LATROBE, PA – Saint Vincent College’s annual Charles G. Manoli Tribute Lecture Series will continue with a presentation by Dr. Matthew Levendusky entitled, “Does Talking Across Party Divides Reduce Partisan Discord and Distrust?”
The lecture will be held at 6 p.m. April 10 in the Fred M. Rogers Center. It is presented by the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Charles G. and Anita L. Manoli Scholarship Fund. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Levendusky is a professor of political science and the Stephen and Mary Baran Chair in the Institutions of Democracy at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Levendusky was the Penny and Robert A. Fox Director of the Fels Institute of Government from 2018 to 2023 and Distinguished Fellow in the Institutions of Democracy at the Annenberg Public Policy Center from 2017 to 2019. A graduate of Penn State University, Levendusky earned his doctorate from Stanford University in 2006.
From 2014 until 2024, Levendusky served as a decision desk analyst for NBC News. He is the author of four books, including “How Partisan Media Polarize America” and “Democracy Amid Crises: Polarization, Pandemic, Protests and Persuasion.”
Levendusky is the first speaker in the Manoli Lecture Series who is not an alumnus of Saint Vincent, although he has connections to the College. His father, Tom Levendusky C'73, studied under Manoli.
About Charles C. Manoli Sr.
Charles “Chuck” G. Manoli Sr., P’45, C’51, H’05, was an emeritus professor of history who taught at Saint Vincent College for more than 40 years before his death in August 2016. A beloved and revered faculty member, he encouraged his students to question authority and the status quo. The image of Manoli standing with students and monks protesting the Vietnam War has come to symbolize the lecture series that bears his name.
Dr. Matthew Levendusky
