Karen M. Kedrowski

Remember that from a few years ago? Also, retired Judge Thomas Griffith joins us to talk about pluralism and Iowa's religious freedom law.

Let's start with our good friend Karen Kedrowski.

She teaches political science at Iowa State, uh, directs its Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, co-directs the Center for Cyclone Civics.

She joins me from Ames.

I, I would say that we have a number of, a wide variety of religious groups on campus, student organizations that have religious affiliation, and they really cover the gamut from sort of mainstream Prohm, uh, Protestant to Catholic, um, a, a small LDS group, but also that we have, um, a very large Evangelical group.

But I would say that there's also, you know, students who are Muslim, students who are Buddhist or Sikh, um, that, that add sort of spice to the mixture of our religious groups on campus.

Karen Kedrowski of Iowa State University.

Karen, happy to see you're on the docket for tomorrow, Politics Day.

She was able to retain her property, she was able to build her wealth, and in the process was able to birth, raise, and educate two signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Professor Karen Kedrowski of Iowa State University and the Carrie Chapman Kant Center for Women and Politics.

Professor, thanks for joining us.

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