Events Calendar
Fall 2025-Spring 2026 Events
Current and upcoming events will be listed in the searchable events calendar above.
Fall 2024-Spring 2025 Events
Symposia on “Tackling Wicked” Problems through Deliberative Engagement,” March 10, 2025 @ 5:30 in Student Union West Ballroom
Dr. Martin Carcasson, Professor of Communications Studies and Director for the Center for Public Deliberation at Colorado State University.
Stewart Community Engagement Forum, November 8, 2025, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Coe Library 506
The forum featured presentations from UW faculty on their service-learning course development, alongside updates from students who received the prestigious Stewart Family Service Award. Featured speakers include two faculty members selected as Community Engaged Faculty Institute (CEFI) fellows for the 2023-24 academic year: Dan Fetsco, an Assistant Lecturer in Criminal Justice from the College of Arts and Sciences, and Jennifer Ingwerson-Niemann, an Associate Lecturer in Animal Science from the College of Agriculture, Life Sciences, and Natural Resources. Students who are 2024 recipients of the Stewart Family Serviceship Award presented on their service projects: Jessica L. Petri, an undergraduate pursuing dual degrees in Secondary Social Studies Education and Political Science and graduate students Theresa Andrzejewski, Alison Tassone, and Kaitlyn Breitenfeldt in Clinical Psychology. Download the poster here. In the news.
Challenges to Democracy Lecture Series, Fall 2024
MWCEP partnered with the School of Politics, Public Affairs and International Studies and experts from across Wyoming and around the world to explore the varied challenges to the effective functioning of democratic systems and civic norms.
On Campus Schedule of Events:
- Tuesday, September 10th, 2:45-4 p.m., Skylight Lounge (Wyoming Union Basement), “Governing in a Polarized Environment: Past and Present”
- Cy Rosenblatt, Former Member of Mississippi Senate
- Chris Rothfuss, Wyoming Senate Minority Floor Leader (D-Senate District 9)
- Eric Barlow, Member of the Wyoming Senate (R-Senate District 23)
- Andrew Garner, Professor of Political Science (moderator)
- Monday, September 16th @ 4:30 p.m., Wyoming Union Family Room, “Book Launch & Discussion for Polarization and Deep Contestation: The Liberal Script in the United States”
- Tanja Börzel (co-editor) holds the Chair for European Integration at the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science and is director of the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script”, Freie Universität Berlin
- Thomas Risse (co-editor) is Senior Professor, Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script”, Freie Universität Berlin
- Stephanie Anderson (co-editor) is Professor of Political Science & Head of the School of Politics, Public Affairs & International Studies, University of Wyoming
- Jean Garrison (co-editor) is Professor of Political Science and International Studies, University of Wyoming
- Andrew Garner (contributor) is Professor of Political Science, University of Wyoming
- Peter Parolin (contributor) is Associate Professor of English & Dean of the Honors College, University of Wyoming
- Wednesday, September 18 @ 5:30 p.m., Classroom Building Room 129, “A Conversation with Free Speech Icon Mary Beth Tinker,”
- Mary Beth Tinker (guest speaker)
- Jason McConnell, Assistant Professor of Political Science (moderator)
- Tuesday, October 15th @ 4:30 p.m., Wyoming Union Family Room, “From Paper to Pixels: The Evolution and Future of Voting”
- Commissioner Thomas Hicks, Election Assistance Commission
- Ryan Williamson, Assistant Professor of Political Science(moderator)
- Monday, November 4th @ 4:30 p.m., Wyoming Union Central Ballroom, “Wyoming Political Attitudes: Findings from the Wyoming Election Survey”
- Jim King, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Wyoming
- Ryan Williamson, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Wyoming
- Jason McConnell, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Wyoming
- Andrew Garner, Professor of Political Science, University of Wyoming
- Wednesday, November 6th, 4:30 p.m., Wyoming Union West Ballroom, “Democratic Crisis Around the Globe”
- Ambassador (ret.) Tom Dougherty, Milward L. Simpson Visiting Professor of Political Science and former U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso
- George Tawakkal, Professor of Political Science, Universitas Brawijaya (Indonesia)
- Andrew Garner, Professor of Political Science, University of Wyoming
- Tom Seitz, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wyoming
- Tuesday, November 12th @ 5:30 p.m., Wyoming Union Family Room, “Book Launch and Discussion for Nationalized Politics: Evaluating Electoral Politics Across Time”
- Ryan Williamson, Assistant Professor of Political Science and book co-author
Find the book here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/nationalized-politics-9780197669662?cc=us&lang=en&
Statewide Schedule of Events:
- Monday, September 30th @ 5:30, “Crisis of Civility and Hope for Civic Engagement” Location: Heart Mountain Interpretice Center -- Mineta-Simpson Institute Lecture Hall (1519 Road 19 located off US 14 between Cody and Powell)
- Ambassador (ret.) Tom Dougherty is the Milward L. Simpson Visiting Professor of Political Science at UW and former US Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
- Andrew Garner is Professor of Political Science whose expertise focuses on the quality and nature of democracy.
- Jean Garrison is Professor of Political Science & International Studies whose expertise focuses on U.S. foreign policy, energy security, and civic engagement.
- Aura Newlin is Executive Director of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, which oversees the Heart Mountain historic site, Interpretive Center, and the Mineta-Simpson Institute.
- Tuesday, October 1st @ 5:30 p.m., “Crisis of Democracy Around the World?: From Polarization to Populism and Possible Solutions” Location: Center for a Vital Community, Sheridan College Broadway Center, 245 Broadway, Sheridan, WY
- Ambassador (ret.) Tom Dougherty is the Milward L. Simpson Visiting Professor of Political Science at UW and former US Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
- Andrew Garner is Professor of Political Science whose expertise focuses on the quality and nature of democracy.
- Jean Garrison is Professor of Political Science & International Studies whose expertise focuses on U.S. foreign policy, energy security, and civic engagement.
- Michael Thomas teaches American government at Sheridan High School, directs its award-winning We the People Program, and is an adjunct at Sheridan College.
- Monday, October 21st @ 5:30 p.m., “Crisis of Democracy Around the World?” Location: UW Casper, 125 College Drive, Union/University Building, UU322, Casper, WY
- Ambassador (ret.) Tom Dougherty is the Milward L. Simpson Visiting Professor of Political Science at UW and served as US Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
- Andrew Garner is Professor of Political Science whose expertise focuses on the quality and nature of democracy.
- Jason McConnell is Assistant Professor of Political Science whose expertise focuses on the US Constitution in particular civil rights and civil liberties.
- Jean Garrison is Professor of Political Science & International Studies whose expertise focuses on US foreign policy, energy security, and civic engagement.
- Wednesday, November 20th @ 5:30 p.m., “Crisis of Democracy Around the World?” Location: Laramie County Public Library, Cottonwood Room, 2200 Pioneer Ave., Cheyenne, WY.
- Ambassador (ret.) Tom Dougherty is the Milward L. Simpson Visiting Professor of Political Science at UW and served as US Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
- Andrew Garner is Professor of Political Science whose expertise focuses on the quality and nature of democracy.
- Jason McConnell is Assistant Professor of Political Science whose expertise focuses on the US Constitution in particular civil rights and civil liberties.
- Jean Garrison is Professor of Political Science & International Studies whose expertise focuses on US foreign policy, energy security, and civic engagement.
