Please join the Department of Political Science as we welcome the last speaker of our spring lecturer series, Dr. Justin Gest, Professor of Policy and Government at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. 

A Zoom link will be added closer to the presentation date.

If you need any other assistance please contact Department Administrator Marliss McGarvey. Talk title and abstract are below, as well as the event flyer.

Title: Majority Minority: How ShouldSocieties Respond to Demographic Change?

Abstract: How do societies respond to great demographic change? This question lingers over the contemporary politics of countries where persistent immigration has altered populations and may soon produce a “Majority Minority” milestone. Until now, most of our knowledge about responses to demographic change are based on studies of individual people’s reactions; they are defensive and intolerant.

 Why and how are these instincts sometimes tempered to promote more successful coexistence? Grounded in rich narratives and novel statistical data, George Mason University political scientist Justin Gest reveals the way this contentious milestone and its accompanying identity politics are ultimately subject to good governance.