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CAMPAIGN ETHICS |
| Patrick Dobel, professor of public affairs, Evans School of Public Affairs |
| (206) 616-1680
(office) |
| pdobel@u.washington.edu |
| In addition to studying ethics in government and politics, he tracks political rhetoric and strategy. Former member of Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission. |
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EDUCATION / CHARTER SCHOOLS |
| Richard Brandon, Director, Human Services Policy Center |
| 206-543-8483
(office) |
| brandon@u.washington.edu |
| HSPC specializes in early childhood issues. It pairs analytic research with the promotion of policies that improve the lives of children, families, and communities, with special attention to the disadvantaged. |
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| James Harvey, lecturer, Center on Reinventing Public Education |
| (206) 526-5336 (home) |
| harvey324@earthlink.net |
| An expert on testing, school leadership, No Child Left Behind and other education issues. |
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| Paul Hill, director, Center on Reinventing Public Education, Evans School of Public Affairs |
| (206) 685-2214
(office) |
| (206) 669-7629 (cell) |
| bicycle@u.washington.edu |
| A widely quoted expert on charter schools (Referendum 55), the No Child Left Behind act and other educational issues. |
| *"Renaissance for Ranier Beach High School," The Seattle Times, 3/3/08 |
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| Robin Lake, associate director, Center on Reinventing Public Education |
| (206) 685-2214
(office) |
| rlake@u.washington.edu |
| An expert on charter schools (Referendum 55), vouchers and school finance. |
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ELECTION 2008 |
| Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science |
| (206) 616-3584
(office) |
| mbarreto@u.washinton.edu |
| Barreto is an expert on voter behavior and election polls. He is co-director of the Washington Poll, an annual survey of registered voters in Washington state. His research focuses on racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S.,most notably on Latino political participation.
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| The Bradley Effect - Matt Barreto)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-contreras5feb05,0,5145379.story
*The Latino vote, LA Times 1/28/08
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| Latino support of black candidates, Time, 1/26/08 |
| The Washington Polls collects and analyzes public opinion of registered voters in Washington state on an annual basis. |
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| John Gastil, professor of communication |
| (206) 543-4655
(office) |
| (206) 384-1288 (cell) |
| jgastil@u.washington.edu |
| A former campaign manager, Gastil studies campaign communication and strategy, ballot measures, polling, voter behavior, and cultural conflict in politics. His 2008 book, "Political Communication and Deliberation," illustrates how often our political process and government institutions fail to stimulate reasoned deliberation on the most important issues our nation faces. Gastil's work also demonstrates the new ways civic reformers hope to promote meaningful citizen deliberation.
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| *"Political Communication and Deliberation," Sage Publications, 2008 |
| *"His Cheating Brain," Newsweek, 3/12/08 |
| *"How to get the edge," Toronto Globe & Mail, 2/7/08 (Democratic candidates Clinton and Obama must woo superdelegates.) |
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| Kathy Gill, senior lecturer, Communication |
| 206 543-6844
(office) |
| 425 351-0005 (cell) |
| kegill@u.washington.edu |
| Gill is expert in the blogosophere who focuses on information design and web site usability. She has been teaching digital media subjects at Seattle area colleges and universities since 1998, focusing on user experience and digital storytelling. |
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| Bryan Jones, professor of political science |
| (206) 543-6493
(office) |
| (206) 935-8042 (home) |
| bdjones@u.washington.edu |
| Presidential and congressional politics and party power. Has analyzed growth of federal budgets. Donald R. Matthews Distinguished Professor of American Politics and Director of the Center for American Politics and Public Policy. Jones concentrates on individual decision-making in policymaking organizations and on agenda-setting in American national political institutions.
Jones’ books include The Politics of Bad Ideas" (2007)(co-authored with Walter Williams), "Politics and the Architecture of Choice,""Reconceiving Decision-Making in Democratic Politics,""The Politics of Attention" (co-authored with Frank Baumgartner) and "Agendas and Instability in American Politics" (co-authored with Frank Baumgartner).
