Events

The Center for Civic Reasoning regularly hosts events and guest speakers for students and the broader Emory community.

Events Calendar

Past Gatherings

An archive of events the Center has produced.

Bridging the Aisle: The Georgia Future Caucus at Emory

March 2026

State Representatives Jasmine Clark 13G (D-Lilburn) and Steven Sainz (R-St. Marys), co-chairs of the Georgia Future Caucus, visited Emory for a bipartisan conversation about legislating across party lines in the Georgia General Assembly. Clark holds a PhD in microbiology and molecular genetics from Emory’s Laney Graduate School.

Melissa Kearney: The Two-Parent Privilege

October 2025

Melissa Kearney, the Gilbert F. Schaefer Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame and author of The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind, spoke with Emory students about what the evidence shows about family structure and opportunity in America, and joined Policy Debates: Left and Right as a classroom guest.

Matthew Continetti on American Conservatism

October 2025

Matthew Continetti of the American Enterprise Institute and the Wall Street Journal joined Policy Debates: Left and Right as a guest speaker. Continetti directs domestic policy studies at AEI, writes a column for the Journal, and is the author of The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism.

The Work of a Senator: A Conversation with George LeMieux 91C

October 2025

Former U.S. Senator George LeMieux 91C returned to Emory as a guest speaker in Policy Debates: Left and Right, giving students an inside view of the work of a senator. LeMieux graduated from Emory College in 1991 with a degree in political science, represented Florida in the U.S. Senate from 2009 to 2011, and is chairman of the board of the Florida law firm Gunster.

Read the Emory News story about Policy Debates with George LeMieux