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The Obama Administration: UMD Experts

The University of Maryland has a number of experts who can help you with your coverage of the Obama Administration as it looks forward to a second term.

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.


Faculty experts are listed alphabetically.


Number of experts found: 51

 
Todd Allee

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
International organizations, international trade, the World Trade Organization (WTO), foreign direct investment, dispute settlement, and territorial conflict resolution.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4156

tallee@umd.edu

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Gar Alperovitz

Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
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

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

443-801-8706

press@democracycollaborative.org

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Augusta L. Bolles

Professor

Women's Studies; Affil. Prof - (see listing below)

Expertise Key Words:
Women of Africa and the African diaspora
Political economy of women
Black feminist anthropology

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6879

lbolles@umd.edu

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Henry C. Boyd III

Associate Chair, Department of Marketing / Ralph J. Tyser Teaching Fellow

Marketing

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

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

(301) 405-2034

(240) 464-7768

hboyd@rhsmith.umd.edu

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Karen K. Bradley

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Dance

Dance

Expertise Key Words:
Body Language

A certified movement analyst, Bradley studies the nonverbal and movement behaviors of political leaders.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0387

(202)-669-3927

kbradley@umd.edu
kbradley608@msn.com

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Alejandro Cañeque

Assoc Prof

History

Expertise Key Words:
Colonial Latin America, Spain

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4265

acaneque@umd.edu

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Daniel Corstange

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0222

dancorst@umd.edu

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David A. Crocker

Sr Res Schl, Lecturer

Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Ethics, development, foreign aid, democratization, and human rights

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4763

dcrocker@umd.edu

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Sarah E. Croco

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
International conflict; the process by which citizens assign leaders responsibility for international wars; the value of policy consistency in elections; territorial disputes and civilian targeting.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2161

scroco@umd.edu

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David E. Cunningham

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
Civil war, conflict bargaining, and international security.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 8364

dacunnin@umd.edu

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Kathleen G. Cunningham

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
The politics of self-determination, nationalism, and civil conflict.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4156

kgcunnin@umd.edu

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Mikhail Dolbilov

Asst Prof

History

Expertise Key Words:
tsarist bureaucracy's mentality & statecraft; interconnections between state reforms & symbolic representations of the Russian autocracy; modes of political loyalty & emotions related to them; and ethno-national and confessional politics on the empire's peripheries in the age of rising nationalism.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4284

dolbilov@umd.edu

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Laura J. Dugan

Assoc Prof, Lecturer

Criminology & Criminal Justice

Expertise Key Words:
Causes and Consequences of Violence, Violence Prevention, Terrorism, Intimate Partner Violence, Victimization, Quantitative Advances in Methodology, Gender and Crime, Public Policy.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4070

ldugan@umd.edu

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Christopher H. Foreman

Prof

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Political institutions; the politics of health, safety, and the environment; African Americans and public policy; environmental justice; government reform.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0442

cforeman@umd.edu

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Laurie A. Frederik Meer

Asst Prof

Performance Studies (Affiliate Faculty - Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Women's Studies)

Expertise Key Words:
Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, African Diaspora, South Africa, politics and performance

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6682

fredmeer@umd.edu

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David Freund

Associate Professor

History

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.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1062

dmfreund@umd.edu

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James M. Glass

Professor

Government & Politics

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

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4119

jglass1@umd.edu

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Douglas Gomery

Professor; Affiliate Professor

Library of American Broadcasting

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.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 9160

301 951 4385

dgomery@umd.edu
dgomery@jmail.umd.edu

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Julie Greene

Assoc Prof

History

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.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4265

jmg@umd.edu

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Michael J. Hanmer

Assistant Professor

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
voter turnout, election reform, voter registration, voting technology, public opinion, survey research, political methodology

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 7379

mhanmer@gvpt.umd.edu

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Virginia A. Haufler

Assoc Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
International regulation of business, corporate social responsibility, the politics of multinational corporations, global governance and international institutions.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4122
301-405-8321

vhaufler@umd.edu

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Paul S. Herrnson

Professor and Director of the Center for American Politics and Citizenship

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
Congressional and national politics; Campaign finance reform; Voting technology; Maryland politics.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4123

herrnson@umd.edu

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Bartlomiej K. Kaminski

Assoc Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
Political Economy; International Relations; Comparative Politics

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4126

bkaminsk@umd.edu

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David Karol

Assoc Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
Political Parties, Presidential Nominations, Congress & Presidency, Politics of Trade Policy

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0906

dkarol@umd.edu

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Karen M. Kaufmann

Associate Professor

Government & Politics

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.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4120

kkaufmann@gvpt.umd.edu

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Kathleen E. Kendall

Research Prof.

Communication

Expertise Key Words:
Presidential primaries and campaign communication, especially New Hampshire; presidential debates; political communication.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6525

202-363-6687

kkendall@umd.edu

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Donald F. Kettl

Dean

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Public policy and public management with a speciality in the management of public organization; federalism; budgeting; and U.S. politics.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6971

kettl@umd.edu

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Steven Kull

Director

Program on International Policy Attitudes

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

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

202 232 7500

skull@umd.edu
skull@pipa.org

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Frances Lee

Professor

Government & Politics

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.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4339

flee1@umd.edu

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Daniel H. Levine

Asst Prof, Asst Res Schl

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Africa, African Union, Asymmetrical Warfare, Civil Conflict, ECOWAS, Human Rights, International Law, Just War Theory, Moral Philosophy, Peacekeeping, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy, United Nations

