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The Obama Administration: UM Experts
The University of Maryland has a number of experts who can help you with your coverage of the Obama Administration as it heads into its second 100 days.
Our experts come from a variety of backgrounds including political, policy and political communication, as well as technological advancements that are being used by officials to help with security and crowd management, and experts in security issues.
The list below focuses on political, policy and political communication efforts. Other experts and resources include:
Technological solutions: A separate list includes technological experts who are actively assisting inauguration officials. For example, transportation and security officials are using the University of Maryland's Regional Integrated Transportation Information System developed at the University's Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (CATT). This system fuses, translates, standardizes and puts together data obtained from multiple agencies in the region in order to provide an enhanced overall, real-time view, or digital map, of traffic conditions across the region's transportation network.
And what about cell phone traffic? Will the network be able to sustain the likely volume of calls? See separate list.
A list of homeland and international security policy experts who can comment on inaugural security or the larger challenges facing the administration.
Advice to the New Administration: The University's School of Public Policy has published a series of brief postion papers. And here's a brief summary of their comments.
Feel free to contact our experts directly. Or contact University Communications: 301-405-4621; 301-257-0073 after-hours
You'll find below an index of the political, policy and political communication experts followed by an alphabetically arranged entry for each person.
Index: Some Highlighted Areas of Expertise
African American Politics: Ronald Walters, Karen Kaufmann, Sheri Parks
Women Voters: Karen Kaufmann, Shawn Parry-Giles, Sheri Parks
Political Analysis, Governing, Campaigns and Elections: Paul Herrnson, Ronald Walters, Geoffrey Layman, Karen Kaufmann
Political Communication: Kathleen Kendall, Shawn Parry-Giles, Trevor Parry-Giles, Karen Bradley, Sheri Parks, Douglas Gomery, Henry C. Boyd
Electronic Voting Machines: Paul Herrnson, Michael Hanmer; 5-year study of e-voting
Religion and Elections: Geoffrey Layman
International Views of U.S. Election: Steven Kull
Also, see Aboard the Primary Express, a New Hampshire political diary
Hank Boyd, marketing expert at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, analyzes strategic use of political advertising
Faculty experts are listed alphabetically.
Number of experts found: 29
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Gar Alperovitz
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Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy
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Government & Politics
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History/future of nuclear weapons, arms control and disarmament strategies; political-economic issues including state/local responses to globalization, national fiscal crisis, wealth inequality, innovative responses to job outsourcing, social security reform, progressive trade policy
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(202) 387-8775
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garalper@ncesa.org
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Henry C. Boyd
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Lecturer
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Marketing
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Expertise Key Words:
Branding, Bmed, Consumer Behavior, Copyright, Customer Service, Intellectual Property Rights, Advertising, Forecasting, Law And Technology, Litigation, Law, Pharmaceuticals, Consulting
Verizon, Merck, IBM, Heller Ehrman, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
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301 405 2034
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hboyd2@umd.edu
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Karen K. Bradley
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Visiting Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Dance
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Dance
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Expertise Key Words:
Body Language
A certified movement analyst, Bradley studies the nonverbal and movement behaviors of political leaders.
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301 405 0387
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(202)-669-3927
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kbradley@umd.edu
kbradley608@msn.com
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David A. Crocker
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Sr Res Schl, Lecturer
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Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Ethics, development, foreign aid, democratization, and human rights
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301 405 4763
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dcrocker@umd.edu
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Laurie A. Frederik Meer
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Asst Prof
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Performance Studies (Affiliate Faculty - Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Women's Studies)
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Expertise Key Words:
Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, African Diaspora, South Africa, politics and performance
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301 405 6682
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fredmeer@umd.edu
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David Freund
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Associate Professor
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History
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Expertise Key Words:
20th-century U.S. history, urban and suburban change, racial politics, and the impacts of public policy on economic opportunity, built environments, and popular ideology.
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301 405 1062
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dmfreund@umd.edu
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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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Douglas Gomery
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Professor; Affiliate Professor
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Library of American Broadcasting
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Expertise Key Words:
Media: politics and media; media ownership; broadcast history; Playboy; media impact; FCC; Patsy Cline; Hollywood; Baby Boomers and the media. Halloween: Scary Movies.
