As the 2020-2021 Clifford P. Case Professor of Public Affairs, former United States Senator Barbara Mikulski will speak with the Rutgers community about the state of our political and governmental institutions as well as her leadership as the "Dean of the Senate Women."

In a profile of the Senator's life, including her untraditional path to elected office and her legacy as a trailblazer for women in politics, The Washington Post wrote: 

"Mikulski is known for her gender-bending milestones, a list that includes longest-serving woman in congressional history; first Democratic woman to win a Senate seat without inheriting it from a dead spouse; first woman to chair the Senate’s powerful Appropriations Committee... Mikulski also built a bipartisan network of female lawmakers, organizing dinners and hosting workshops to teach newcomers the mechanics of Senate life."

“They [political bosses] said, ‘You don’t look the part,’ ” Mikulski recalled. “I said: ‘This is what the part looks like. And this is what the part is going to be like.’ ”

“People saw me as a fighter,” Mikulski said. “They weren’t looking for glamour. They weren’t looking for hairdos. Whatever I’m going to do, I thought: ‘I’m going to be me. And I’m either going to make it or I’m not.’ ”

Join Eagleton and Senator Mikulski on Wednesday, February 10th at 2pm EST via Zoom.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Hill published an op-ed written by John J. Farmer, Jr., Eagleton director.

"[U]nderlying the government’s pandemic response is a failed planning process that has compromised the emergency responses of prior administrations of both parties.

Consider the following disaster responses: 9/11. Katrina. COVID-19. The storming of the Capitol.

At first glance, these four disasters have little in common. They vary in cause, in geographic scope, in affected demographics, and in the manner and mode of the appropriate emergency response. In reality, however, the responses to these four major crises of the past 20 years have shared a fundamental and fatal flaw: In each case, the government failed to plan to respond to the emergency the way common sense and experience suggested the crisis would be lived by responders in the real world, the world where timely emergency decision-making actually saves or costs lives."

ABC News published an op-ed co-authored by John J. Farmer, Jr., Eagleton director.

"Social media is the newest vehicle for the oldest hatred. It is the most efficient, and potentially the most dangerous, instrument for disseminating anti-Semitism in history. But this problem is not just a Jewish one. Disinformation permeates the online space -- often, but not only coated in antisemitic tropes. As painfully illustrated on Jan. 6, dismissing it as a problem of a small, fringe, lunatic online community only enables it to grow into a large-scale, dangerous, extremist, real-world movement with members who are more than willing to engage in violence. As history has shown, if we fail to protect one religion, one people or one country, we fail to protect them all."

Eagleton Center on the American Governor Research Archives

This summer, the Eagleton Center on the American Governor (ECAG) launched a new redesigned website which features three public and easily navigable research archives. 

CAWP Data: Women in Office 2021

Eagleton's Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) is sharing the most up-to-date information and resources about women serving in political office in 2021.

Check the following CAWP resources for information about women serving in state and federal office:

• State-by-state interactive map
• Rankings of states by women's representation in state legislatures
• CAWP Women Elected Officials Database

Feb 17: A Conversation with LaTosha Brown

The event is part of Eagleton’s Gambaccini Civic Engagement Series and is presented in partnership with Rutgers Access Week, Rutgers Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities, and Rutgers Paul Robeson Cultural Center.

Wednesday, February 17th at 12:30pm EST via Zoom

The event is free and open to the public.

Feb 23: Malcolm X at Oxford Union: Racial Politics in a Global Era

Join Eagleton's Center for Youth Political Participation (CYPP) and CAWP's NEW Leadership® National Network for the first RU Running? Political Campaign Training.

RU Running is a three-part virtual political campaign training for college students interested in running for office or serving on a campaign. Participants will hear from current young elected leaders from the around the country.

Tuesday, February 23 at 2PM EST via Zoom

Open to college students.

Dr. Elizabeth C. Matto, Eagleton associate research professor and CYPP director, will lead the discussion. This event is part of Eagleton’s Albert W. Lewitt Endowed Lecture.

Join Eagleton and Congressman Darren Soto on Tuesday, March 9th at 10:30 AM EST via Zoom.

The event is free and open to the public.

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