2026 Getzen Lecture on Government Accountability

• presented by •

Russell Muirhead
Robert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics & Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
State Representative, New Hampshire House of Representatives

Russell Muirhead is the Robert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics at Dartmouth College. He is the author of A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy (Princeton 2020), which charts the way power-seekers marshal conspiratorial fabrications to elevate themselves and at the same time degrade democratic institutions. Muirhead has also written books on party polarization in American politics (The Promise of Party, 2014), and the moral meaning of work in democracy (Just Work, 2004).  Before Dartmouth, Muirhead taught at Harvard, Williams College, and the University of Texas at Austin.

WHEN:

Monday, March 16, 2026
2:00-3:00 pm

A reception will immediately follow.

WHERE:

Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries
Auditorium (Room 271)
300 S. Hull Street
Athens, GA 30605
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This event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested.

QUESTIONS:

Lauren Ledbetter at [email protected] or 706-975-8443

ACCESSIBILITY:

Access can be provided for people with disabilities. Contact Lauren Ledbetter at [email protected] by Monday, March 9, 2026 for specific requests.

The Getzen Lecture on Government Accountability, an annual lecture series presented by the Department of Public Administration and Policy is made possible by UGA alumni Katherine Getzen Willoughby (PhD ‘91) and Dan Hall Willoughby, Jr. (JD ‘86) in honor of her parents, Evangeline Sferes Getzen and Forrest William Getzen, lifelong advocates of public service and education.

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