CONFERENCES & EVENTS

American Politics Speaker Series: The 2020 Election

October 27, 2020
12:10 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EST
WEBINAR

The Columbia University American Politics Speaker Series explores issues and controversies involving the role of politics in American society. In this webinar, Columbia faculty discussed the 2020 election. Attendees were able to submit questions during the webinar.

Panelists

ROBERT S. ERIKSON is Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, specializing in American political behavior, elections, quantitative methodology, and statistics.

ESTER R. FUCHS is Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science and the Director of the Urban and Social Policy Program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She serves as Director of WhosOnTheBallot.org, an online voter engagement initiative for New York City.

ANDREW E. GELMAN is Higgins Professor of Statistics, Professor of Political Science, and director of the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University.

YAMIL R. VELEZ is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. His research lies at the intersection between racial and ethnic politics, political psychology, and political geography, with a focus on immigration.

Moderator

JUSTIN H. PHILLIPS is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University and a faculty fellow at the Applied Statistics Center and at the Institute for Social and Economic Research.

Event Co-Sponsors

The Department of Political Science at Columbia University
Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP)
Urban and Social Policy Program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
The Academy of Political Science

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