Past Events
Past Events
Pillar’s of American Statesmanship: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass
About the Seminar
As in the past, the seminar will involve a lecture and guided conversation about key primary documents/texts on the topic. Our purpose is to enhance teacher content about the role of statesmanship in a democratic republic. These documents will be sent in a pdf form to you upon your acceptance. In addition, there will be a guided tour of the Valley Forge battlefield on Saturday by Freedoms Foundation Vice President Jeff Scott on June 10, 2023. You won’t want to miss this! We are further pleased and honored to be joined by Tony Williams, Senior Fellow at the Bill of Rights Institute, Washington author and historian of the American Founding, as the guest instructor.
When:
Symposium: June 8-11, 2023
or
Guided Tour of Valley Forge Battlefield: June 10th, 2023
Where:
Freedoms Foundation in historic Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Schedule
Readings
Purpose
To immerse area high school students in a college learning experience led by top teacher-scholars who seek to enrich their understanding of the role of statesmanship in American history and government. The content, sources, and instruction provided also seeks to help students prepare for the United States Government and Politics AP exam.
When:
Thursday March 16, 2023 - 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
or
Friday March 17, 2023 - 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Where:
Liberal Arts Hall, Room A205
Rochester Institute of Technology
Format:
40 minute Lecture
15 minute Document Analysis and Q&A
45 minute Lunch
Fee: $10.00 per student, lunch included. Teachers Free
Schedule (Same for both days)
8:30: Welcome and Introduction
9:05-9:55: Introduction, “The First Amendment: The Preferred Freedom”
— Dr. Joseph R. Fornieri, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Statesmanship at Rochester Institute of Technology
10:00-10:50: “The Federalist Papers: Publius’ Political Thought”
— Dr. Sean Sutton, Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Rochester Institute of Technology
11:00-11:45: Lunch (provided by RIT)
11:45-12:35: “Truman and the Cold War”
- Dr. Elizabeth Spalding, Senior Fellow Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and Chairman, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
12:40-1:30: “Strategies for Success”
- Jeff Scott AP Reader, VP of Education at Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge
Readings
The readings for each of the sessions are provided in the AP Day 2023 Readings Document.
Purpose:
To immerse area high school students in a college learning experience led by top teacher-scholars who seek to enrich their understanding of the role of statesmanship in American history and government. The content, sources, and instruction provided also seeks to help students prepare for the United States Government and Politics AP exam.
When:
Thursday February 13, 2020
or
Friday February 14, 2020
Where:
Rochester Institute of Technology
Thursday: Webb Auditorium, A Level of James E. Booth Building
Friday: Louise Slaughter Hall – CIMS
Format:
30 minute Lecture
15 minute Document Analysis and Q&A
45 minute Lunch
Fee: $10.00 per student, lunch included. Teachers Free
Schedule (Same for both days)
9:00: Welcome with Coffee and Donuts
— Dr. Benjamin Banta, Professor of Political Science at Rochester Institute of Technology
9:10-9:30: Introduction, “What is Statesmanship?”
— Dr. Joseph R. Fornieri, Director of the Center for Statesmanship at Rochester Institute of Technology
9:30-10:15: “The Reconstruction Amendments & the New History of the Era”
— Dr. John Daly, Professor of History at SUNY Brockport College
10:15-11:00: “The First Amendment: The Preferred Freedom”
— Dr. Joseph R. Fornieri, Director of the Center for Statesmanship at Rochester Institute of Technology
11:15-12:00: Lunch (provided at RIT)
12:15-1:00: “The Federalist Papers: Publius’ Political Thought”
— Dr. Sean Sutton, Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Rochester Institute of Technology
1:00-1:45: “Susan B. Anthony & The Women’s Rights Movement: Centennial of the The 19th Amendment”
— Dr. Emily Krichbaum, Faculty at Columbus School for Girls, Founder of “Remember the Ladies”
Readings
The readings for each of the sessions are provided in the AP Day 2020 Readings PDF
“Demystifying Scholarly Publishing Workshop”
With Stephen Wrinn, Director, University of Notre Dame Press
Time: Thursday, April 25th, 2019 at 1:00pm
Venue: RIT Campus, Campus Center, Reading Room (2050)
Steve Wrinn is the current Director of the University of Notre Dame Press. Prior to his arrival at Notre Dame, Wrinn was Director of the University Press of Kentucky for nearly 14 years, where he supervised all aspects of planning, acquisitions, production, marketing, and print and electronic distribution of approximately 60 new books and 20 paperback reprints annually. Wrinn previously was editorial vice president and executive editor of history and political science for Rowman & Littlefield Publishers and editorial director of Lexington Books. While there, he managed the purchase and assimilation of Lexington Books from Simon & Schuster into Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. As Director at UNDP, Wrinn is responsible for formulating and implementing the Press’ mission and strategic plan and overseeing progress towards its goals.
