Bard Vice President Jonathan Becker Spoke at Book Talk About Youth Voter Suppression
Jonathan Becker, vice president for academic affairs and director of the Center for Civic Engagement.
Jonathan Becker, vice president for academic affairs and director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College, joined constitutional rights litigator Yael Bromberg for a book talk at the School of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. Becker and Bromberg discussed how college students nationwide face obstacles to voting and how campus communities and litigation have been used to expand access for young voters. The event was hosted by the Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics and moderated by Bard alumnus Ethan Porter ’07, codirector of the institute.
Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses, edited by Becker and Bromberg, offers a new approach to teaching the history of the struggle for the fundamental right to vote in the US. “The book is about voting, but to me, it’s really about resisting authoritarianism and agency,” Becker said.
Post Date: 01-27-2026
Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses, edited by Becker and Bromberg, offers a new approach to teaching the history of the struggle for the fundamental right to vote in the US. “The book is about voting, but to me, it’s really about resisting authoritarianism and agency,” Becker said.
Post Date: 01-27-2026