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301 405 9160
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301 951 4385
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dgomery@umd.edu
dgomery@jmail.umd.edu
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Tracy Gordon
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Asst Prof
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
State and local public finance, political economy, and urban economics
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301 405 2885
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tgordon@umd.edu
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Julie Greene
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Assoc Prof
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History
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Expertise Key Words:
I am a historian of labor and the working-class, with special interests in U.S. and Latin American history, politics and the state, and foreign policy and international relations. My work also deals with issues of race, ethnicity and immigration, and gender.
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301 405 4265
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jmg@umd.edu
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Michael J. Hanmer
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Assistant Professor
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Government & Politics
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Expertise Key Words:
voter turnout, election reform, voter registration, voting technology, public opinion, survey research, political methodology
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301 405 7379
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mhanmer@gvpt.umd.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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Kathleen E. Kendall
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Research Prof.
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Communication
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Expertise Key Words:
Presidential primaries and campaign communication, especially New Hampshire; presidential debates; political communication.
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301 405 6525
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202-363-6687
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kkendall@umd.edu
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Donald F. Kettl
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Dean
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Public policy and public management with a speciality in the management of public organization; federalism; budgeting; and U.S. politics.
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301 405 6971
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kettl@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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Geoffrey Layman
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Assoc Prof
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Government & Politics
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Expertise Key Words:
Religion and politics; divide between parties along religious and cultural lines;
Growing polarization of the major parties along ideological lines;
Changing nature of party activism;
Other aspects of American politics, including electoral behavior and public opinion
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301 405 9709
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glayman@gvpt.umd.edu
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Frances Lee
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Associate Professor
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Government & Politics
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Expertise Key Words:
American politics and institutions, with a special interest in how the structure of representation in the U.S. Congress shapes politics and policy outcomes.
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301 405 4339
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flee1@umd.edu
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Kristjana L. Maddux
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Asst Prof
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Communication
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Expertise Key Words:
political communication; feminism; religion and public affairs; civic participation; presidential speeches; women in politics; first ladies; Christian media; church history; political rhetoric
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301 405 6533
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klmaddux@umd.edu
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Peter G. Morici
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Professor
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Logistics, Business & Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Macroeconomics, International Economics And International Business, And Government Regulation; Steel; Autos; Telecommunications; Airlines; Manufacturing; Retailing; Financial And Foreign Exchange Markets; Import And Export Issues
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301 405 2136
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703-549-4338
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pmorici@umd.edu
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Robert H. Nelson
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Prof
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Public lands, zoning, urban planning, Chesapeake Bay, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, community associations, smart growth, environmental policy, local government, land use, land use regulation, land use policy, environmental regulation, homeowners associations, property rights
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301 405 6345
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301-656-3339
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240-645-5287
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John E. Newhagen
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Associate Professor
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Philip Merrill College of Journalism
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Expertise Key Words:
journalism mass media new technology politics communication terrorism catastrophe emotion polling public opinion internet effects content meaning cultural meaning interactivity persuasion latin america central america credibility trustworthness surveys
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301 405 2417
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301 854 9097
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newhagen@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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Shawn J. Parry-Giles
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Associate Professor and Director, Center for Political Communication & Civic Leadership
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Communication
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Expertise Key Words:
U.S. Political Communication, U.S. War Discourse, Wartime Propaganda, Speeches of Presidency and First Lady, Politics and Media, Campaigns and Elections, Presidential Debates, Media Coverage of Presidency and First Lady, Media Coverage of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Popular Culture and the Presidency
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301 405 6527
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301-495-8875
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spg@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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Carmen M. Reinhart
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School of Public Policy
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Financial crises; history of financial crises; domestic debt; global financial system; emerging markets and development; exchange rates and dollarization; credit ratings and debt default; financial contagion; capital flows; capital controls; savings and spending;commodity prices.
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301 405 7006
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(202) 333-8037
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creinhar@umd.edu
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Karin Rosemblatt
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Associate Professor
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History
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Expertise Key Words:
Women and Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Social Policy, Citizenship in Latin America.
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301 405 4286
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karosemb@umd.edu
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Peter A. Shapiro
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Director
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Rawlings Center for Public Leadership
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Expertise Key Words:
Local and State Government; Community Development; Political Leadership; Prince George's County; Washington Metropolitan Region
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301 405 7955
301-405-6100
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pshapiro@umd.edu
pashapiro@gmail.com
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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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