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| Dems divided as Super Tuesday looms |
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| David Olson, professor of political science |
| (206) 543-7948
(office) |
| (206) 522-6340 (home) |
| davidols@u.washington.edu |
| A top source on Washington state and Seattle politics and primaries |
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| Gary Segura, professor |
| (206) 543-7945
(office) |
| gmsegura@u.washington.edu |
| Segura is a specialist in election polling. He's also an expert on Latino voting. |
| Segura co-directs The Washington Poll, a nonpartisan, academic survey of Washington voters. It predicts voter choices for ballot initiatves as well as gubernatorial and presidential elections. Segura is also a specialist on Latino voting. |
| * Latinos poised for major impact on Super Tuesday;
Boston Globe, 2/3/08 |
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| Mark A. Smith, associate professor of political science |
| (206) 616-3606
(office) |
| (206) 368-8431 (home) |
| masmith@u.washington.edu |
| Smith studies voter initiatives, interest groups, PACs and the influence of right-wing think tanks and media. |
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FEDERAL BUDGET |
| Richard Startz, professor of economics |
| (206) 543-8172
(office) |
| (206) 525-1556 (home) |
| startz@u.washington.edu |
| He can discuss the size and impact of the deficit as well as other economic issues. |
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FOREIGN POLICY |
| Donald Hellmann, professor of international studies |
| (206) 543-4904
(office) |
| hellmann@u.washington.edu |
| A veteran observer of U.S. foreign policy, especially the situation in Korea. |
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| Frederick Lorenz, lecturer in international studies |
| (253) 564-6718 (home) |
| fmlorenz@aol.com |
| Lorenz, a career military lawyer, is an expert on the Geneva conventions and law of war. For more UW experts on terrorism and the Middle East, see www.uwnews.org/war. |
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GAMBLING (I-892) |
| Hugh Spitzer, adjunct professor of law |
| (206) 447-8965
(office) |
| spith@foster.com |
| An expert on Washington state government law and the state constitution. |
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GAY MARRIAGE |
| Lisa Kelly, professor of law and director of the Child Advocacy Clinic |
| 206-543-3434
(office) |
| 206-679-3434 (cell) |
| lisak2@u.washington.edu |
| A source on marriage laws, as well as custody, abuse, etc. |
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| Peter Nicolas, professor of law |
| (206) 685-2459
(office) |
| pnicolas@u.washington.edu |
| He is an expert on sexual orientation law, as well as federal courts, civil procedure, evidence, and law and the political process. |
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HEALTH AND MEDICARE |
| Aaron Katz, senior lecturer in health services |
| (206) 616-5227
(office) |
| garlyk@u.washington.edu |
| The health-cost crisis, Medicare and similar topics. |
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| Paul Steven Miller, professor |
| (206) 616-3137
(office) |
| psmiller@u.washington.edu |
| Miller is an expert in disability law. He's been commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He's also been White House liaison to the disability community and deputy director of the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs. |
| "U.S. reluctance to sign treaty on disabilities is painful, puzzling." op-ed, The Seattle Times, 6/25/08. |
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MONEY IN POLITICS |
| Paul Burstein, professor of sociology and adjunct professor of political science |
| (206) 543-7088
(office) |
| (206) 236-1353 (home) |
| burstein@u.washington.edu |
| Burstein believes donations rarely buy influence. He also can discuss economics, religion and race in politics. |
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| Walter Williams, Distinguished Fellow at the Center for American Politics & Public Policy and a professor emeritus of public policy |
| (206) 322-4197 (home) |
| wwms@u.washington.edu |
| An expert on Presidential decisions, most recently those of George W. Bush. In 2007, Williams and UW colleague Bryan Jones published "The Politics of Bad Ideas: The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America." |
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POLLING |
| Bethany Albertson, Assistant Professor, Political Science |
| 206 543-2791, 206 543-2780
(office) |
| balberts@u.washington.edu |
| "Obama has reached plateau among white voters," Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 4/24/08 |
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| Patricia Moy, associate professor of communication |
| (206) 543-9676
(office) |
| pmoy@u.washington.edu |
| She studies political communication, public opinion, media effects and research methods. (She prefers doing print interviews to broadcast). |
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PUBLIC OPINION |
| Christopher Parker, assistant professor of political science |
| (206) 543-2780
(office) |
| (206) 525-5006 (home) |
| (510) 285-7770 (cell) |
| csparker@u.washington.edu |
| Parker specializes in race and public opinion, particularly African-American politics and political behavior. A military veteran, he also researches veterans’ affairs, particularly veterans’ return to civic affairs in civilian life.
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RACE RELATIONS |
| Christopher Parker, assistant professor of political science |
| (206) 543-2780
(office) |
| (206) 525-5006 (home) |
| (510) 285-7770 (cell) |
| csparker@u.washington.edu |
| Parker specializes in race and public opinion, particularly African-American politics and political behavior. A military veteran, he also researches veterans’ affairs, particularly veterans’ return to civic affairs in civilian life.
