The 2012 Elections: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Dianne Bystrom & Steffen Schmidt

Tuesday, 05 Mar 2013 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union

Join Dianne Bystrom and Steffen Schmidt for a discussion of the outstanding moments of the 2012 caucus, primary and election season. Dianne Bystrom is director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics and has more than thirty years of experience covering, working in, and studying political campaigns. She is a coauthor, coeditor or contributor to fifteen books on topics ranging from political communication strategies, media coverage of women candidates, and women in Congress. She is a frequent commentator on women's and political issues for local, national and international media. Steffen Schmidt is University Professor of Political Science and longtime contributor to Iowa Public Radio's weekly political call-in show. He has become one of the most quotable political science experts in the media on the Iowa caucuses and U.S. presidential elections. He is a coauthor of the best selling textbook American Government and Politics Today. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean's Lecture Series

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In addition to directing the Catt Center, Dianne Bystrom teaches courses on leadership, women and politics, and political campaigns for Women's Studies, Political Science and Speech Communication as an adjunct assistant professor of political science. Before joining Iowa State in July 1996, she worked for seventeen years at the University of Oklahoma in public relations, higher education administration and political communication. She earned a B.A. in Journalism in 1975 from Kearney (NE) State College and an M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication in 1982 and a Ph.D. in Communication in 1995 from the University of Oklahoma.

Steffen Schmidt joined Iowa State's Political Science Department in 1970. He specializes in public law and the government, policies of globalization, and, more recently, the policy and politics of managing coastal areas. He is also interested in distance learning and teaching and was named the 2007 Innovator of the Year by the Iowa Distance Learning Association.

Cosponsored By:

• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)