Prof. Brandeis and debate on corporate personhood broadcast on KSKA Addressing Alaskans today at 2 pm and Thursday at 7 pm

Faculty response panel (l to r): Prof. Forrest Nabors, Dept. of Political Science;
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Steve Haycox, Dept. of History; Prof. Jason Brandeis, Justice Center;
Prof. Clayton Trotter, College of Business and Public Policy.

KSKA Addressing Alaskans will broadcast today at 2:00 p.m. and repeat on Thursday, March 9, at 7:00 p.m.  the CAFE debate held February 2 on the topic: "The U.S. should adopt a Constitutional Amendment banning corporate personhood."

Prof. Jason Brandeis, J.D., Justice faculty, was a member of the faculty response panel for this event.  Other members of the faculty response panel included Prof. Forrest Nabors, Dept. of Political Science; Distinguished Professor Emeritus Steve Haycox, Dept. of History; and Prof. Clayton Trotter, College of Business and Public Policy. The award-winning UAA Speech and Debate Team  argued the issue, which was followed by a facilitated public discussion, and the faculty response.

This event was part of a series of debates and discussions that has been sponsored since 2003 by CAFE - the UAA Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence - as a way to bring together university resources and the Anchorage community in discussions of policies and issues affecting its future.  Prof. Brandeis also participated on the faculty response panel for the Fall 2010 CAFE public policy debate.