Events

April 20, 2021

IOP@FSU Legislative Session Update

Join the Institute of Politics and the LeRoy Collins Institute for an update of the 2021 session of the Florida Legislature. The panelists are Carlecia Collins, government consultant at the Gray Robinson firm, and Slater Bayliss, partner in The Advocacy Group at Cardenas Partners.

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March 9, 2021

Young Voters and Political Participation

Join the IOP@FSU for a public talk with Dr. John Holbein of the University of Virginia on young voters and political participation. Dr. Holbein is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education at the University of Virginia.

March 1, 2021

IOP Keynote With Senator Joe Manchin and Former Senator Mel Martinez

Our keynote event featured Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Former Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) and was moderated by the Honorable Al Cardenas. This discussion centered around the Senate and the importance of civic engagement, political participation, and civil discourse in contemporary American Politics.

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February 23, 2021

IOP@FSU Legislative Session Preview

Gary Fineout of Politico and Jennifer Green of Liberty Partners, a Tallahassee-based lobbying firm, previewed some of the issues that will shape the 2021 session of the Florida Legislature.

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February 18, 2021

Why We Need Intellectual Humility in the 21st Century

Join the IOP@FSU for a public talk with Lonna Rae Atkeson on intellectual humility. With a fragmented media world and a polarized America, we need intellectual humility more than ever. Intellectual humility has to do with understanding the limits of one’s knowledge.

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January 28, 2021

Rising to the Challenge of Covering Politics in the Current Political Environment

The IOP@FSU Celebrate Civility speaker series presents public affairs and crisis communications specialist Jill Zuckman of SKDK and Kristian Denny Todd, co-founder of Maverick Strategies, discussing how changes in the media and politics have affected the relationships between politicians and the press and how it affects press coverage in the current political climate.

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January 26, 2021

Panel: Congress and Policy Making in the 117th Congress

The IOP@FSU hosted another event in our series on January 26, 2021, this one focused on finding common ground in Congress. We welcomed Representative Neal Dunn (R-FL) and Representative Al Lawson (D-FL) in a discussion on the upcoming 117th Congress and representation. The discussion was moderated by Michelle Whyman (Assistant Professor of Political Science, FSU).

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January 14, 2021

Panel: Presidential Transitions and the Biden Administration

The discussion on presidential transitions featuring Willie Gaynor (2016 Trump Transition Team & 2000 Bush Transition Team), Jon Carson (2008 Obama Transition Team) and Gary Hollibaugh Jr. (Associate Prof. of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh).

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November 18, 2020

Unraveling the 2020 Election, National, and Florida Perspectives

The IOP hosted Dr. John Sides of Vanderbilt University and the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage Blog and Steve Schale, who was the executive director of Unite the Country during the 2020 election cycle. Our speakers provided expert insight on the 2020 election results and their impact on politics for 2021 and beyond.

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November 17, 2020

Campaigns in a New Environment

The IOP hosted a live Zoom event on November 17, 2020. This post-election discussion with IOP Director Dr. Hans Hassell on “Campaigns in a New Environment: A Retrospective into Political Campaigns in 2020” elaborated on how political campaigns were different this election cycle and what that meant for politics in general.