Join the Unruh Institute for part of our semester-long political programming, where notable journalists, professors, political operatives and policy experts come to campus to engage in a bipartisan discussion about a topic of particular interest. 

We are pleased to the following panelists for our upcoming conversation, One Year Into the Trump Administration:

James Lacy: A frequent CNN and Fox News commentator who most notably served on the Reagan Administration as a senior executive at the Commerce Department and as General Counsel to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Francis Wilkinson: A U.S. domestic policy expert for the Bloomberg View, who previously served as the executive editor of The Week and a national affairs writer for Rolling Stone. 

Lynn Vavreck: An esteemed author and frequent contributor to The New York Times who currently serves as a Professor of Political Science and Communication Studies at UCLA.

Conversation moderated by Jessica Yellin, acclaimed journalist who served as the Chief White House Correspondent for CNN from 2011 to 2013

Schedule:

• 5:00 pm–5:45 pm: Panel
• 5:45 pm–6:00 pm: Audience Q&A
• 6:00 pm–7:15 pm: State of the Union Address
• 7:15 pm–7:30 pm: Panel reactions

This program is open to all eligible individuals. USC Annenberg operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.