Posted on Friday, April 23, 2010
Dr. Shannon Smithey, Westminster College associate professor of political science and sociology, will speak at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, April 28, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Smithey's presentation, "Judicial Activism in South Africa since 1994," is a report on the case analysis of the Constitutional Court of South Africa covering the 15 years since the end of apartheid. This case analysis reveals that the members of the Constitutional Court have taken some significant risks, but they have also been canny in asserting their power.
Smithey, who has been with Westminster since 2003, earned undergraduate degrees from Southern Methodist University and master's and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.
Faculty Forum was established in 1990 by Dr. Barbara Faires, Westminster professor of mathematics emerita, during her term as Dean of the College and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Faculty members from all disciplines volunteer to present lectures on their current research, artistic productions, and/or scholarship of teaching and learning. Each forum presents new ideas with innovative lecture techniques.
Contact Smithey at (724) 946-6247 or e-mail smithesi@westminster.edu for more information.
