Missouri State University's Reynolds College of the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities and the departments of Political Science & Philosophy, History, and Sociology, Anthropology and Gerontology will host a political science lecture on April 21 at 5:30 pm in Glass Hall 108.

Dr. Ben Kleinerman of Baylor University will present "The Enduring Principles of the Declaration."

Dr. Kleinerman is the R.W. Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University where he teaches classes on political thought and political institutions. Kleinerman's first book, The Discretionary President: The Promise and Peril of Executive Power, explores the role of discretionary executive power in our constitutional order and he is completing another book, The Crisis Presidency. Prior to Baylor, Kleinerman held positions at Harvard University, Princeton University, and the James Madison College at Michigan State University.