures_on_Human_Values\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tanner Lectures<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu\/event\/tanner-lectures-hahrie-han-belonging-becoming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harvard University in 2024<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"515\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/1865b141-60e4-42e7-aa64-18e4072e6920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2519 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/1865b141-60e4-42e7-aa64-18e4072e6920.jpg 450w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/1865b141-60e4-42e7-aa64-18e4072e6920-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peter J. Katzenstein<\/strong> is the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University. Interested in all aspects of world politics, he is currently writing a book on Germany. His most recent book is <em>Entanglements in World Politics: The Power of Uncertainty<\/em> (Cambridge UP 2026). He is the author, coauthor, editor and coeditor of more than 40 books and over 100 articles or book chapters. Between 1982 and 2022 Katzenstein has served as the editor of the <em>Cornell Studies in Political Economy<\/em> which comprises 148 volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katzenstein received the 2026 Sakip Sabanci International Research Award. In 2020 he was named the 26th recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize. He served as President of the American Political Science Association in 2008-09, and was the recipient of APSA\u2019s&nbsp;1974 Helen Dwight Reid and its 1986 Woodrow Wilson prize. Together with Nobuo Okawara, he was awarded the 1993 Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize. He was elected to three academic societies and holds six honorary degrees. Katzenstein has been a Visiting Fellow at five different Institutes in the United States and Europe. Since 2019 he has served as a visiting Research Professor at the Social Science Center Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since joining the Cornell Government Department in 1973 Katzenstein has chaired or been a member of more than one hundred dissertation committees and has received the Russell Distinguished Teaching Award in 1993. In recognition of sustained and distinguished undergraduate teaching and was made one of Cornell University&#8217;s Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows in 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/08\/20240922-204205_0019_new-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3174 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/08\/20240922-204205_0019_new-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/08\/20240922-204205_0019_new-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/08\/20240922-204205_0019_new-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/08\/20240922-204205_0019_new-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/08\/20240922-204205_0019_new-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/08\/20240922-204205_0019_new-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Christina Schneider<\/strong> is professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. Professor Schneider is an expert in research on the domestic politics of international cooperation, studying how international cooperation affects and is affected by democratic politics and representation. She is the author of three books published with Cambridge University Press. Her articles appear in journals including the&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/ajps.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Journal of Political Science<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/british-journal-of-political-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">British Journal of Political Science<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/international-organization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Organization<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/isq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Studies Quarterly<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/home\/jcr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journal of Conflict Resolution<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/rjpp20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journal of European Public Policy<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em>and<em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/11127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Public Choice<\/a><\/em>. Her research was awarded with several awards, including the Best Book of 2019 and 2020 Award by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/epsanet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Political Studies Association<\/a>&nbsp;and the Jack Walker Article Award for the best article published in 2024 and 2025 from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">APSA Political Organizations and Parties Section<\/a>. More details are available on her webpage:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pages.ucsd.edu\/~cjschneider\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/pages.ucsd.edu\/~cjschneider\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3129 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-150x150.png 150w, 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data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-5-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-5\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Breaking News Panel:<\/strong> <strong>Academic Freedom in Fraught Times: Why We Need It and How We Can Fight for It<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-5\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-5-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3129 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leo Arriola<\/strong> (University of California, Merced) <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"589\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-20-141920.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2650 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-20-141920.png 652w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-20-141920-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Kirsten Weld<\/strong> is a professor of Latin American history at Harvard University whose research explores 20<sup>th<\/sup>-century struggles over inequality, justice, and historical memory. Her first book<em>, Paper Cadavers: The Archives of Dictatorship in Guatemala&nbsp;<\/em>(Duke University Press, 2014), won the 2015&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/human-rights\/book-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WOLA-Duke Human Rights Book Award<\/a>&nbsp;and the 2016&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.lasaweb.org\/sections\/historia-reciente-memoria\/?pg=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best Book Award<\/a>&nbsp;from the Latin American Studies Association\u2019s (LASA)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.lasaweb.org\/sections\/historia-reciente-memoria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recent History and Memory Section<\/a>. Her second book,&nbsp;<em>Ruins and Glory: The Long Spanish Civil War in Latin America<\/em>, is forthcoming from Harvard University Press in 2028. She is co-president of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaup-hfc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harvard University chapter<\/a>&nbsp;of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3129 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>David Wilson<\/strong> (University of California, Berkeley)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Michener_Prof-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3145 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Michener_Prof-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Michener_Prof-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Michener_Prof-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2026\/07\/Michener_Prof.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moderator<\/strong>:<br><strong>Jamila Michener<\/strong> is a Professor of Government and Public Policy at Cornell University, and the inaugural Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/equitablefutures.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures<\/a>. She studies poverty, racism, and public policy, with a particular focus on health and housing.She is author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/fragmented-democracy\/9A69DF1567190EF38883D4766EBC0AAC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics<\/a><\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/hardcover\/9780691264462\/uncivil-democracy?srsltid=AfmBOopAKhgY2aHVcr-LXOpmB6MXApDrXj3GDsuyduK5ao5bExcdUtAb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uncivil Democracy: How Access to Justice Shapes Political Power<\/a><\/em> (Princeton University Press, 2026). She is co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/collegepublishing.sagepub.com\/products\/politics-in-the-american-states-12-262982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Politics in the American States: A Comparative Analysis<\/a> <\/em>(Sage Publications).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about the APSA 2026 Plenary Speakers and Presenters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25307,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2378","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}