Janna Deitz, Ph.D., was a lecturer at the Archer Center, where she led discussion sections in the Politics of National Memory class. She serves as a senior advisor for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, the congressionally chartered nonprofit dedicated to sharing the stories of the people, art, and architecture of the U.S. Capitol in a manner that inspires “informed patriotism.” Dr. Deitz leads the Society’s expanded programming for civic education, engaging new partners with strategic outreach to grow the Society’s national impact. Previously, she led outreach and partnership efforts for the John W. Kluge Center at the U.S. Library of Congress and served as senior director of academic & professional development and director of the Congressional Fellowship Program for the American Political Science Association. Dr. Deitz oversaw discipline-wide initiatives in teaching and learning, career development, government outreach, and public engagement, and led the discipline’s signature congressional program for the association. A publicly engaged faculty member for fifteen years, Dr. Deitz was a professor of political science and director of public leadership and outreach at Western Illinois University. Her research interests include Congress, congressional elections, women and politics, campaign finance, and civic engagement. Her published works appear in "PS: Political Science & Politics," "Political Research Quarterly," "The Journal of Political Science Education," and edited volumes. In 2011-2012, Dr. Deitz served as an APSA Congressional Fellow working in the U.S. Senate. Inspired by her fellowship experience, she developed a D.C. student internship program and established Ready to Run Illinois, a nonpartisan public leadership training program for women in partnership with the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. Dr. Deitz received a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, an M.P.A. from Western Carolina University, and a B.A. with honors in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.