讲座题目：U. S. Presidential Election 2016: Process, Politics, and Prospective Candidates

主讲人：Sara Parker

讲座时间：2015年5月19日晚上6:30-8:30

讲座地点：沙河东区主教208

讲授对象：全校师生

主办单位：外国语学院

讲座内容：Not long after a Presidential Election is over in the United States, pundits shift their attention to the next race. Who will run? What will the issues be? What is the public mood? While the candidates, issues, and moods change, much about the U.S. election cycle remains the same: the drama of the primary season, the formality of the national conventions, the high pressure debates, and the poll results coming in from across the States on election night. The increasing role of money in American elections is a topic of intense scrutiny, as is the ability of candidates to modernize their campaigning through

the use of social media. This lecture will take you through the complicated process of selecting a U.S. President, introduce you to the leading Democratic and Republican contenders, and identify 4 political issues that will matter in the 2016 race.

主讲人介绍：Sara Parker is a professor of Political Science and International Studies at Chabot Community College in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. She received her doctorate from the University of Delaware in Global Governance. She is currently teaching at the China Foreign Affairs University as a Fulbright Scholar. Her Fulbright project is titled, “Cross Cultural Political Conversations.” At Chabot, Dr. Parker is

involved in her own campus governance, oversees the international studies program, and works to promote civic engagement through the Law and Democracy Program that she helped found. Outside of work she serves as a commissioner in her city government, and spends time with her husband and their three children.

[编辑]：孙颖