By Michelle Hines , University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-5371
Posted: 8-15-07
Dr. Larry Sabato.
GREENSBORO, NC – The man Washingtonian magazine called the “Dr. Phil of American Politics” will visit UNCG in honor of Constitution Day.
Dr. Larry Sabato, the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia and director of UVA’s Center for Politics, will speak at UNCG Wed., Sept. 19.
His speech, sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Center for Legislative Studies at UNCG, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Building Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the McIver Street parking deck.
Sabato, a frequent guest on TV and radio programs, will discuss his latest book, “A More Perfect Constitution: 23 Proposals to Revitalize Our Constitution and Make America a Fairer Country,” due for release shortly after his visit.
UNCG may be the first public forum in which Sabato outlines the 23 Constitutional reform proposals detailed in the book. His other books include “Divided States of America: The Slash and Burn Politics of the 2004 Presidential Election” and “The Six Year Itch: The Rise and Fall of the George W. Bush Presidency.”
Sabato’s speech will be the first of three events in the Center for Legislative Studies fall lecture series. The tentative title for the series is “Getting Back on Track?: Reforms in American Politics.”
For more information, call Marshall Yandle at (336) 334-4360.