This workshop will discuss the following topics:
- The current state and economics of scholarly publishing
- Demystifying the process of finding the right publisher
- Insight on what editors are thinking when they make publishing decisions
- Turning dissertations into books
- Identifying appropriate publishers for your manuscript
- Creating a cover letter and proposal that will attract an editor's attention
- What to expect when you are offered a contract
There will be ample time for Q & A.
April 5, 2019
Keynotes: Professors Cornel West and Robert George
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: RIT Campus, Gordon Field House
Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. He is Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He has also taught at Union Theological Seminary, Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth College, and the University of Paris. Cornel West graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Princeton. He has written 20 books and has edited 13. He is best known for his classics -- Democracy Matters and Race Matters -- which recently celebrated the 25th Anniversary of its debut with a new edition. His memoir Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, and Black Prophetic Fire have also received much critical acclaim. Dr. West is a frequent guest on the Bill Maher Show, Colbert Report, CNN, C-Span and Democracy Now.
He made his film debut in the Matrix – and was the commentator (with Ken Wilbur) on the official trilogy released in 2004. He also has appeared in over 25 documentaries and films including Examined Life, Call & Response, Sidewalk and Stand.
Last, he has made three spoken word albums including Never Forget, collaborating with Prince, Jill Scott, Andre 3000, Talib Kweli, KRS-One and the late Gerald Levert. His spoken word interludes were featured on Terence Blanchard’s Choices (which won the Grand Prix in France for the best Jazz Album of the year of 2009), The Cornel West Theory’s Second Rome, Raheem DeVaughn’s Grammy-nominated Love & War: Masterpeace, and most recently on Bootsy Collins’ The Funk Capital of the World. In short, Cornel West has a passion to communicate to a vast variety of publics in order to keep alive the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. – a legacy of telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice.
Robert P. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School. He has served as Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and as a presidential appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He has also served on the President’s Council on Bioethics and as the U.S. member of UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology. He was a Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where he received the Justice Tom C. Clark Award. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Swarthmore College, he holds the degrees of J.D. and M.T.S. from Harvard University and the degrees of D.Phil., B.C.L. and D.C.L. from Oxford University, in addition to nineteen honorary degrees. He is a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Citizens Medal and the Honorific Medal for the Defense of Human Rights of the Republic of Poland, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Baylor University has named its new Washington, D.C.-based program the “Robert P. George Initiative in Faith, Ethics, and Public Policy.” Professor George’s most recent book is Conscience and Its Enemies (ISI Books).
Purpose:
To immerse area high school students in a college learning experience led by top teacher-scholars who seek to enrich their understanding of the role of statesmanship in American history and government. The instruction provided also seeks to prepare students for the AP United States History and Politics Government exams.
When:
Thursday February 28, 2019
or
Friday March 1, 2019
Where:
Rochester Institute of Technology
Webb Auditorium, A Level of James E. Booth Building
Format:
20 minute Lecture
15 minute Document Analysis
10 minute Q&A
15 minute break in-between each session
55 minute Lunch
Fee: $10.00 per student, lunch included. Teacher's Free
For reservations and further information please contact:
Ms. Cassandra Shellman
cls3740@rit.edu
585-475-2057
Schedule (Same for both days)
9:00: Meet & Greet Coffee & Donuts
9:15-10:10: “Lincoln and Dred Scott”
— Dr. Joseph R. Fornieri, Director of the Center for Statesmanship at Rochester Institute of Technology
10:15-11:15: "Slavery as the Loss of Home: The Importance of the Cabin in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin."
