Several University of Colorado Boulder experts from across campus are available to comment on the Republican presidential debate to be held Oct. 28 at the Coors Events Center.
- American politics. Anand Sokhey is a political science professor who specializes in American politics. His work examines the role that social influence plays in voting behavior, political participation and opinion formation.听
- Campaigns, elections. Kenneth Bickers is a political science professor researching the politics of campaigns and elections, as well as the impact of federal spending programs on electoral politics. A core piece of his research is the Local Government Elections Project, a continuing investigation of the recruitment and campaigns of local office-holders.听
- Congress. Scott Adler is a political science professor whose expertise is the U.S. Congress, elections, political institutions and policy-making. His most recent book is Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving, co-authored with John Wilkerson, in 2012. He is researching presidential policy priorities and political agenda setting.听
- Debate. Jeff Motter, communication instructor, is a former campaign staffer with expertise in political rhetoric and argumentation.听
- Immigration and economics. Brian Cadena is an economics professor who studies the response of immigration flows to employment prospects, labor market consequences of government policies, poverty and inequality, economics of education, behavioral economics.听
- Federalism and environmental policy. Srinivas "Chinnu" Parinandi is an assistant political science professor whose research deals with the political economy of federalism and environmental policy. He is also researching how public opinion affects regulatory decision-making on environmental issues.听
- Gender and race. Celeste Montoya is a political science professor in Women and Gender Studies whose research primarily focuses on the ways in which women and other marginalized groups mobilize to enact change inside and outside of political institutions, domestically and transnationally. She has written about Latino, gender, and immigration politics in the U.S. 听
- Immigration and economics. Brian Cadena is an economics professor who studies the response of immigration flows to employment prospects, labor market consequences of government policies, poverty and inequality, economics of education, behavioral economics.听
- Media coverage. Elizabeth Skewes, associate professor of journalism and media studies, can speak about media coverage of the candidates this election season.听
- Political polarization. Leaf Van Boven, professor of psychology, can discuss how Americans generally overestimate the degree of polarization between Democrats and Republicans, and what influences that overestimation. He also can discuss how this perceived polarization affects voting and campaign involvement.听
- Social media. Richard Stevens, associate professor of media studies, can talk about the political uses of social media, the effects of the echo chamber on polarization and the viral communication aspects of the election.听
- U.S. economy. Jeffrey Zax, professor of economics, can address general questions regarding the state of the economy and the recovery from the Great Recession.听
- Youth engagement. Mike McDevitt, professor of media, communication and information, is available to comment on the role of media, schools, peer groups and families in the campaign engagement of youth and young adults.听
To schedule interviews, please contact Julie Poppen in the CU-Boulder media relations office at听julie.poppen@colorado.edu, 303-492-4007, or by cell phone at 720-503-4922.
