Ventura County Registrar of Voters, Michelle Ascencion and Political Science Lecturer Tim Allison give a lecture to a political science
class.
It is a well-documented fact that college-educated people are more likely to vote and become actively engaged in their communities. It is therefore unsurprising that many CSUCI faculty consider it part of their mission to teach students the nuts and bolts of democracy so they can make informed choices at the ballot box—particularly in 2024.
At least 64 countries, including the U.S. and the European Union, will head to the polls in 2024, making it the largest number of people ever to vote somewhere in the world—about half the global population.
“We haven’t had this great moment of upheaval in generations,” said CSUCI Political Science Lecturer Tim Allison. “Like the days surrounding Pearl Harbor or Watergate, today's headlines require us to cast an informed ballot if we care about democracy.”
Katherine Elder
Assistant Professor of Communication Katherine Elder feels the same way. She teaches a class called Political Communication, in which she covers elections, debates, the press, campaigns, political communication theories, navigating social media, and more.