Brookings' Thomas Mann To Discuss 2004 Election
One of the nation's most respected political analysts will be coming to the University of Cincinnati to speak about the 2004 presidential election five days before this year's vote.
Thomas Mann, chair of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, will present "The Economy and the 2004 Election" on Oct. 28 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 112 of Lindner Hall. The lecture is being sponsored by the James C. Kautz Speakers Program in Political Economy, the Department of Economics and the Taft Memorial Fund.
Mann is the W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings. Between 1987 and 1999, he was the institute's director of governmental studies. Before that, Mann was executive director of the American Political Science Association. He is frequently quoted in the national media as an observer of political developments.
Admission to the lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Nicole Henning at 513-556-0435.
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