— Dr. Susan Hanssen, Chair of the Department of History at the University of Dallas
11:15-12:10: Lunch (provided at RIT)
12:10-12:55: "Susan B. Anthony & The Women’s Rights Movement"
— Dr. Emily Krichbaum
1:10-1:55: “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Liberty”
— Dr. John Daly, Professor of History at SUNY Brockport College
Documents
Anthony and Stanton
- Declaration of Sentiments, 2019
- SBA Speech After Being Arrested, 2019
- SBA speech before the Court, 2019
- Stanton Address to Leg II, 2019
- Stanton Address to State Leg I, 2019
Douglass
Dred Scott
April 4, 2018
Keynote: Dr. Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Ingle Auditorium - Student Alumni Union
Dr. Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer is the Executive Director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse, an organization that works to reduce political dysfunction and incivility in our political system. As a leader in the field of deliberative democracy, she works to restore our democracy to reflect the intended vision of our founding fathers.
Purpose:
To immerse area high school students in a college learning experience led by top teacher-scholars who seek to enrich their understanding of the role of statesmanship in American history and government. The instruction provided also seeks to prepare students for the AP United States History and Politics Government exams.
When:
Thursday March 1, 2018
or
Friday March 2, 2018
Where:
Rochester Institute of Technology
Thursday, March 1st: Chester F. Carlson Imaging Science Hall, Bldg. 76, Room 1125
Friday, March 2nd: Student Alumni Union, Fireside Lounge
Format:
20 minute Lecture
15 minute Document Analysis
10 minute Q&A
15 minute break in-between each session
55 minute Lunch
Fee: $10.00 per student, lunch included. Teacher's Free
For reservations and further information please contact:
Ms. Cassandra Shellman
cls3740@rit.edu
585-475-2057
Schedule (Same for both days)
9:00: Meet & Greet Coffee & Donuts
9:15-9:25: Intro: What is Statesmanship?
— Dr. Joseph R. Fornieri, Director of the Center for Statesmanship at Rochester Institute of Technology
9:30-10:15: “Charles Grandison Finney: Antebellum Religious and Moral Reform in Rochester, NY”
— Dr. John Daly, Professor of History at SUNY Brockport College
10:30-11:15: "The Antifederalists: What were they for and against?"
— Dr. Lee Cheek, Dean of School of Social Science and Professor of Political Science and Religion at East Georgia State College
11:15-12:10: Lunch (provided at RIT)
12:10-12:55: "Susan B. Anthony & The Women’s Rights Movement"
— Dr. Emily Hess, Assistant Professor at Ashland University
1:10-1:55: “The Statesmanship of John Adams.”
— Dr. Bruce Frohnen, Ph.D. and Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University
Documents
Charles Grandison Finney
Antifederalists
- Brutus XI
- The Centinel
- The Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania
- New York Ratifying Convention
- Debates over Ratification of the Constitution
The Women’s Rights Movement
- Appeal for the Maine Law
- On Behalf of the Woman Suffrage Amendment
- Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
- A Letter on Temperance
- The Solitude of Self
John Adams
Have trigger warnings, safe spaces, and prohibitions against a hostile environment compromised free speech and due process on American campuses? What is of paramount importance to a University: the quest for truth or the protection of its members’ emotional security? Should the University, of all places, still guarantee what Justice Holmes described as, “freedom for the thought that we hate”?
With recent incidents such as the violence at UC Berkeley and Orwellian fears about alternative facts making national headlines, RIT's Center for Statesmanship, Law, and Liberty will lead the way in providing a forum for thoughtful examination of these questions.
Former President of the ACLU and Constitutional law expert Nadine Strossen and free speech advocate Alan Charles Kors are coming to RIT on April 4 and 5 to address these issues.
Title IX: Hostile Environment Policies that are Hostile to Free Speech and Due Process
April 4, 2017
Keynote: Nadine Strossen
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Bldg. 6 Liberal Arts, A205
Nadine Strossen is the John Marshall Harlan II Professor at New York Law School. She has written, lectured and practiced extensively in constitutional law, civil liberties and international human rights. From 1991 through 2008, she was President of the American Civil Liberties Union,and she currently serves on the ACLU’s National Advisory Council. Strossen has also served on the Boards of other human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch. The National Law Journal has named Strossen one of America’s "100 Most Influential Lawyers", and several other national publications have named her one of the country’s most influential women.
