Join the CCS community as we process what just happened. We will be discussing electoral politics, the role of media in the election, political affects, and what is to be done. With: Liz Beaumont, Jody Biehl, and Daniel Wirls.

Liz Beaumont is Associate Professor of Politics and Legal Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Her research explores the politics and law of citizenship and constitutional democracy, with particular interests in problems of unequal citizenship, how citizens, civic groups, and movements seek to use, challenge, and transform rights and law. Her most recent book is the co-edited volume Civic Education in Polarized Times, New York University Press (2024).

Jody K. Biehl is an award-winning journalist and journalism educator. She spent 15 years as a reporter and editor, including at Germany’s Der Spiegel, before joining the faculty at SUNY Buffalo, where she redesigned the journalism program curriculum. She came to UCSC in 2021 and is a Humanities Divisional Associate Teaching Professor. She is interested in the role that community and local journalism play in society and serves as the Community Voices editor at Lookout Santa Cruz. In 2024, she was part of the Lookout team to win the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting.

Daniel Wirls is Professor of Politics at UC Santa Cruz and author of numerous works on the history of Congress and the Senate as well as U.S. military policy and American political thought. His most recent book is The Senate: From White Supremacy to Government Gridlock (University of Virginia Press, 2021). Dan also serves on the board of the Council for a Livable World, the nation’s oldest anti-nuclear weapons political action committee.

 The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. We gather at 12:00 PM, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM.

Staff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.