In our third episode this season, we’re excited to welcome Dr. Barry Burden. Barry is a professor of Political Science at UW–Madison, and is the director of the Elections Research Center. His research and teaching are centered around American elections, with a focus on representation and the electoral system.

Barry also chairs the BadgersVote Coalition, which is a campus-wide initiative that strives to provide UW–Madison students with everything they need to know in order to participate in their elections.

In this episode, we’ll talk with Barry about his upbringing, research and scholarship that engages in an increasingly questioned American election system, as well as his take on young people being civically engaged.