No Freedom of Speech, No Higher Education
April 5
Keynote: Alan Charles Kors
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Ingle Auditorium
Alan Charles Kors is Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books and articles on early-modern French intellectual history, and he was editor-in-chief of the four-volume Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment (Oxford University Press). In June 2016, he published two works with the Cambridge University Press: Naturalism and Unbelief in France, 1650-1729 and Epicureans and Atheists in France, 1650-1729. He has won prizes for his college teaching and for the defense of academic freedom. He served six years, confirmed by the US Senate, on the National Council for the Humanities of the National Endowment of the Humanities. In 2005, he received the National Humanities Medal, and, in 2008, the Bradley Prize. He was the co-author of The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses and the co-founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
Purpose:
To immerse area High School students in a college learning experience led by top teacher-scholars who seek to enrich their understanding of the role of statesmanship in American history and government. The content, sources, and instruction provided also seeks to help students prepare for the AP exam. This year we feature Rochester's legacy of political greatness!
When:
Thursday Feb. 2, 2017 or Friday Feb. 3, 2017
Where:
Rochester Institute of Technology
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, Bamboo Room, Student Life Center
Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, Webb Auditorium
Format:
20 minute Lecture
15 minute Document Analysis
15 minute Q&A
1 hour Lunch
Fee: $10.00 per student includes lunch; Teacher’s Free
Schedule (Same for both days)
9:00: Meet and Greet Coffee and Donuts
9:20-10:10: “The Partnership of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln”
—Dr. Joseph R. Fornieri, Director of the Center for States. at RIT
10:15-10:55: “The New Science of Politics: The Statesmanship of Publius in Federalist Papers 9, 10, & 51”
—Dr. Sean Sutton, Chair of Political Science Dept. at RIT
11:00-11:15: Debate on Electoral College: Keep it or Scrap it? Sutton vs. Daly
11:15-12:00: Lunch (45 minutes @ RIT)
12:05-12:20: Debate contd.-Student Q&A
12:25-1:00: “Radical Protest Movements and American Politics: Harriet Tubman and local Antislavery Politics”
—Dr. John Daly, History Dept. at SUNY Brockport
1:05-1:55: “Failure is Impossible: The Political Genius of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony”
—Dr. Rebecca Edwards, Chair of History Dept. at RIT
Please book in advance by January 16th. Space is limited. For reservations and further information please contact asap:
Ms. Cassandra Shellman
cls3740@rit.edu
585-475-2057
Documents
Anthony and Stanton
- Declaration of Sentiments, 2017
- SBA Speech After Being Arrested, 2017
- SBA speech before the Court, 2017
- Stanton Address to Leg II, 2017
- Stanton Address to State Leg I, 2017
Douglass
Federalist Papers
Lincoln
Tubman
Malcolm X
Agenda
Just in time for the election season, The Center for Statesmanship, Law, And Liberty at RIT proudly presents the First Annual Practical Politics Colloquium: How Politics Really Works: An Insider's View, October 20th, 2016 in Ingle Auditorium, at RIT, 10:00-2:15.
A panel of current and former government officials will share insights from their experience in elective office and how government really works. This event is geared primarily for secondary students to learn about the political process from within. A list of key topics to be discussed is provided in the Documents section below. The event begins at 10:00am in Ingle Auditorium and ends at 2:15. A lunch is being provided for the high school students. The schedule is as follows:
10:00am-11:15: Panel Discussion with Former Lt. Governor Bob Duffy, NYS Senator Rich Funke, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, and former Rochester Mayor Tom Richards.
11:15-12:00: Student Q&A
12:00-1:00: Lunch
1:00-2:15: Lecture and Q&A by Lee Chen, VP of Sales at Rochester Midland Corporation. “A Comparison and Contrast between Skills Needed for Salesmanship & Statesmanship” with Discussant Sean Sutton, Chairman of Political Science at RIT.
Teachers Don’t Forget our Third Annual AP Day, Feb.2-3, 2017!! (Please make Reservations asap. More info. TBA).
Documents
Panelists
APRIL 20
Keynote: Peter Bergen, national security analyst at CNN, one of the first western journalists to interviewed Osama Bin Laden, author, and a thoughtful analyst of international affairs.
Time: 8:00pm – 9:30pm
Venue: Ingle Auditorium, Rochester Institute of Technology
April 21
Location: CIMS 2220/2210 & 2140
Panel 1: 10:00-11: 30: The Challenge of ISIS, Intelligence, and Terrorism.
- David Tucker, Earhart Senior Fellow at the Ashbrook Center and Associate Director of the Master of Arts in American History and Government at Ashland University.