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4755

dhlevine@umd.edu

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Sean D. Luechtefeld

Grad Asst III

Communication

Expertise Key Words:
Communication, politics, rhetoric, political culture, rhetoric of economics, poverty, entrepreneurship, populism, social movements, asset building

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 8976

sdl@umd.edu
seanluechtefeld@gmail.com

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Kristjana L. Maddux

Asst Prof

Communication

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

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6533

klmaddux@umd.edu

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John F. McCauley

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
African politics, religious and ethnic politics, informal institutions, and field experiments in social science.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4156

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Brian D. McKenzie

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
American politics, racial and ethnic group politics, political participation, public opinion, voting behavior, and religion and politics.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0460

bmckenzi@umd.edu

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Peter G. Morici

Professor

Logistics, Business & Public Policy

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

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2136

703-549-4338

pmorici@umd.edu

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Robert H. Nelson

Prof

School of Public Policy

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

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6345

301-656-3339

240-645-5287

nelsonr@umd.edu

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John E. Newhagen

Associate Professor

Philip Merrill College of Journalism

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

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2417

301 854 9097

newhagen@umd.edu

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Sheri L. Parks

Associate Professor

American Studies

Expertise Key Words:
Media criticism; popular American culture and aesthetics with a special focus on family, gender and race; Harry Potter and American culture.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6255
301-405-1354

slp@umd.edu

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Shawn J. Parry-Giles

Associate Professor and Director, Center for Political Communication & Civic Leadership

Communication

Expertise Key Words:
U.S. Political Communication, News Coverage of Hillary Clinton, Political Campaigns and Campaign Communication, Presidential and First Lady Discourse, U.S. War Discourse, Wartime Propaganda, Politics and Media, Presidential Debates and Political Advertisements, Popular Culture and the Presidency

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6527

301-495-8875

301-704-5541

spg@umd.edu

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Trevor S. Parry-Giles

Professor

Communication

Expertise Key Words:
Supreme Court Confirmation History & Politics;
political Communication; political advertisements; Popular Culture; Bill Clinton's Presidency; American Political Rhetoric.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 8947

301 495 8875

tpg@umd.edu

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Yoram Peri

Director of The Gildenhorn Institute & Abraham S. and Jack Kay Chair in Israel Studies

Meyerhoff Program & Center for Jewish Studies

Expertise Key Words:
Israel, Middle East; Foreign and International Relations, Economics - the Economy and Trade. Communications; Military Relations

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 9413

yperi@umd.edu

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Tristan M. Purvis

Asst Res Sci

Center for Advanced Study of Language

Expertise Key Words:
* African languages and linguisitics
* Sociolinguistics
* Discourse analysis
* Corpus linguisitics
* Language documentation

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 226 8853

tpurvis@umd.edu

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William L. Reed

Assoc Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
Mathematical and statistical models of international conflict and cooperation, civil war, Asian security politics, disputes over natural resources/territory, and experimental studies of conflict bargaining

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4156

wlr@umd.edu

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Karin Rosemblatt

Associate Professor

History

Expertise Key Words:
Women and Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Social Policy, Citizenship in Latin America.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4286

karosemb@umd.edu

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Stella M. Rouse

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
Latino politics, minority politics, legislative and political behavior; how Latinos vote; how Latinos are represented; role of religion in politics; immigration

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4156

srouse@umd.edu

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John R. Townshend

Prof And Dean BSOS, Prof & Chair Geography, Affiliate Prof ESSIC & CS

College of Behaviorial and Social Sciences/Geography

Expertise Key Words:
vegetative land cover change impacts on climate change & variability, the global carbon cycle, biodiversity and sustainability; remote sensing of land cover change; creation of new information systems, products & data sets for improved depiction of land cover change at regional and global scales

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1691

jtownshe@umd.edu

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Eric M. Uslaner

Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
American politics (especially on Congress and Congressional elections), social capital, and institutional design, corruption and trust.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4151

euslaner@umd.edu

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Stefano Villani

Asst Prof

History

Expertise Key Words:
Early research: the cultural and religious English history of the seventeenth century Currently: The religious history of the English community in Leghorn and on the Italian translations of the Book of Common Prayer.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4308

villani@umd.edu

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Ian A. Ward

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
Democratic Theory, Religious Studies, and Critical Thought

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4156

iward@umd.edu

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Jonathan Wilkenfeld

Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
Foreign policy decision making and crisis behavior, as well as in the use of simulation in political science.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 314 7703

jwilkenf@umd.edu

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Patrick C. Wohlfarth

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
American politics and quantitative methodology, focusing on judicial politics, interinstitutional politics, and time series analysis. Judicial influence on the executive branch, impact of public opinion on the Supreme Court, executive branch litigation on the Supreme Court and bureaucratic politics.

Expertise Credentials:
Patrick C. Wohlfarth is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science in 2010 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2010-2011, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science and Center for Empirical Research in the Law at Washington University in St. Louis.

Dr. Wohlfarth's research interests include American politics and quantitative methodology, focusing on judicial politics, interinstitutional politics, and time series analysis. His current research projects examine judicial influence on the executive branch, the impact of public opinion on the U.S. Supreme Court, executive branch litigation on the U.S. Supreme Court, and bureaucratic politics. Patrick's published research has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science and The Journal of Politics.

Web Site(s):
Faculty Website

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4156

patrickw@umd.edu

Address:
3140 Tydings Hall
College Park, MD  20742

Degrees:
Ph.D., Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Publication(s):
See C.V. on the faculty website.





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