UW to Host ‘Challenges to Democracy’ Lecture Series in Sheridan Oct. 1

As part of its “Challenges to Democracy” lecture series, the University of Wyoming School of Politics, Public Affairs and International Studies will host its second statewide event, “Crisis of Democracy Around the World?: From Polarization to Populism and Possible Solutions,”. The event is free and open to the public and will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the Center for a Vital Community at Sheridan College’s Broadway Center.

According to UW Director of Institutional Communications Chad Baldwin, the lecture series will feature more than 20 experts from the school’s faculty, including experts on civic engagement around Wyoming, as well as international scholars in 10 programs.

Baldwin announced the event during an appearance on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse. 

C. Baldwin

Participants in the Sheridan event will feature Tom Dougherty, the 2024 Milward L. Simpson Visiting Professor of Political Science at UW and former U.S. ambassador to Burkina Faso; UW Professor Andrew Garner; UW Professor Jean Garrison; and Sheridan High School American government teacher Michael Thomas.

In addition to his teaching duties at Sheridan High School, Thomas directs its award-winning “We the People” program, and is a Sheridan College adjunct instructor.

For more information about the event, click here or email lecture series co-organizers Garrison at garrison@uwyo.edu or Garner at agarner1@uwyo.edu.