Karen Kedrowski to present Constitution Day lecture at the Memorial Union Thursday – Iowa State Daily

Karen Kedrowski will present Iowa State’s 2024 Constitution Day lecture on Thursday at the Memorial Union.

Kedrowski, a professor of political science and director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, will deliver the lecture titled, “The History of Presidential Debates, 1960-Present.” It will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday in room 2630 of the Memorial Union. 

The presentation will focus on presidential debates between the Democratic and Republican parties since 1960, highlighting “what we’ve seen so far in the 2024 election season.”

The next presidential debate, and the first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday on ABC.

Kedrowski teaches courses in American politics and conducts research on women in American politics and civil engagement. She has been director of the Catt Center since January 2019, which was founded in 1992 to, “interest, educate and engage citizens in the political process,” according to the Center’s mission statement. 

Constitution Day celebrates the adoption of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787. This is the day that delegates at the constitutional convention voted in Philadelphia. It is also considered Citizenship Day because the signing of the Constitution solidified citizenship for all people who are born in the United States. 

The lecture is sponsored by the Catt Center, the Department of Political Science and the Committee on Lectures, which is funded by Student Government. 

For more information on lectures at Iowa State, visit the Lecture Series website.