The Politics of History and Records: A Conversation with the Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan

CSAP SPECIAL EVENT

Join us at Yale’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) for a special event with Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan (Yale PhD 2002). Colleen will speak and field questions about the career path that led from her graduate studies at Yale to her eventual nomination and appointment as the 11th Archivist of the United States in May 2022. Topics to be covered include:
• The workings of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
• Challenges of running a federal agency with 2600 people in the current political environment
• Why records are important to democracy
• The role of the presidential library system
• How a Yale PhD in Political Science prepared Colleen to serve in this role
• Thinking about the 250th anniversary of the U.S. in 2026 given that the National Archives is the repository for the Declaration of Independence

PLEASE RSVP AT THIS LINK TO ATTEND: https://csap.yale.edu/rsvp-conversation-us-archivist-colleen-shogan

Colleen Shogan became the 11th Archivist of the United States in May 2023. Most recently, Dr. Shogan served as Senior Vice President and Director of the David M. Rubenstein Center at the White House Historical Association. She previously worked in the United States Senate and as a senior executive at the Library of Congress. Dr. Shogan was the Vice Chair of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission and the Chair of the Board of Directors at the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Foundation. She taught at Georgetown University in the Government Department and moderated seminars for the Aspen Institute. She is the previous President of the National Capital Area Political Science Association and served on the American Political Science Association Council, the governing body of the organization. Her research focuses on the American Presidency, Presidential rhetoric, women in politics, and Congress.

A native of the Pittsburgh area, Dr. Shogan holds a BA in Political Science from Boston College and a Ph.D. in American Politics from Yale University, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Order of the Cross and Crown, and the Washington, D.C. Literary Society.

This event is being hosted by the Center for the Study of American Politics (CSAP)