Stetson’s Free Inquiry & Expression and the Future of Democracy Series continues on Thursday, April 10, with “Promoting Democratic Values in the United States and Abroad.”

The event, set for 6-7 p.m. at the Marshall & Vera Lea Rinker Welcome Center on campus, features American human rights attorney Kelley Currie. It is sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Society, which operates a chapter at Stetson.

During the Spring 2025 semester, the Series has explored timely and pressing topics through keynote speakers, panel discussions and open dialogue that are open to all students, faculty and staff. (Students who attend receive Cultural Credit.)

Currie is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, with a joint affiliation to the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and the Freedom and Prosperity Center. Also, she is a founding partner of Kilo Alpha Strategies, a geopolitical advisory firm, and serves on the board of directors of the National Endowment for Democracy and the advisory boards of Spirit of America, the Vandenberg Coalition and the Global Taiwan Institute.

Additionally, Currie is a former government official who served as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and as the acting deputy representative of the United States to the UN. She holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law School and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia.

“We are really lucky that Ambassador Currie, with her wealth of knowledge about the rise of populist regimes in recent years, is coming to DeLand,” described Martin Blackwell, PhD, Stetson faculty advisor to the Alexander Hamilton Society and Visiting Professor of History. “Her experience with Eurasia and with China’s actions in the United Nations, for example, and the threat the latter present to people — especially women — across the planet right now is vital. The fact, too, that our students will be the ones asking the questions will make it a special occasion.”

See the Free Inquiry & Expression and the Future of Democracy Series website.