CAMILLUS — The public is invited to a discussion with local author and political science professor Shana Gadarian as she talks about her newest book, “Pandemic Politics: The Deadly Toll of Partisanship in the Age of COVID.”
The book talk will be held at Maxwell Memorial Library in Camillus on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m.
Gadarian is Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking and Chair in the Department of Political Science at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
She received a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University.
She was previously Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research.
Her book “Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World,” co-authored with Bethany Albertson, won the 2016 Robert E. Lane Award for best book in political psychology and the 2021 Doris Graber award for best book in political communication, both from the American Political Science Association.
Her new book on the coronavirus pandemic, “Pandemic Politics: The Deadly Toll of Polarization in the Age of COVID,” joint with Sara Wallace Goodman and Thomas Pepinsky, was published in October 2022 from Princeton University Press.
Gadarian’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Norwegian Research Council, Russell Sage Foundation, and Campbell Public Affairs Institute, among others.
Her work has been published in outlets such as the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, Political Psychology, Political Communication, Political Behavior, Perspectives on Politics, Politics, Groups, and Identities, and PLOS-One.
The program is free, but registration is preferred. Go to maxwellmemoriallibrary.org and click on the events calendar to register or call the library for assistance.
Maxwell Memorial Library is located at 14 Genesee St. in the village of Camillus. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed Sundays.
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