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November Luncheon - Decision 2024: Its Impact on Utah and across the U.S.
About this event
Please register by noon Thursday, November 7 to ensure a meal is provided with your registration.
Meals are ordered in advance so late registrants cannot be guaranteed a meal.
Please select preference for regular or vegetarian meal during the registration process.
This is an indoor, in person event.
Zoom instructions will be sent to virtual participants.
AGENDA:
11:00 - 11:15 - Check-in and Social
11:15 - 11:25 - Announcements
11:25 - 12:45 - Panel Discussion
12:45 to 1:00pm - Q&A
We invite representatives from the media to attend and report
on our events to spread awareness and encourage public
participation in current affairs.
Be advised that media representatives may be in the audience.
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OUR PANELISTS
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Leah Murray
Leah Murray is the Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science and Philosophy at Weber State University, currently serves as the Director of the Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service, and is a Radio Talk Show Host for KSL News Radio in Salt Lake City. She was recognized as the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Endowed Professor for 2017 - 2020. Murray earned a BA in political science and newspaper journalism from Syracuse University and a PhD in political science at the University at Albany. Her primary research interests are in American politics, specifically youth political engagement and her recent publications include pieces that focus on campus climates for political learning. Murray teaches courses on all aspects of American politics.
James M. Curry
James Curry is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Utah. His research focuses on U.S. politics and policymaking, with a focus the U.S. Congress. He is author of two books, Legislating in the Dark (2015) and The Limits of Party (2020), with Frances E. Lee, and his research and writings have been covered in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, Vox, and elsewhere. He received his PhD in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland in 2011, and previously worked on Capitol Hill in the offices of Representative Daniel Lipinski and
the House Appropriations Committee.
Videoconference information will be provided in an email once registration is complete.
Registration Info
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Payment In Full In Advance Only
A portion of your registration donation today will help fund Democratic campaigns in Utah in 2025. Democrats have had recent successes, but campaigns are expensive to win. Be generous if you can. Thank you!