Political scientist Dorian Warren to speak at UO

Columbia University political scientist Dorian Warren – a frequent commentator on CNN, NBC Nightly News and other television and radio networks – will lecture at the University of Oregon on Feb. 7 as part of the Department of Political Science's speaker series.

Warren's talk, "Boxing Out: Chicago and the Politics of Race, Labor and New City Trenches," will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Knight Library Browsing Room. It is free and open to the public.

Warren is an associate professor of political science in Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, and its Institute for Research in African-American Studies. He specializes in the study of inequality and American politics, with a focus on labor organizing and politics, race and ethnic politics, and urban politics and policy. 

He has worked with several national and local organizations, including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, American Rights at Work/Jobs with Justice, AFL-CIO, UNITE-HERE, SEIU, UFCW, Steelworkers and the NGLTF Policy Institute.

He has been a guest on television and radio networks including NBC Nightly News, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, BET, BBC, NPR, Bloomberg, Democracy Now!, GritTV and NY1.