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RELIGION IN POLITICS |
| David Domke, associate professor of communication |
| (206) 685-1739
(office) |
| (206) 729-5744 (home) |
| domke@u.washington.edu |
| Domke is a professor of Communication and head of Journalism. He is co-author, with Kevin Coe of the University of Illinois, of "The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America" (2007. His book, "God Willing: Political Fundamentalism in the White House, the War on Terror, and the Echoing Press," dissects post-9/11 rhetoric and how Bush manipulated public opinion. Domke can discuss the relationship between politics, religion and race. He also studies bias in journalism and campaign ads. |
| "God Willing: Political Fundamentalism in the White House, the War on Terror, and the Echoing Press," dissects post-9/11 rhetoric and how Bush manipulated public opinion. |
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| Steven Rathgeb Smith, associate professor of public affairs |
| (206) 616-1674
(office) |
| smithsr@u.washington.edu |
| A leading researcher on faith-based initiatives and social services. |
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| James Wellman, by James K. Wellman, UW associate professor of American religion, chair of comparative religion program in the Jackson School of International Studies |
| (206) 543-0339
(office) |
| jwellman@u.washington.edu |
| An expert on American religion, particularly in the Pacific Northwest, but also knowledgeable about matters such as evangelical voters. |
| "Dalai Lama Arrives for a Five-Day Conference in Seattle, Very Much His Kind of Town" |
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STEM CELL RESEARCH |
| Patricia Kuszler, associate dean and professor of law |
| (206) 685-0511
(office) |
| kuszler@u.washington.edu |
| A former emergency-room physician, Kuszler is expert on medical ethics. |
| • Home page |
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| Anna Mastroianni, assistant professor of law and public health genetics |
| (206) 616-3482
(office) |
| amastroi@u.washington.edu |
| She does research and teaching on reproduction, genetics, scientific misconduct, bioethics, medical malpractice and torts. |
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SUPREME COURT |
| Stewart Jay, professor of law |
| (206) 543-0947
(office) |
| (206) 236-2513 (home) |
| smj@u.washington.edu |
| An expert on civil and reproductive rights. Is writing a book on the U.S. Constitution. |
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TRIAL LAWYERS / TORT REFORM |
| Michael McCann, professor of political science and director of the Comparative Law and Society Studies Center |
| (206) 543-2377
(office) |
| (206) 523-3079 (home) |
| mwmccann@u.washington.edu |
| Expert on the so-called explosion of lawsuits. |
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VETERANS AFFAIRS |
| Christopher Parker, assistant professor of political science |
| (206) 543-2780
(office) |
| (206) 525-5006 (home) |
| (510) 285-7770 (cell) |
| csparker@u.washington.edu |
| Parker specializes in race and public opinion, particularly African-American politics and political behavior. A military veteran, he also researches veterans’ affairs, particularly veterans’ return to civic affairs in civilian life.
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VOTING PROBLEMS |
| Yoshi Kohno, Assistant professor of computer science & engineering |
| (206) 685-4853
(office) |
| yoshi@cs.washington.edu |
| Research includes security of electronic voting machines. Testified as an invited witness at the U.S. House of Representatives’ Hearing on Electronic Voting System Security in July 2004. For a list of publications by topic, see http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/yoshi/papers/index-areas.html.
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| Philip Howard, assistant professor of communication |
| (206) 221-6532
(office) |
| pnhoward@u.washington.edu |
| He can shed light on war room strategy, the use of the Internet, polling technologies, e-mail and data mining. He also is teaching a course on technology and voting.
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| Margaret Levi, professor of political science |
| (206) 543-7947
(office) |
| (206) 322-9327 (home) |
| mlevi@u.washington.edu |
| A member of the National Research Commission on Elections and Voting, Levi can discuss government trustworthiness, unions in
elections and comparative international perspectives. |
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| Jochen Scholl, assistant professor, The Information School |
| (206) 616-2543
(office) |
| jscholl@u.washington.edu |
| Despite billions being spent on new voting machines, Scholl believes the nation is at risk of repeating the 2000 presidential-election debacle. He is organizing a five-state research effort to design a better system. Scholl is an expert on knowledge management and electronic government. |
| • Home page |
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| John Wilkerson, associate professor of political science |
| (206) 543-8030
(office) |
| jwilker@u.washington.edu |
| An good source on the Electoral College and how legislatures work. |
| • Wilkerson's legislative simulation site. |
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WEB CAMPAIGNING |
| Lance Bennett, professor of political science and communication, and director of the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement |
| (206) 543-4946
(office) |
| (206) 612-6084 (cell) |
| lbennett@u.washington.edu |
| Bennett says the press can be manipulated into suddenly framing a candidate's image in a narrow way, and may "turn on" John Kerry as it did against Howard Dean. Bennett also is a top source on the use of the Internet in mobilizing grassroots participation. In 2007, he co-authored "When the Press Fails: Political Power and The News Media from Iraq to Katrina." |
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| David Silver, assistant professor of communication |
| (206) 543-2722
(office) |
| dsilver@u.washington.edu |
| A specialist in Internet culture, Silver is helping to organize The Day Before, a series of grassroots campus events on Nov. 1 to stimulate and celebrate democracy. |
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