- Dr. Benjamin Banta, RIT
Coffee Break and Lunch
Panel 2: 1:30:-3:00: The Challenge of Russia, Refugees, and Citizenship.
- Dr. Robert Goeckel, SUNY Geneseo
- Dr. Leah Bradshaw, Brock University, Ontario Canada
Purpose:
To immerse area high school students in a college learning experience led by top teacher-scholars who seek to enrich their understanding of the role of statesmanship in American history and government. The content, sources, and instruction provided also seeks to help students prepare for the AP exam.
When:
Thursday Feb. 4, 2016 or Friday Feb. 5, 2016
Where:
Thursday, Feb. 4 and Friday, Feb. 5
RIT, CIMS, Louise Slaughter Hall
Rooms 2210-2240 (Second Floor)
Format:
20 minute Lecture
15 minute Document Analysis
15 minute Q&A
10 minute break in-between each session
1 hour Lunch
Schedule
9:00: Introduction: “Reviving Statesmanship: Lincoln’s Legacy”
—Dr. Joseph R. Fornieri, Director of the Center for Statesmanship at RIT
9:20: “The New Science of Politics: The Statesmanship of Publius in Federalist Papers 9, 10, & 51”
—Dr. Sean Sutton, Chair of Political Science Dept. at RIT
10:15: “Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln: The Political Leadership of a Radical Reformer & Statesman”
—Dr. Joseph R. Fornieri, Political Science Dept. at RIT
11:10-12:10: Lunch (1 hour)
12:15-1:10: “The Hamiltonian vs. Jeffersonian Vision of the American Republic”
—Dr. John Daly, History Dept. at SUNY Brockport
1:15-2:05: “The Political Leadership of Two Local Ladies: Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony”,
—Dr. Rebecca Edwards, Chair of History Dept. at RIT
For further information please contact:
Joseph Fornieri
Professor of Political Science
Director
jrfgsm@rit.edu
585-475-5889
Documents
Anthony and Stanton
- Declaration of Sentiments
- SBA Speech After Being Arrested
- SBA speech before the Court
- Stanton Address to Leg II
- Stanton Address to State Leg I
Douglass
Federalist Papers
Hamilton and Jefferson
Lincoln
Program
Day 1: April 8, 2015
- Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
- Venue: Ingle Auditorium, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Keynote: Richard Clarke, Cyber Security Expert, Former Counterterrorism Advisor and Czar under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and Best-Selling author
Author Book-signing to follow
Richard Clarke’s name is synonymous with both Cyber Security and Counter-terrorism. He literally “wrote the book” on both subjects, by leading the US Government on both topics from the White House and then, upon leaving government, by writing the best recognized books on both topics.
On Cyber Security, Clarke’s work goes back as far as 1997 when he became the senior White House official in charge of that then nascent field. He was the first ever Special Advisor on Cyberspace Security to the President of the United States and wrote the National Plan for Cyber Security (for President Clinton) and the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (for President Bush 43). Over twenty nations have since developed similar national strategies. Clarke’s book CYBER WAR: The Next National Security Threat and What to do About it, is widely regarded as the seminal work on international cyber conflict.
Today, Clarke is a leading consultant to industry and governments on cyber security and sits on several corporate boards of IT security companies. His writings on cyber security have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and numerous other publications. His book Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters was made into a film documentary entitled “State of Security”.
On Counter-terrorism, Clarke was the senior US Government official under three Presidents (Bush, Clinton, Bush) over the course of an unprecedented eleven years of continuous White House service. He was one of the first officials to identify the threat from al Qaeda and to plan and direct actions against it. He was the national crisis manager on 9-11. His work on Counter-Terrorism was summarized on an unclassified basis in his #1 nation-wide best seller, Against All Enemies, Inside America’s War on Terror.
Clarke’s appearance before the 9-11 Commission brought him to public attention, as he alone apologized to the victims families. He then blamed the Bush Administration for inattention to al Qaeda and was one of the first former senior officials to criticize the decision to go to war in Iraq.
Over thirty years in national security positions, Clarke served in the Pentagon, the State Department, the Intelligence Community, and the National Security Council-White House. Since leaving government, he has published five books (including two novels), served for nine years as an on air consultant for ABC News, taught for five years at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and managed his own consulting firm. He is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Middle East Institute in Washington and a Trustee of Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates.
