Professor at Rockefeller College will discuss “Back to the Future: The New Rights Jurisprudence of the Roberts Court" on March 29
The University of Minnesota Morris political science discipline is pleased to announce Julie Novkov as the speaker for the 2023 Jooinn Lee Lecture at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. in room 109 of John Q. Imholte Hall.
Novkov is the interim dean of Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy and a professor of political science and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at the University at Albany, SUNY, where she teaches courses on constitutional law and civil liberties
Novkov’s talk is titled, “Back to the Future: The New Rights Jurisprudence of the Roberts Court"
For those unable to join us in person, you can stream the lecture live using Zoom: https://z.umn.edu/JooinnLee2023
Novkov earned her bachelor’s degree from Harvard-Radcliffe, a JD from New York University, her master’s degree from University of Michigan and PhD from the University of Michigan. She is a highly visible and nationally respected constitutional scholar. Her teaching, mentoring and service have been recognized with awards from the University and the American Political Science Association. She was designated a UAlbany Collins Fellow in 2017 and is currently serving a four-year term as editor of American Political Science Review — political science’s premier scholarly research journal.
The Jooinn Lee Lecture Series honors Jooinn Lee, professor emeritus of political science and former Chair of the Division of the Social Sciences. Created on the occasion of Lee’s retirement in 2007, the endowed lecture series showcases the political science discipline and cutting-edge scholarship by bringing to campus distinguished alumni, scholars, and prominent practitioners representing the field of politics. 2009 marked the inaugural program of the Lee Lecture. The Jooinn Lee Lecture Series is made possible through charitable gifts to the University of Minnesota Morris.