The Miller Family Lecture with Asha Rangappa

We are excited to welcome Asha Rangappa to the Mauthe Center on September 18 for the Miller Family Lecture in Human Rights and Public Understanding. She will speaking on the topic, "Preserving Democracy in the (Dis)Information Age."

IN-PERSON REGISTRATION HAS NOW CLOSED DUE TO LIMITED SEATING. However, the event will also be simulcast as a webinar. To attend virtually, follow this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IGUM7OChR1Gb7aRW435QMA

Prior to her current position as Senior Lecturer at Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, Rangappa was Associate Dean at Yale Law School and served as a Special Agent in the New York Division of the FBI, specializing in counterintelligence investigations. Rangappa has been a legal and national security analyst for CNN and ABC News, and has also appeared frequently on MSNBC and BBC. She is an editor for Just Security, a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, and a Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project. At Yale, Rangappa teaches courses on national security law, Russian information warfare, and leadership and ethics. She is the author of The Freedom Academy, a bestselling online Substack publication about disinformation and its impact on democracy, and she also co-hosts the legal podcast, It’s Complicated, with Renato Mariotti.

Noting that "Rangappa’s humor and intellect have won her a formidable following," a recent magazine profile stated, "If you could invent a political commentator with bipartisan credibility, she might look like Asha Rangappa. . . . Rangappa knows from experience how the FBI handles Russian spies and disinformation; add to the mix her professorial skill at explaining complex ideas, and she is ideally positioned to break down the bewildering political events of recent years."

Rangappa graduated cum laude from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study constitutional reform and U.S. drug policy in Bogotá, Colombia. She received her law degree from Yale Law School where she was a Coker Fellow in constitutional law, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Juan R. Torruella on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

This event is the latest in our Miller Family Lecture in Human Rights and Public Understanding. Through the generosity of her daughter Susan Nuetzel, this series honors the life and work of Shirlyn Miller (soon to be 103!), who is well known in the Green Bay community for her many contributions to human flourishing and public understanding.

This event is free and open to the public. IN-PERSON REGISTRATION HAS NOW CLOSED DUE TO LIMITED SEATING. However, the event will also be simulcast as a webinar. To attend virtually, follow this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IGUM7OChR1Gb7aRW435QMA

For those in central Wisconsin, a third option for participation would be to join our partners at The Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service. WIPPS will be hosting a live viewing of the Mauthe webinar stream, with a discussion following, at the UW Center for Civic Engagement, 625 Stewart Ave, Wausau, WI 54401. To register to attend the WIPPS viewing, follow this link: https://uwsystemadmin.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ExPTssGeHI4Dlk