Dr. David Campbell: Religion in the 2008 Election
November 15, 2007
IU Kokomo’s History and Political Science Club will be sponsoring a talk by Notre Dame University John Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C. Associate Professor of Political Science, Dr. David E. Campbell, on November 28, 2007, in Hunt Hall Auditorium, Room 116, at 7pm on the IU Kokomo Campus. Dr Campbell’s speech will be titled: “Religion in the 2008 Election: Is It 1960 All Over Again?” Matthew Todd Bradley Ph.D., IU Kokomo Assistant Professor of Political Science, commented that Dr. Campbell’s speech would deal with the issue of “how cynical American voters can be when it comes to outwardly religious candidates, regardless of their denomination.”
Campbell, an expert on religion, and public policy, received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2002. Campbell is also a research fellow with Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives. He is the editor of the recently-published volume, A Matter of Faith: Religion in the 2004 Presidential Election (2007), and a co-author of two other books, The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools (2002), and Democracy at Risk: How Political Choices Have Undermined Citizenship and What We Can Do About It (2005). Campbell has often been featured in the national media, including USA Today, CNN, National Public Radio, Fox News, and the Washington Post. His recent book, Why We Vote: How Schools and Communities Shape Our Civic Life (2006), demonstrates how schools can foster a sense of civic responsibility in adolescents that, in turn, leads to a lifetime of civic engagement.
The speech is open to the public. For more information, call IU Kokomo’s Office of Communication and Marketing at 765-455-9579
