Many members of the department’s faculty joined scholars from around the country at a two day conference on “The Obama Legacy: Preliminary Perspectives” hosted by Texas State’s Center for International Studies on February 2-3, 2017. Departmental faculty who participated included Dr. Ted Hindson who spoke on America’s relationship with Russia and Europe; Drs. Paul Kens, Don Inbody, and Patricia Shields who addressed issues of law and national security; Dr. Omar Sanchez- Sibony who spoke about Mexico and Latin America; Dr. Howard Balanoff who discussed families and health; Dr. Robert Gorman who spoke about the Obama foreign policy legacy in Africa; Dr. Thomas Doyle who addressed nuclear weapons policy and the Middle East; Dr. Jeremy Wells who examined issues of war and peace; and Dr. Christopher Brown who discussed environmental policy. The keynote speakers were Jeremi Suri, Mack Brown Distinguished Chair Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and H.W. Brands, Jack Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin.
