Weekly Class Topics, Presenters Announced for Winter Master Series at Pasadena Senior Center

The winter term of The Masters Series, which embraces lifelong learning, is scheduled from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Jan. 19 to March 3 at the Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St.

There is an enthusiastic anticipation of the classes, which will be led by some of the most respected experts in their fields.

The Masters Series is open to members and non-members of the Pasadena Senior Center.

The schedule and topics for The Masters Series are as follows:

2016 U.S. Elections: Foreign and Domestic Policy – Tuesdays, Jan. 19 to March 1.

Jan. 19: Are We Ready for a Woman in the White House? (Dr. Caroline Heldman, associate professor of politics, Occidental College)

Jan. 26: The New Face of Social Movements (Heldman)

Feb. 2: U.S. Foreign Policy – How Much Difference Does an Election Make? (Dr. Larry Caldwell, professor of politics, Occidental College)

Feb. 9: A Republican Take on 2016 (Charles Moran, political consultant)

Feb. 16: The Transition Process – How Defense and National Security Policy Is Made in a New Administration (Dr. Roger George, professor of practice in national security, Occidental College)

Feb. 23: Reading the Polling Tea Leaves (Heldman)

March 1: How We See 2016 and Beyond (Heldman, Caldwell)

Understanding Constitutional Issues – Thursdays, Jan. 21 to March 3

Jan. 21: Ending Police Brutality: No One Is Above the Law (Mary Tanagho Ross, civil rights attorney, Hadsell-Stormer & Renick)

Jan. 28: National Security, Surveillance and State Secrets (Ahilan Arulanantham, deputy legal director, ACLU of Southern California)

Feb. 4: Immigration Law and the Relevance/Irrelevance of Constitutional Guarantees of Equal Protection and Due Process (Niels Frenzen, clinical professor of law and director of the Immigration Law Clinic, University of Southern California Gould School of Law)

Feb. 11: Update on the Fourth Amendment – Balancing the Right to Privacy Against the Advent of Technology (George B. Newhouse Jr., professor of practice in political science, USC)

Feb. 18: Does Money Equal Free Speech: The First Amendment Solution to Campaign Finance Reform (Dan Schnur, director, Unruh Institute of Politics)

Feb. 25: A Momentous Year in the Supreme Court (Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and distinguished professor of law and Raymond Pryke professor of first amendment law, University of California, Irvine)

March 3: Punishment and the Constitution (Alison Dundes Renteln, professor of political science, USC)

Sign up for individual talks at $10 each, a Tuesday or Thursday series for $60 or the complete series for $120.

For information about registration or to be placed on The Masters Series mailing list, contact Pam Kaye at (626) 685-6756 or pamk@pasadenaseniorcenter.org.

The Masters Series spring term, which will focus on string virtuosos, stars of the swing era and other musical topics, will begin March 22.

Founded in 1960, the Pasadena Senior Center is an independent, nonprofit organization that offers recreational, educational, wellness and social services to people ages 50 and over in a friendly environment. Services are also provided for frail, low-income and homebound seniors.