The Center for Political and Economic Thought at Saint Vincent College, in cooperation with the Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government, will present a lecture by Dr. Joseph R. Fornieri of the Rochester Institute of Technology at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 21 in the Fred M. Rogers Center. This will be the second in the Center's 2009-2010 Government and Political Education Series. Admission is free and open to the public.

Dr. Fornieri is associate professor of political science at the Rochester Institute of Technology where he teaches American politics, political philosophy and constitutional rights and liberties.

He is the author of Abraham Lincoln’s Political Faith, an acclaimed scholarly work that explores Lincoln’s religion and politics. In addition to numerous chapters in edited volumes, he is the author-editor of three other books on Abraham Lincoln’s political thought and statesmanship including, The Language of Liberty: The Political Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln’s American Dream: Clashing Political Perspectives with Kenneth L. Deutsch, and Lincoln’s America with Sara V. Gabbard.

He is also co-editor with Ken Deutsch of An Invitation to Political Thought, a text reader and guide to the classic political thinkers of the Western tradition from Plato to Nietzsche.

Dr. Fornieri serves as an advisory member of the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, the Lincoln Forum and the Lehrman American Studies Institute. He was awarded the Eisenhart Provost’s Award for outstanding teaching in 2002. He has taught at both the high school and college level. He regularly lectures on Abraham Lincoln to diverse audiences of students, adults and academics. He recently was a Fulbright Lecturer, 2008-2009 in Prague, Czech Republic where he taught American Political Thought and First Amendment Law at Charles University. He lives in Fairport, New York, with his wife, Pam, and their two daughters, Bella and Natalie. In his spare time, he plays in a blues band.

The Government and Political Education Series is made possible by grants from the Aequus Institute, Massey Charitable Trust, Philip M. McKenna Foundation, and the Sarah Scaife Foundation. For more information about this and other lectures in the series, contact the Center for Political and Economic Thought at Saint Vincent College at 724-805-2563.

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