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<H4 class=style24 align=left><U>Randall Lewis Seminar Series - Wednesday,
April 13, 2011</U></H4>
<H1 class="style31 style33" align=center>Politics and the Census . . . the
Census and Politics </H1><IMG hspace=5 alt="Karthick Ramakrishnan"
vspace=1 align=right src="Images/ramakrishnan-WEB.gif" width=150>
<P class=style9 align=left><FONT size=2>The U.S. Census is an enterprise
that is fundamentally tied to political institutions and processes.
Although most of the data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau—either in
the form of the decennial census, the American Community Survey, or the
Current Population Survey—is decidedly apolitical, there are important
ways in which politics has shaped the work of the U.S. Census Bureau, and
ways in which the decennial census has important implications for
politics.</FONT></P>
<P class=style9 align=left><FONT size=2><STRONG>Karthick
Ramakrishnan</STRONG>, Associate Professor of Political Science at UCR,
will examine both aspects of politics -- as cause and consequence as
related to the census – at the Wednesday, April 13 Randall Lewis Seminar
Series. The seminar will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Conference Room C, UCR
Extension Building, 1200 University Ave., Riverside.</FONT></P>
<P class=style9 align=left><FONT size=2>In tackling the question of how
politics has informed the work of the decennial census, Dr. Ramakrishnan
will focus on two contemporary debates: One debate focuses on the way that
noncitizens and prisoners are counted for apportionment and the
fundamental questions about the meaning of citizenship and political
representation in the United States.</FONT></P>
<P class=style9 align=left><FONT size=2>The second debate -- the politics
of census measurement, the undercount and attempts to correct for it –
touches upon questions of apportionment and redistricting: political
representation, public administration, federal power and federal
policy.</FONT></P>
<P class=style9 align=left><FONT size=2>Dr. Ramakrishnan also will
consider the indirect political implications of the census, especially
declarations about the size of racial minority groups. To fully understand
the political implications of census reports means going well beyond
demographic patterns and trends, and examining the ways in which patterns
of political behavior and political processes shape the influence of such
trends on politics.</FONT></P>
<P class=style35 align=center><FONT size=2>About the speaker</FONT></P>
<P class=style9 align=left><FONT size=2>Dr. Ramakrishnan’s research
focuses on civic participation, immigration policy, and the politics of
race, ethnicity, and immigration in the United States. He is one of the
principal investigators for the 2008 National Asian American Survey, the
first of its kind conducted at the national level. </FONT></P>
<P class=style9 align=left><FONT size=2>In 2011-12, he will hold visiting
fellowships at the Russell Sage Foundation (New York) and the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, D.C.).</FONT></P>
<P class=style9 align=left><FONT size=2>He received his Ph.D. in politics
from Princeton University, and has held fellowships at the Russell Sage
Foundation and the Public Policy Institute of California. He has received
several grants from sources such as the James Irvine Foundation and the
Russell Sage Foundation, and has provided consultation to public officials
at the federal and local levels.</FONT></P>
<P class=style9 align=left><FONT size=2>His articles have appeared in
<EM>International Migration Review, Urban Affairs Review, Social Science
Quarterly, </EM>and<EM> The DuBois Review.</EM> He is also the author of
<EM>Democracy in Immigrant America</EM> (Stanford University Press, 2005),
and is an editor of two volumes on immigrant politics and civic
engagement: <EM>Transforming Politics, Transforming America</EM>
(University of Virginia Press, 2006) and<EM> Civic Roots and Political
Realities: Immigrants, Community Organizations, and Political
Engagement</EM> (Russell Sage Foundation, 2008).</FONT></P>
<P class="style9 style36" align=center><SPAN class=style34>Seminar:</SPAN>
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.,</P>
<P class=style35 align=center>Conference Rm. C, UCR Extension Bldg., 1200
University Ave., Riverside (See <A
href="http://cssd.ucr.edu/Images/Room B Map.pdf">MAP</A>)</P>
<P class=style12 align=center>The seminars are free of charge. </P>
<P class=style9 align=center><SPAN class=style15>If you plan to attend,
registration is required at:</SPAN></P>
<P class=style9 align=center><A
href="http://or.ucr.edu/event/index.aspx">http://or.ucr.edu/event/index.aspx</A><BR>or
contact Judy Swineford, 951-827-7945</P></TD></TR>
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<H2 class=style13 align=center>About Randall Lewis </H2>
<P class=style8 align=left><IMG hspace=3 alt="Randall Lewis" vspace=2
align=right src="Images/RandallLewis.jpg" width=100 height=169>Randall
Lewis is well known for his innovative approaches to planning, designing,
and marketing residential communities as Executive Vice President of the
Upland-based Lewis Group of Companies. </P>
<P class=style8 align=left>He has been Secretary of the Los Angeles County
Citizens Planning Council, Director of the Home Builder's Council,
National Director of the National Association of Home Builders, and
President of the Inland Empire Arts Foundation.</P>
<P class=style8 align=left>He was inducted into the California Building
Industry Association Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Sales and
Marketing Council's MAME Awards Marketing Person of the Year. He is a long
time ULI member as well as a Governor of the ULI Foundation.</P>
<P class=style8 align=left>He serves on several executive boards,
including the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development and the UCLA
School of Public Policy and Social Research.He received his B.A. from
Claremont McKenna College. </P>
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Hall Riverside, CA 92521<BR>Phone:
951.827.4103</SPAN><STRONG><EM><BR></EM></STRONG><BR><A class=style9
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