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Mark Crispin Miller |
Provocative Political Author Mark Crispin Miller to Speak
at Adelphi University on September 17, 2008
Garden City, NY
August 25, 2008
Adelphi University is pleased to welcome dynamic author and candid election advocate Mark Crispin Miller for its annual Constitution Day event to discuss his newest book in the lecture, “Loser Take All: America’s Election Mess—and How to Fix It” on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Ruth S. Harley University Center Ballroom, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. The lecture, to be followed by a book signing, is sponsored by ICAN: Imagine Change Act Now Collaboration Project, the Department of Political Science, V.O.T.E.R., and Pi Sigma Alpha, and is free and open to the public.
In his lecture, Dr. Miller will lend the audience a new perspective on electoral politics, with a spotlight on the upcoming presidential election. Dr. Miller’s most recent publication, Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the Subversion of Democracy, 2000-2008, is an anthology featuring works by a number of political experts, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The collection points to a number of behind-the-scenes political stunts, including those surrounding the election and re-election of George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, and supplies evidence suggesting the 2008 election will be similarly pilfered by partisan tricks. The collection also scrutinizes the role the media plays in propagating fraud and includes Dr. Miller’s suggestions for electoral reform, put forward in his “12 Steps to Save U.S. Democracy.”
Dr. Miller currently serves as professor of media, culture, and communication at New York University. His other publications include Fooled Again: The Real Case for Electoral Reform; Boxed In: The Culture of Television; The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder; and Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney’s New World Order. Also a playwright and former director of film studies at Johns Hopkins University, his play, A Patriot Act, premiered at the New York Theater Workshop in 2004. Foremost a media critic, Dr. Miller’s essays and articles have been published in newspapers and magazines nationwide. Dr. Miller received his doctorate in English from John Hopkins University in 1977.
For more information about this event, please visit http://events.adelphi.edu/ican or contact Assistant Professor Traci Levy at (516) 877-4595 or levy@adelphi.edu.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,500 students from 41 states and 63 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
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