After 100 years of opening the doors of opportunity for residents of the Paso del Norte region and serving as a model for educational innovation and cultural exchange, The University of Texas at El Paso begins our second 100 years as a recognized leader in redefining higher education for a 21st century student demographic. The University’s Centennial Lecture Series invites noteworthy speakers to the UTEP campus to share their perspectives on a broad range of contemporary issues that are likely to impact our society, culture, and lives in the years ahead. We invite you to join us in exploring important and timely topics and expanding our thinking about how they may help shape UTEP’s next 100 years.

President Diana Natalicio
and the
College of Liberal Arts

cordially invite you to attend a UTEP Centennial Lecture

“Why Voters Felt What They Felt in Campaign 2016”

Roderick P. Hart
Shivers Centennial Chair in Communication and Professor of Government
Department of Communication Studies
The University of Texas at Austin

Roderick P. Hart holds the Shivers Chair in Communication and is Professor of Government at The University of Texas at Austin. Former dean of the Moody College of Communication and founding director of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, Hart is the author or editor of 14 books including Campaign Talk: Why Elections Are Good for Us (Princeton, 2000) and Political Keywords: Using Language that Uses Us (Oxford, 2005). His most recent book is Political Tone: What Leaders Say and Why (Chicago, 2013).

Hart has been named a Fellow of the International Communication Association, a Distinguished Scholar by the National Communication Association, and received the Edelman Career Award from the American Political Science Association. He has received grants from the Ford Foundation, Carnegie Foundation, Exxon Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, McDermott Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Hatton-Sumners Foundation. He has published over 200 articles and papers and lectured at more than 90 colleges and universities. He is also a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at UT Austin.