Welcomes you to the 4^th Program of our 74th season: Wednesday Feb. 6, 2008 Meet old colleagues and new ones and hear: The Politics of Deservingness: Discourses of Gender, Race, and Class in the 2005 Social Security Debates Susanne Beechey is a doctoral candidate in gender and social policy at the George Washington University School of Public Policy and Public Administration. Her work centers on questions of gender, race, and class in American social policy. This talk draws from her dissertation research, which is supported by an American Association of University Women dissertation fellowship. For the past three years, Susanne has served as a lecturer in the Women’s Studies program at George Washington University. Next fall she will begin a position as Assistant Professor of Politics at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. The meeting will be at: George Washington University, Marvin Center Room 405 800 21^st St. NW Washington DC 20052 Directions: Go to http://gwired.gwu.edu/marvincenter/info/Address/ for directions 6:00 PM           Reception (light refreshments) 7:00 PM           Presentation and Discussion Questions?  Call DCSS President Charis E. Kubrin at 202-994-6349.