Clarke has appeared on television often including The Daily Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Colbert Report, ABC World News Tonight, CNN’s The Situation Room, Good Morning America, Meet the Press, the PBS News Hour, Charlie Rose, and PBS Frontline. He frequently is a Keynote Speaker at corporate, university, and government events.
Day 2: April 9, 2015
- Venue: CIMS, Louise Slaughter Hall
Rooms 2210-2240 (Second floor)
Rochester Institute of Technology - 9:00am – 10:30am: Panel 1: Public and Private Sector Roles in Balancing Security, Liberty and Privacy
Moderator:- Dr. Samuel McQuade, RIT Department of Public Policy
- Lisa Hayes, Center for Democracy and Technology
- Patrick Morrissey, former Special Agent with the US Secret Service
- Dr. Rick Mislan, Visiting Assistant Professor, RIT-GCCIS Department of Computing Security
- 10:30am – 11:00am: (BREAK)
- 11:00am – 12:30pm: Panel 2: The Academic Role in Balancing America’s Security, Liberty and Privacy
Moderator:- Dr. Nathan Fisk, Visiting Professor, RIT Department of Public Policy
- Andrew Phelps, Director, RIT MAGIC Center
- Dr. Christopher Egert, Associate Director, RIT MAGIC Center; GCCIS School of Interactive Games & Media
- Dr. Jessica Lyons, Visiting Professor, RIT Department of Public Policy
Christopher Egert currently serves as Associate Director, for RIT’s MAGIC Center and Associate Professor within the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences School of Interactive Games & Media. His interests include educational, social, and cultural impacts of entertainment and game technologies, the preservation of game history and related technologies, and the use of games for education and social change.
Nathan Fisk is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the RIT College of Liberal Arts Department of Public Policy. To date he has authored books titled, Understanding Online Piracy, and Digital Piracy and he serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Games Criticism. His next book, commissioned by MIT Press, is titled Cyber Bullies and Cyber Citizens. He currently teaches Values and Public Policy among other courses.
Lisa Hayes is Vice President for Programs & Strategy at the Center for Democracy and Technology located in Washington, D.C. In this role, she helps CDT to conceptualize and implement public policies that will keep the Internet open, innovative, and free. Specific goals pertain to preserving the decentralized and user-controlled nature of the Internet, enhancing freedom of expression, protecting privacy, and limiting government surveillance. Prior to CDT she served with the American Constitution Society for Law & Policy (ACS) as Vice President for Development & Senior Counsel. Before ACS, she was the Director of Outreach at the Alliance for Justice, where she managed relations with the organization’s 100 members, acted as the organization’s online voice, and conceived and orchestrated events around the country.
Jessica Lyons is a Visiting Assistant Professor with RIT’s Department of Public Policy. She holds an MA Degree in Humanities and Social Thought from New York University, and a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her research interests include conservation politics and policy, applied anthropology, indigenous studies, and medical anthropology especially in relation to auto-immune diseases, medical technologies, and infectious diseases. She has published on a wide variety of environmental policy topics and her work can be found in Political Power and Social Theory and the online edition of Cultural Anthropology.
Samuel McQuade is the author of several books related to cybercrime and cyber safety. His RIT career has spanned criminology/criminal justice, multi/interdisciplinary studies and public policy. Formerly he served as Study Director for the National Research Council, Program Manager for the National Institute of Justice (of the U.S. Department of Justice), and as a law enforcement officer.
Rick Mislan is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the RIT-GCCIS Department of Computing Security. He has numerous years of practitioner, teaching and research experience pertaining to mobile device forensics, security and human computer interaction. Prior faculty appointments were at Purdue University's College of Technology, and Ferris State University's College of Business. Credentials also include technology director, a communications electronic warfare officer for the U.S. Army, and reviewing editor for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on guidelines for cellphone/PDA forensics.
Patrick Morrissey is a former Special Agent with the US Secret Service. In 2003, he became the agency’s first Deputy Director for Law Enforcement and Intelligence at the newly created National Cyber Security Division within the US Department of Homeland Security. After two supervisory protection assignments (Vice President Cheney 2005-2006, Counter Assault Team 2006-2008), he became the first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Secret Service in 2008 and in 2011 a position in Corporate Security with Research In Motion/BlackBerry to become the Director - Investigations and Protection Operations. Currently employed by beamCitizen, he is focused on mobile computing within emergency first responder markets.
