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Upcoming Speakers

Country Flags

Data Collection Resources
September 26 & 27

September 26th: 
GDP - Hermanus Smith (UN Statistic Division)

Gini Index - Nishant Yonzan (World Bank)

Freedom House - Cathryn Grothe (Freedom House)

September 27th: 
HDI - Rehana Mohammed (UN Development Programme)

Transparency Index -  Gary Kalman (Transparency International)

International Religious Freedom - Scott Weiner & Keely Bakken (USCIRF)

Diversity

Social and Political Cleavages
October 17 & 18

UK - Richard Ashcroft (UC Berkeley)

Russia - Rebecca Johnston (Kansas University)

China - Andrew Nathan (Columbia University)

Mexico - Claudio Holzner (University of Utah)

Nigeria - Isong Ibokette (Boston University)

Iran - Sajedah Goudarzi (Rutgers)

Street Protest

Social Movements & Adaptation of Policy
November 14 & 15

Tuesday November 14
Nigeria - Sam Cherribi (Emory University)

Mexico - Cody Joseph Love (UNC)

Iran - Negar-Sadat Razavi (Princeton University)

Wednesday November 15

Russia - Lisa Booth (University of Florida)

UK - Michael Mosser (UTexas)

China - Xiaobo Lu (Columbia University)

News Cameraman

Current Events
December 5 & 6

Russia - Melissa Samarin (UC Berkeley)

Mexico - Sarah Birke (Economist)

Iran - Yalda Hamidi (Minnesota State University Mankato)

UK - James Taylor (TCNJ)

China - Tom Christensen (Columbia)

Nigeria -David Olali (University of Georgia)

Courtroom Chairs

Judicial Systems
January 9 & 10

China - John Kennedy (Kansas University)

Russia - John Dodson (UTA)

Iran - Naima Mohammadi  (UA)

UK - James Taylor (TCNJ)

Mexico - Matthew Ingram (SUNY Albany)

Nigeria - Uchechuwu Ngwaba (TMU)

Big Ben

Executive Systems
January 30 & 31

UK - William Field (Rutgers)

Mexico - Matthew Ingram (SUNY Albany)

Russia - Melissa Samarin (UC Berkeley)

China - Xiaobo Lu (Columbia)

Iran - Mehdi Faraj (USC)

Nigeria - Ridwan Muhammad (KU)

Lawyer reading

Legislative Systems
February 27 & 28

UK - Amie Kreppel (University of Florida)

China - Andrew Nathan (Columbia University)

Nigeria - Fabiyi Oluwasegun (Indiana University)

Russia - Bryon Moraski (University of Florida)

Mexico - Matthew Ingram (SUNY Albany)

Iran - Seyed Mousavi (American University)

Russian Rouble

Economics
March 12 & 13

China - Junyan Jiang (Columbia University)

Nigeria - Fabiyi Oluwasegun (Indiana University)

Iran - Michael Azimi (Brandeis University)

UK - Mark Crowley (University of Utah)

Russia - Delgerjargal Uvsh (University of Texas - Austin)

Mexico - Gemma Smith (Arizona)

Election Day

Elections & Political Participation
April 2 & 3

Russia - Anton Shirikov (University of Kansas)

China - John Kennedy (University of Kansas)

Nigeria - Melvin Ayogu (Emory University)

UK - James Taylor (TCNJ)

Mexico - Kenneth Green (University of Texas-Austin)

Iran - Mohammed Tabaar (Texas A&M University)

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