2024 Election Results

CU Boulder faculty experts are available to discuss the election results, transfer of power and potential impacts of the incoming administration. Ìý

Email cunews@colorado.edu to request an interview.Ìý

Please note: Several faculty experts can speak about multiple topics on this list. If you have a question or inquiry, please email us. Previously recorded interviews may be available to download/use for broadcast and have been listed and linked accordingly.Ìý

Election results and analysisÌý

Janet Donavan, teaching professor in the Department of Political Science, can discuss Trump’s path to victory, what’s next for the Democrats, and how people can manage their election-related anxiety.

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Doug Spencer, professor of election and constitutional law, can explain the impact of a quickly called race, why a peaceful transfer of power is so important and what the early days of Trump’s second presidency may look like.Ìý

Climate change

Phaedra Pezzullo, a professor of communications, can discuss policy changes Trump may make that would impact renewable energy, public lands and environmental justice issues.

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Maxwell Boykoff, a CIRES fellow and professor in Environmental Studies can discuss the politics and cultural impact of climate change and environmental issues. He can also discuss decarbonization politics, policies and decision-making.Ìý

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Social media and discourse

Jason Thatcher, professor of organizational leadership at the Leeds School of Business, can discuss his research that reveals posting about hot-button political topics can significantly jeopardize job prospects.

Matthew Koschmann, a professor of communications, can talk about building and keeping relationships with people, even when you don't agree politically. Ìý

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Dylan Doyle-Burke, a PhD candidate in Information Science can discuss the ways people may be turning to social media to emotionally process the results and find support.

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Political violence and vigilantism

Regina Bateson is an assistant professor in the political science department. She studies and can speak about the following topics: Electability, gender and politics, vigilantism, immigration, asylum policy and Central America.

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ImmigrationÌýand Indigenous communities

Pratheepan (Deep) Gulasekaram is a professor of constitutional law and immigration law at CU Boulder. He can speak about immigration policy, border enforcement, state and local immigration law and DACA. ÌýHe also focuses on the constitutional rights of noncitizens and federalism concerns in immigration law.

Christina Stanton is a clinical professor and leads the American Indian Law Clinic at CU Boulder. She can speak about election rights and election discrimination in Indigenous communities—both in Colorado and around the country.

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Misinformation and technology

Ethan Poskanzer, assistant professor at the Leeds School of Business, finds that voters view facts as flexible when it comes to political misinformation. His research gauged voters’ reactions to false statements by politicians including former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and showed that many people use moral grounds to justify false statements and aren’t bothered by politicians who misrepresent facts—if the statements align with their personal beliefs.

Sandra Ristovska is an assistant professor of media studies. Her work focuses on how media influence and shape issues around human rights, justice and the law. She can speak about artificial intelligence and deepfakes, such as AI-generated robocalls.

Nathan Schneider is an assistant professor of media studies and director of the Media Economies Design Lab. He researches democratic ownership and governance on the internet. The author of Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life (2024), he can speak to the role the internet, its design and its culture have played in the rise of authoritarianism worldwide.

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Race and Gender

Samira Mehta is a professor of women and gender studies and Jewish studies who researches the intersections of religion, culture and gender. She can discuss shifting religious views on abortion and contraceptives, particularly in the context of Donald Trump’s re-election.

Jennifer HoÌýis the daughter of a refugee father from China and an immigrant mother from Jamaica,Ìýwhose parents themselves were immigrants from Hong Kong. She is theÌýdirector of the Center for Humanities & the ArtsÌýandÌýProfessor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she specializes in Asian American literary and cultural studies and Critical Race Theory. She can discuss race, racism, multiracial identities, intersectional oppression, and social justice.

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Angie Chuang,Ìýan associate professor ofÌýjournalismÌýat the College of Media, Communication and Information can discuss race and gender in politics and how the media covers race and ethnicity.Ìý

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