This speaker series is tied to my special topics course: POLI 409- COVID-19 Politics.
The schedule will be updated as additional speakers are added, but the series will occur remotely from noon to 1:00pm during Fall 2020.  

Webex details for the meetings are available below:

Schedule of Speakers:
September 14th: Dr. Eric Stokan, Assistant Professor at UMBC and Dr. Zoe McLaren, Associate Professor at UMBC

• Focus of Talk: Laying the foundations for the series and describing what is known and unknown on COVID-19 at this point.  [Link to the talk] 

POLITICS
September 21st: Hon. Steven M. Bieda, Former State Rep and Senator from MI

• Focus of Talk: Describing the politics of state legislative decisionmaking regarding COVID-19 in an intergovernmental structure. [Link to the talk]

September 28th: Dr. Christopher Goodman, Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University

• Focus of Talk: Describing the intergovernmental dimensions of COVID-19 policies and particularly state pre-emption of local decisions. [Link to the talk]

 November 16th: Dr. Susan Sterett, Professor & Director, UMBC & Dr. William Blake, Assistant Professor, UMBC

• Focus of Talk: Understanding the legal and constitutional dimensions and ramifications of COVID-19. [Link to the talk]

Data and Decision-making
October 19th: Dr. Nick Hart, President of the Data Foundation

• Focus of Talk: Using survey data to better understand citizen perspectives and implications for citizens. [Link to the talk]

October 21st (Weds): Dr. Aaron Deslatte, Assistant Professor, Indiana University Bloomington

• Focus of Talk: Understanding citizen and bureaucratic perspectives through experimental studies. [Link to the talk]

Policy and Regulatory Implications
October 5th: Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee, Senior Fellow and Director - Center for Technology Innovation

• Focus of Talk: Regulatory Changes around Telehealth to address concerns of COVID-19 [Link to the talk]

October 12th: Gregory Simmons, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, UMBC

• Focus of Talk: Implications of COVID-19 on higher education: Industry, Athletics, and Entrepreneurship [Link to the talk]

October 26th: Jeff Finkle, President and CEO of International Economic Development Council

• Focus of Talk: Understanding the economic implications and role of economic developers in stabilizing communities due to the public health crisis. [Link to the talk]

November 23rd:  Bill Wells, Senior VP Baltimore Housing

• Focus of Talk: Understanding the implications that COVID-19 might have on housing within Baltimore City. [Link to the talk]

November 30th:  Allison Ciborowski, President of Leading Age Maryland and Reverend Dr. Derrick Dewitt, Director and CFO of Maryland Baptist Aged Home.

• Focus of Talk: Understanding the public health impacts on our aged population and what actions are being taken to help this vulnerable population.

December 7th:  Meredith Cohn, Reporter, Baltimore Sun

• Focus of Talk: Understanding COVID-19 disparities and the role of journalism in informing our policy-making process around this issue. [Link to the talk]

December 14th: Marie Johns, CEO of PPC-Leftwich

• Focus of Talk: Understanding COVID-19 impacts on entrepreneurship and particularly entrepreneurs that are part of underserved communities. [Link to the talk]