Lunch with the League: Making Sense of the Election

Posted at 10:20 pm January 2, 2017
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Jon Shefner

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Since the presidential election, a variety of explanations have emerged for the victory of President-elect Donald Trump, a win that surprised many political analysts and pollsters. These explanations have addressed demographic, cultural, and political shifts.

Jon Shefner, head of the Sociology Department at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville will examine these explanations, offer his own analysis, and think about the way forward in this new political landscape at Lunch with the League on Tuesday, January 3. The lunch is from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Social Hall of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, located at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Shefner has served as professor and head of the University Of Tennessee Department Of Sociology since 1999. He was awarded a doctorate in sociology at the University of California, Davis in 1997. His areas of specialization include political economy, globalization and development, field methods, social movements, political sociology, the green economy, and Latin America.

Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Lunch with the League is open to the public. There is no cost to attend, and reservations are not needed. Box lunches will be available starting at 11:30 a.m. on a first-come basis for $8, or you may bring your own. Coffee and tea are provided.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

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