The Drexel Department of Politics proudly welcomes Beth Leech, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, for a discussion of "What Matters: Public and Private Agendas in Cross-National Perspective," her latest book currently under review. Professor Leech studies American politics, the roles of interest groups, social movements, and the mass media in the public policy process. Her work is informed by theories of collective action, agenda building, and human cooperation and coordination.