Andrew Phelps is the founding Director of RIT’s MAGIC Center. He is an educator, digital artist, and technologist with over 15 years of experience. He holds the rank of Professor in the School of Interactive Games & Media that he founded in 2011. His work in games education, digital media, and interactive software has been published in numerous articles, journals, periodicals, and by popular press such as CNN, USA Today, NPR, and NY Times.
Purpose
To immerse area high school students in a college learning experience led by top teacher-scholars who seek to enrich their understanding of the role of statesmanship in American history and government. The content, sources, and instruction provided also seeks to help students prepare for the AP exam.
Date and Location
Friday Feb. 6th, 2015
Rochester Institute of Technology,
CIMS, Louise Slaughter Hall
Rooms 2210-2240 (Second floor)
Schedule
9:00-9:30: Introduction: "Reviving Statesmanship"
—Dr. Joseph R. Fornieri, Director of the Center for Statesmanship at RIT
9:30-10:20: "The New Science of Politics: The Statesmanship of Publius in Federalist Papers 9, 10, & 51"
—Dr. Sean Sutton, Chair of Political Science Dept. at RIT
10:30-11:20:: "Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln: The Political Leadership of a Radical Reformer & Statesman"
—Dr. Joseph R. Fornieri, Political Science Dept. at RIT
11:30-12:30: Lunch (1 hour)
12:30-1:20: "The Hamiltonian vs. Jeffersonian Vision of the American Republic"
—Dr. John Daly, History Dept. at SUNY Brockport
1:30-2:20: "The Political Leadership of Two Local Ladies: Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony",
—Dr. Rebecca Edwards, Chair of History Dept. at RIT
Format
- 35 minute lecture-15 minute Q&A
- 10 minute break in-between each session
- 1 hour Lunch
Registration Fee for each student: $10.00
Teachers: Free
Registration Deadline: January 5th. "First Come First Serve" basis. Limited availability
Fee includes all lectures, lunch, and document package Students are responsible for their own travel to and from the event
Checks must be made to the RIT / Center for Statesmanship, Law, and Liberty.
All checks should be mailed to:
c/o Cassandra Shellman
Assistant for the Center for Statesmanship Law, and Liberty
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Liberal Arts,
92 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623
For further information please contact:
Joseph Fornieri
Professor of Political Science
Director
jrfgsm@rit.edu
585-475-5889
Documents
Anthony and Stanton
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Federalist Papers
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Lincoln
Bruce Frohnen (see below) will be delivering a second lecture on the moral demands of the Constitution and the role that statesmanship, character, and virtue plays in sustaining self-government according to the Founders.
Video link of the talk.
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) and the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Statesmanship, Law, and Liberty (the Center), are pleased to announce that Bruce Frohnen, Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University will deliver the Seventh Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence on Wednesday, September 17 at 7:00 p.m. at RIT, Building 8, College of Science, Room 1250. Dr. Frohnen is an authority on religion in American public life, and will speak on "The Constitution and Religious Liberty." The event is open to the public.
Immediately following the lecture, there will be a panel discussion on the two most recent Supreme Court cases involving religious liberty, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, 2014 and the local case of Town of Greece v. Galloway, 2014 which will be led by Professors Joseph R. Fornieri, Director of the Center and Professor Lauren Hall.
Dr. Bruce Frohnen has served as a Visiting Scholar with the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, a Legislative Aide to United States Senator Spencer Abraham, and a Senior Fellow at Liberty Fund, Inc. His two most recent volumes, The American Nation: Primary Sources and Rethinking Rights (edited with Kenneth Grasso) were named Outstanding Academic Titles by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. His articles have appeared in journals including the George Washington Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, and the American Journal of Jurisprudence. His research interests focus on religion and American public life, the nature, development, and prospects for constitutionalism and human rights given changing views regarding the nature of human community and the person. He holds a J.D. from the Emory University School of Law and a Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University.
The Lecture honors Judge David Aldrich Nelson (1932-2010), a charter member of the AHI’s board of directors who served for more than two decades on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
April 10 & April 11, 2014
Free & Open to the Public
Schedule of Events
April 10th
- 7:00pm Keynote Speaker Allen C. Guelzo, “Lincoln’s Statesmanship on the Emancipation Proclamation” Booth Hall, Webb Auditorium, Room 1350, RIT
April 11th
- 9:00am Chief Justice Frank J. Williams, “Judicial Statesmanship,” Student Innovation Hall, RIT.
