Launch of Undergraduate Fellows Report

January 30, 2008
Berkley Center Conference Room
 

The 2007 Berkley Center Undergraduate Fellows Report entitled “Religious Advocates: A Force in US Politics?” will be launched Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at the Berkley Center on Religion, Peace and World Affairs, 3307 M St, NW, Suite 200. The launch will include discussion of the report from Prof. Jonathan Ladd and Prof. Clyde Wilcox of the Department of Government at Georgetown University as well as Prof. Mark Rozell, Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. The event will be moderated by project leaders and co-authors Jenna Cossman (COL ’09) and Todd Wintner (SFS ’08).

The 2007 Undergraduate Fellows Program gave a select group of ten Georgetown undergraduates the resources to study the role of religious advocacy groups in United States Politics. Under the direction of Professor Clyde Wilcox of the Department of Government, the Fellows spent the 2007 academic year defining their research agenda, collecting data on key issues relevant to the field of religious advocacy, and interviewing over 40 prominent religious advocacy organizations around the country. Driven by awareness of the importance of religion to policies, especially as it relates to the 2008 presidential election, the Fellows sought to understand the influence of religious advocacy on national politics today.

A copy of the report is available online through the Berkley Center Website: http://repository.berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/Fellows_07_final.pdf

More information on the report and its authors is available from the Berkley Center at:
http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/29531.html

This is the second annual Berkley Center Undergraduate Fellows report. In 2006, the Fellows studied the role of religious and secular organizations in development policy and released a report with their findings entitled “Secular & Religious Approaches to Global Development: A Common Ground?” The 2008 Undergraduate Fellows Program will be led by Prof. Chester Gillis of the Department of Theology and will study the impact of interreligious marriage in .