USI Center for Communal Studies presents lecture by Dr. Matthew Hanka

The University of Southern Indiana Center for Communal Studies will be hosting a lecture by Dr. Matthew Hanka, Professor of Political Science, at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 23 in Kleymeyer Hall in the Liberal Arts Center. Hanka will introduce his book, What is Happening in Your Community? Why Community Development Matters. He will speak about the role of community development in the change and transformation of a community. 

“Hanka’s ideas for societal changes, community development and transformation of urban and rural settings will enhance future living" says Dr. Silvia Rode, Director of the Center for Communal Studies.   

Hanka served as Director of the Commission on Homelessness for Evansville and Vanderburgh County in 2018 and 2019, Co-Chair of Housing Organizations United Serving Evansville (HOUSE) from 2019-22 and currently is a member of the Evansville Affordable Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee. He has served as President of the Indiana Political Science Association (IPSA) and the Indiana Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (INASPA) and has served in leadership roles and on the boards of Westside Improvement Association, United Neighborhood of Evansville (UNOE), Rotary Club of Evansville and the Evansville Morning Rotary Club. 

For more information about this event or USI’s Center for Communal Studies, contact Rode at sarode@usi.edu.   

The Center for Communal Studies promotes the study of contemporary and historic communal groups, intentional communities and utopias. Established in 1976 at USI, the Center encourages and facilitates meetings, classes, scholarship, networking and public interest in communal groups past and present, here and abroad.