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Supreme Court 2009-2010
The Supreme Court opens its fall term with a new member - Sonya Sotomayor- and a host of important cases - including campaign finance and a Chicago handgun ban case.
UM experts include: political communication expert Trevor Parry-Giles, author of The Character of Justice: Rhetoric, Law, and Politics in the Supreme Court Confirmation Process (2006). He can comment on both the historical, political and rhetorical considerations.
Parry-Giles book has been honored with the Diamond Anniversary Book Award, National Communication Association (2007) and The Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism (2007).
UM experts are highlighted alphabetically below. Contact information is provided.Feel free to contact the experts directly. Or contact University of Maryland Communications: 301-405-4622; 301-257-0073 (after-hours).
Number of experts found: 11
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James M. Glass
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Professor
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Government & Politics
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Expertise Key Words:
Political theory and philosophy, political psychology. Political action and political morality. Current research includes a study of Jewish political and spiritual resistance during the Holocaust.
Political action and political morality; politics and film
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301 405 4119
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jglass1@umd.edu
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Mark A. Graber
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Professor, Associate Department Chair, and Director of Graduate Studies
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Government & Politics
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Expertise Key Words:
Politics, Constitutional Law; Human Rights; Abortion, Culture Wars, Supreme Court
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301-405-4215
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301-588-0119
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mgraber@umd.edu
mgraber@law.umaryland.edu
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Paul S. Herrnson
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Director of the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at University of Maryland and Professor
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Government & Politics
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Expertise Key Words:
Congressional and national politics; Campaign finance reform; Voting technology
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301 405 4123
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herrnson@umd.edu
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Karen M. Kaufmann
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Associate Professor
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Government & Politics
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Expertise Key Words:
Among specialties: Common political myths; Black and Latino voters; urban politics; election gender gap.
More generally: political campaigns, U.S. public opinion and voting behavior; survey research and polling, group interests/group identities in public opinion and voting.
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301 405 4120
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kkaufmann@gvpt.umd.edu
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Steven Kull
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Director
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Program on International Policy Attitudes
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Expertise Key Words:
U.S. and international public opinion; conducts international polling; leader in compiling and analyzing global public opinion data; expert in foreign policy issues
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202 232 7500
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skull@umd.edu
skull@pipa.org
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Rafael Lorente
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Lecturer
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Philip Merrill College of Journalism
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Expertise Key Words:
U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba.
Media coverage of national politics/presidential elections.
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301 405 2425
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301 864 0168
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202 841 2375
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rlorente@jmail.umd.edu
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Victoria M. MacDonald
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Assistant Professor
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Curriculum & Instruction
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Expertise Key Words:
Latino/Hispanic Education
History of Education in the
U.S.,
Relations between Blacks and Latinos in Education
Higher Education Policy and Latinos
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301 405 7109
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240-205-6061
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vmacdona@umd.edu
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Sheri L. Parks
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Associate Professor
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American Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Media criticism; popular American culture and aesthetics with a special focus on family, gender and race; Harry Potter and American culture.
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301 405 6255
301-405-1354
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(410) 493-5172
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slp@umd.edu
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Trevor S. Parry-Giles
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Associate Professor
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Communication
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Expertise Key Words:
Supreme Court Confirmation History & Politics;
political Communication; political advertisements; Popular Culture; Bill Clinton's Presidency; American Political Rhetoric.
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301 405 8947
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301 495 8875
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tpg@umd.edu
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Ronald W. Walters
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Professor Emeritus
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Government & Politics
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Expertise Key Words:
Supreme Court; Hurricane's Katrina and Rita; Civil Rights; National politics and elections, African American politics, urban politics, political leadership. Barack Obama.
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301 405 1787
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301-421-5919
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rwalters@umd.edu
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Ruth E. Zambrana
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Professor , Women's Studies and Director of Research, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity
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Women's Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Latino studies, with an emphasis on women's and children's concerns including women and health; racial and ethnic disparities in family, child, and women's health; maternal and adolescent health and organizational barriers to health care services.
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301 405 0451
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rzambran@umd.edu
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