{"id":10637,"date":"2026-02-10T13:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/events\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=10637"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:12:10","slug":"the-william-v-shannon47-litt-d-64-spring-2026-lecture","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/events\/event\/the-william-v-shannon47-litt-d-64-spring-2026-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"The William V. Shannon&#8217;47, LITT.D.&#8217;64 Spring 2026 Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-party-at-the-ballot-box\"><strong>Party at the Ballot Box<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spring 2026 William V. Shannon\u201947, LITT.D. \u201964 Lecture will be presented by Dr. Melissa Michelson, Dean of Arts and Sciences at Menlo College, she will speak on her new book titled, Party at the Ballot Box.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black voters continue to transform America\u2019s electoral landscape and can play a powerful role in determining the outcome of elections. In Party at the Ballot Box, Melissa R. Michelson, Stephanie L. DeMora, and Sarah V. Hayes argue that Black Americans vote as a celebration of community, and that cultivating that sense of community is an effective means of increasing Black voter turnout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/02\/Melissa-R.-MichelsonPicture1-1.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10650\" style=\"width:227px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/02\/Melissa-R.-MichelsonPicture1-1.avif 384w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/02\/Melissa-R.-MichelsonPicture1-1-300x300.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/02\/Melissa-R.-MichelsonPicture1-1-150x150.avif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Michelson is Dean of Arts &amp; Sciences at Menlo College. She earned her BA at Columbia University and her PhD in Political Science from Yale University. She is past president of the American Political Science Association (APSA) Latino Caucus and of the APSA LGBT Caucus. She is a nationally recognized expert in voter mobilization, Latino politics, and LGBTQ politics. She is the award-winning co-author of eight books, including Mobilizing Inclusion: Transforming the Electorate through Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns and a popular textbook on California Politics. The subject of this talk and her most recent book, Party at the Ballot Box: Mobilizing Black Women Voters, was released by NYU Press last year. Dr. Michelson\u2019s current projects include ongoing research on how best to motivate turnout among low-propensity voters and newly reenfranchised voters, and the power of drag performers to increase participation. In her spare time, she knits and runs marathons. 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