Kenderdine Lecture
Millersville University and the League of Women Voters of Lancaster County Present The Harriet Kenderdine Lecture featuring Dr. Sarah Sobieraj
The Body Politic:
Women, Digital Harassment, and Democratic Life
Tuesday, October 8th @7pm
Biemesderfer Auditorium, The Winter Center (free parking)
60 West Cottage Avenue, Millersville PA 17551
Free and Open to the Public
About The Speaker
Sarah Sobieraj, PhD
Professor, Department of Sociology, Tufts University
Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
Sarah Sobieraj is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology. Her research focuses on US political culture, extreme incivility, digital abuse and harassment, and the mediated information environment. Her book, Credible Threat: Attacks Against Women Online and the Future of Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2020), examines the impact of identity-based digital abuse on women’s participation in social and political discourse.
About Harriet Webb Kenderdine
An active member of the League of Women Voters at the national, state and Lancaster County levels, Harriet Webb Kenderdine (1899-1982) was deeply interested in international affairs. Upon her death in 1982, she left a bequest to the League of Women Voters of Lancaster County for public lectures to empower voters and protect democracy. Millersville University has been proud to host these lectures over the past 4 decades.
Book Club - 9/12/24
The League of Women Voters of Lancaster County will host a book club on Thursday, 9/12 to discuss Sarah Sobieraj’s Credible Threat: Attacks Against Women Online and the Future of Democracy at Pocket Books, 903 Wheatland Avenue. Discussion starts at 6pm.
The event is free, and there will be refreshments.
This event is sponsored by the League of Women Voters, our partner in presenting Dr. Sobieraj at the Kenderdine Lecture 10/8.
Please put it on your calendars and share. All are welcome.
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Sponsors
- The Harriet Kenderdine Lecture Series
- The League of Women Voters of Lancaster County
- The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program
- Center for Civic Responsibility & Leadership
- Center for Public Scholarship & Social Change
- President’s Commission on the Status of Women
- American Association of University Women Club
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The League of Women Voters of Lancaster County
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy. We never support or oppose any political party or candidate.
The League of Women Voters has two separate and distinct roles.
- Voters Service/Citizen Education: we present unbiased nonpartisan information about elections, the voting process, and issues.
- Action/Advocacy: we are also nonpartisan, but, after study, we use our positions to advocate for or against particular policies in the public interest.