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The Barbara Sinclair Lecture

Annually, in partnership with The American Political Science Association, CCPS honors the late political scientist Barbara Sinclair, a renowned expert on Congress, by hosting a lecture by a prominent Congressional scholar. The inaugural lecture for 2023 was hosted by Professor Steven S. Smith, Kate M. Gregg Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science at Washington University. He is also a professor of political science at Arizona State University.

View a recording of this event here.

Past events have included speakers:
Rodney Hero, Arizona State University, in 2022 (recording available here)
Wendy Schiller, Brown University, in 2021 (recording available here)
Rick Hall, University of Michigan, in 2020 (recording available here)
Frances Lee, Princeton University, in 2019
Sarah Binder, George Washington University, in 2018

The 6th Annual Barbara Sinclair Lecture with Prof. Steven S. Smith
Nov 9, 2023 | 6:30 p.m. ET
NT01 (Ceremonial Classroom) at the Washington College of Law

The Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at SPA held the 6th Annual Barbara Sinclair Lecture with Professor Steven S. Smith on Thursday, November 9th, 2023.

Steven S. Smith is the Kate M. Gregg Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science at Washington University. He also is a professor of political science at Arizona State University. He was a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and taught at George Washington University, Northwestern University, and the University of Minnesota, where he was the Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Political Science and Law. He was director of the Weidenbaum Center for 20 years. 

Through this annual series, CCPS honors the late political scientist Barbara Sinclair, a renowned expert on Congress, by hosting a lecture by a prominent Congressional scholar. Previous hosts have included Rodney Hero in 2022, Wendy Schiller from Brown University in 2021, Rick Hall from the University of Michigan in 2020, Frances Lee from Princeton University in 2019 and Sarah Binder from George Washington University in 2018.