MEDIA ADVISORY: MU experts available to discuss political topics ahead of 2022 midterm elections

Oct. 3, 2022
Contact: Eric Stann, 573-882-3346, StannE@missouri.edu 

WHAT:

As people prepare to vote in the 2022 midterm elections, experts at the University of Missouri are available to discuss a range of political topics, including voting rights, voter turnout, politics and civility, political communication and international relations.

Please contact Eric Stann at 573-882-3346 or StannE@missouri.edu to arrange an interview with any of these experts.

WHO:

Experts include:

Cooper Drury
Title: Professor and Dean, College of Arts and Science
Areas of expertise: International relations, economic sanctions
Note: For interviews with Dean Drury, please email Jen Horton at hortonjl@missouri.edu

Jake Haselswerdt
Title: Assistant professor, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Science
Areas of expertise: Political participation (voter turnout); politics of U.S. public policy (COVID-19 pandemic, Medicaid expansion, opioid epidemic, public health, social policy and social welfare)

Lynn Itagaki
Title:
Associate professor, Departments of English and Women’s and Gender Studies, College of Arts and Science
Areas of expertise: Politics and civility; hate crimes, particularly those involving Asian Americans; Asian Americans running for elected office; Asian American voters

Kathy Kiely
Title: Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies, Missouri School of Journalism
Areas of expertise: Free press and the media’s role in politics

Brian Kisida
Title: Assistant professor, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Science
Areas of expertise: Politics of education, education policy; school integration/segregation; teacher diversity; school choice (charter schools, vouchers) 

Michelangelo Landgrave
Title: postdoctoral fellow, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Science
Areas of expertise: American politics (not specific to Missouri), with emphasis on elections (state, local and congressional) and immigration policy

Stephen Quackenbush
Title: Associate professor, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Science
Areas of expertise: International relations; international conflict; deterrence; military strategy; war outcomes 

Richard Reuben
Title: James Lewis Parks Professor of Law, School of Law
Areas of expertise: Voting rights, voter suppression, campaign finance law

Jay Sexton
Title: Professor of history, director of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy
Areas of expertise: Historical context of U.S. elections

Peverill Squire
Title: Hicks and Martha Griffiths Chair in American Political Institutions, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Science
Areas of expertise: American politics, with emphasis on legislative institutions and elections

Ben Warner
Title: Associate professor, Department of Communication, College of Arts and Science
Areas of expertise: Political communication (partisan media, campaign ads, social media and political humor)

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