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Career Pathways from Clark and Beyond

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Presented by Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, PhD Clark Alum (MA International Development, 1988; PhD Economics, 1986) and current Clark Board of Trustees member, Ellen Hughes-Cromwick will talk about her journey from her time at Clark University to a career that included stops in the private sector, academia, and government service. Ellen served as chief global economist at […]

Sponsored by: Political Science Department through the Francis A. Harrington Public Affairs Fund

Harrington Lecture: American Universities and Their Local Communities Through History (with notes on Clark University)

Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center

Spring 2022 Harrington Public Affairs Presented by: Dr. Virginia Sapiro ’72  The majority of American colleges and universities founded before the 20th century were created as part of the founding and development of local communities. If we ignore the relationship between higher education institutions and their communities, we miss crucial parts of the history of […]

Sponsored by: Political Science Department through the Francis A. Harrington Public Affairs Fund

Harrington Public Affairs Lecture: Organizing as a Political Phenomenon

Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center

Dr. Deva Woodley will discuss organizing, which is a distinctly political activity, one that fosters the capacity for political actors to recognize themselves as political subjects.

Sponsored by: Political Science Department through the Francis A. Harrington Public Affairs Fund

Aziza Ahmed

Dr. Aziza Ahmed gives lecture in observance of Constitution Day 2023

Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center

Dr. Aziza Ahmed presents “Abortion and the Supreme Court: Law, Health, and Politics after Dobbs” as Clark University observes Constitution Day 2023.

Sponsored by: The Law and Society Program

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Equality Unfulfilled: How Title IX’s Policy Design Undermines Changes to College Sports

Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center

In the Spring 2024 Harrington Public Affairs Lecture, Elizabeth Sharrow, associate professor at UMass Amherst, will explore the reasons why sex-based inequalities remain in college athletics and identify institutional perversions that undermine efforts toward equality.

Sponsored by: Political Science Department through the Francis A. Harrington Public Affairs Fund