- 10:30am Joseph Fornieri, “Reviving Statesmanship”.
- 3:30pm Artist Wendy Allen-Art exhibit and Film on “An Artist’s view of Lincoln’s Statesmanship,” Student Innovation Hall, RIT.
- 5:00pm Musical Performance, Directed by RIT Music Professor Michael Ruhling, "Music of America’s Liberty." Carr: Federal Overture in D (1794); Gould: American Salute (Variations on "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"); Trad., arr. Luck: Battle Hymn of the Republic (sing-along; words by Howe), RIT Allen Chapel, Schmitt Center for Religious Life
- Free admission
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Allen C. Guelzo
Dr. Allen C. Guelzo is the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era, and Director of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College. He is the author of Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President, which won the Lincoln Prize for 2000, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America, which won the Lincoln Prize for 2005, and Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America, which won the Abraham Lincoln Institute Prize for 2008. His most recent work in Lincoln is Abraham Lincoln As A Man of Ideas (a collection of essays published in 2009 by Southern Illinois University Press) and Lincoln, a volume in Oxford University Press’s ‘Very Short Introductions’ series (also 2009). His book on the battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg: The Last Invasion (Knopf, 2013) spent eight weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. His articles and essays have appeared in scholarly journals, and also in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, and he has been featured on NPR, the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel, and Brian’s Lamb’s BookNotes, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In September, 2005, he was nominated by President Bush to the National Council on the Humanities, and in December, was awarded the Medal of Honor of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Together with Patrick Allitt and Gary W. Gallagher, he team-taught The Teaching Company’s new edition of its American History series, and has completed four other series for The Teaching Company, Mister Lincoln, on the life of Abraham Lincoln, The American Mind, on American intellectual history, The American Revolution, and Making History: How Great Historians Interpret the Past. He lives in Paoli and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Debra.
Chief Justice Frank J. Williams
Frank J. Williams was appointed Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court by Governor Lincoln Almond and unanimously confirmed by the Rhode Island General Assembly in January 2001, after serving for five years as Associate Justice of the Superior Court. He served as Chief until retiring on December 30, 2008, when he took “senior” status as a jurist without the administrative duties .On December 30, 2003, the President of the United States, through the Secretary of Defense, invited Chief Justice Williams to be a member of the then Military Commissions Review Panel for tribunals to be held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with the rank of Major General. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 created the Court of Military Commission Review on which Williams serves as Chief Judge. He served for almost five years in the United States Army, rising to the rank of Captain. During his military service, he served in Germany on the East/West border and in Vietnam, receiving many awards and decorations (Bronze Star, three Air Medals, an Army Commendation Medal, two Vietnamese Campaign Medals, and a Combat Infantryman's Badge). He was also decorated by the Republic of Vietnam with, among other honors, the Gallantry Cross with Silver Star for Valor. Chief Justice Williams is also one of the nation's leading scholars on the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. He is the President of the Lincoln Forum. In August 2000, he was appointed to the U.S. Abraham Lincoln. Bicentennial Commission by the Congress. In addition, he is a major collector of Lincolniana, a peripatetic lecturer before Lincoln and Civil War groups, and a scholar whose books include, with Edna Greene Medford and Harold Holzer, The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views (Louisiana State University Press, 2006). His latest book, Lincoln Lessons: Reflections on America’s Greatest Leader, with William D. Pederson,was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 2009. He has been named by Lawdragon as one of the top 500 judges, out of 30,000, in the United States.
Wendy Allen, Artist
Wendy Allen, an artist and designer, was born in Pittsburgh in 1955. Although she graduated from college with a degree in political science, she soon turned her prodigious talents to the arts.
Her first major exhibit was held at the Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven, Connecticut, in conjunction with the premiere of The America Play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. She has since exhibited throughout the United States and has attracted collectors from around the world. Her paintings have appeared on dozens of book and magazine covers and have been exhibited alongside Lincoln portraits by Salvador Dali, W.H. Johnson, Horace Pippin, Robert Rauschenberg, and Norman Rockwell. Allen divides her time between her home in New Milford, Connecticut, which she shares with Elaine Henderson, her partner of 32 years, and her studio and gallery, Lincoln Into Art, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.