{"id":18914,"date":"2017-09-26T11:24:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T15:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=18914"},"modified":"2017-09-28T11:37:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:37:25","slug":"levar-smith-explores-anxieties-democracy-campus-lecture-sept-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/levar-smith-explores-anxieties-democracy-campus-lecture-sept-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Levar Smith explores \u2018Anxieties of Democracy\u2019 with campus lecture on Sept. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"18915\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/levar-smith-explores-anxieties-democracy-campus-lecture-sept-27\/levar-smith\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/Levar-Smith.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"726,733\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Levar Smith\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/Levar-Smith.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-18915 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/Levar-Smith-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/Levar-Smith-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/Levar-Smith-580x586.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/Levar-Smith-610x616.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/Levar-Smith-198x200.jpg 198w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/Levar-Smith-396x400.jpg 396w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/Levar-Smith.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/>Guest speaker Levar Smith will present \u201cAnxieties of Democracy: Lessons from South Africa and Zimbabwe\u201d as part of the Political Science and Public Service\u2019s \u201cSweet Research\u201d series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Levar is currently an assistant professor in Morehouse College\u2019s Department of Political Science. His research interests include state development, international political economy and democratization in Sub-Saharan African.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 2002 graduate of Morehouse College, he also has a master&#8217;s of science degree from the Sam Nunn School at Georgia Institute of Technology and a master&#8217;s of arts in political science from Miami University. He will graduate with his doctorate in December from Miami University. 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