Stranahan Lecture Series
A CONVERSATION on the Future of Higher Education After SFFA V. Harvard
Tuesday, April 9 | Noon-1 p.m.
Ange-Marie Hancock & Devon Westhill
Affirmative actions have long been an established - though controversial - aspect of higher education. Last summer, the United States Supreme Court in Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard, upended long-standing precedent to significantly restrict the use of race in affirmative action in student admissions, and perhaps elsewhere in higher education.
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Ange-Marie Hancock and Mr. Devon Westhill as they share their different perspectives on the future of higher education in light of SFFA v. Harvard.
Ange-Marie Hancock is executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University, where she also serves as ENGIE-Axium Endowed Professor of Political Science. She has written three books on the intersections of categories of difference like race, gender, class, sexuality and citizenship and their impact on policy: the award-winning “The Politics of Disgust and the Public Identity of the ‘Welfare Queen’” (2004), “Solidarity Politics for Millennials: A Guide to Ending the Oppression Olympics” (2011) and “Intersectionality: An Intellectual History” (2016). She is hard at work on her fourth book, “The Scope and Vision of African American Political Thought,” a book that covers more than 250 years of African American political thought. She received a bachelor’s degree from New York University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Devon Westhill is the president and general counsel of the nonpartisan, nonprofit Center for Equal Opportunity. An attorney focused on matters of constitutional and civil rights, he researches, speaks, and writes about civil rights, civil liberties, and related issues such as race relations, social change, and equal opportunity. Mr. Westhill has also provided expert testimony to both houses of the U.S. Congress, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Immediately prior to his current role, Mr. Westhill led the civil rights office at the U.S. Department of Agriculture as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. He has also worked at the U.S. Department of Labor, Federalist Society, and as a criminal trial lawyer in private practice. Mr. Westhill is a U.S. Navy veteran with degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Florida.
The conversation will be moderated by Lee Strang, John W. Stoepler Professor of Law & Values and Director of the Institute of American Constitutional Thought & Leadership. Following their conversation, there will be a Q&A.
About the lecture
This free, public lecture is part of the Stranahan National Issues Forum and is sponsored by the College of Law and its chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, and co-sponsored by the Institute of American Constitutional Thought & Leadership. For a list of guest speakers and lecture videos from previous years, please visit our past speakers page. To view photos from last year's lecture, visit our Flickr album. For questions about the Stranahan Lecture Series, please contact Professor Lee J. Strang. Food and drink will be provided.
Parking
McQuade Law Auditorium is on the main level of the Law Center — located at 1825 West Rocket Drive, immediately inside the UToledo West Entrance off of Secor Road and south of Bancroft Street. Free guest parking is available for this event, but only in designated spaces within Parking Area 12W. Look for the cones and parking attendant for the designated area. Metered parking is also available within marked spaces facing the Center for Performing Arts. Metered rates can be found at the payment kiosk or the ParkUToledo website.