Notre Dame Professor to Talk About Civic Education in Friday Lecture
David Campbell
David Campbell, the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at Notre Dame University, will give a lecture titled "Testing Civics: State-Level Civic Education Requirements and Political Knowledge" at noon Friday, Feb. 3, on the University of Arkansas campus.
The lecture is part of the Department of Education Reform lecture series. It will be in Room 343 of the Graduate Education Building. RSVP online for lunch on the lecture website. Deadline to RSVP is 1 p.m. the Wednesday before the lecture.
Campbell is also the chair of the Department of Political Science at Notre Dame. His research interests include American politics, civic engagement, political behavior, religion and politics, and education policy.
Campbell wrote Why We Vote: How Schools and Communities Shape Our Civic Life. He is the editor of A Matter of Faith: Religion in the 2004 Presidential Election and a co-editor of Making Civics Count: Citizenship Education for a New Generation. As an expert on religion, politics and civic engagement, he has often been featured in the national media, including the New York Times, Economist, USA Today, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Time, NBC News, CNN, NPR, Fox News, and C-SPAN.
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