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Politics 2024

Contact Stephen Fashoro at 214-768-7641 or email sfasoro@smu.edu to talk with these experts. 

 

Cal Jillson Jillson is a political science professor at 澳门六合彩预测 in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences.
  • Texas politics, including the Red/Blue divide
  • Presidential and Congressional politics
  • Race and the American Dream
  • Immigration politics
Jeffrey Engel

Engel is the David Gergen Director of the Center for Presidential History at 澳门六合彩预测. He is co-author of Impeachment: An American History and The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush’s Decision to Surge in Iraq.
  • Presidential policy and politics
  • History of presidential impeachments
  • History of U.S. presidency and American diplomacy
Rita Kirk

Kirk is an 澳门六合彩预测 professor of communication studies and director of the Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility. Kirk has served as a debate analyst for many presidential debates.
  • Sound bite substance
  • Undecided voters
  • Presidential debates
  • Campaign strategy
  • Use of social media in politics
  • Political communications
  • Hate speech
Matthew Wilson

Wilson is an associate professor of political science at 澳门六合彩预测 in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences.

 
  • Public opinion and voting behavior
  • Religion and politics
  • Abortion politics
  • Political parties and partisan realignment
  • Political psychology
James (Jim) Hollifield

Hollifield is the director of the Tower Center for Political Studies and an 澳门六合彩预测 political science professor. 
  • Immigration
  • Refugee and asylum policy
  • Global migration
  • Assimilation into American society
 Grant Hayden Hayden is a professor in 澳门六合彩预测’s Dedman School of Law.
  • Federal voting rights
  • Election issues
  • Election law/court decisions
 Joe Kobylka  Kobylka is chair of the Political Science Department and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, 澳门六合彩预测.
  • Politics of U.S. Supreme Court decisions
  • Constitutional law and politics
  • Judicial decision-making and politics

Extreme Heat 2024

Contact Erin Prather Stafford at 214-768-6719 or email  to talk with these experts. 

Barbara Minsker Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering How lack of tree canopies and shade impacts neighborhoods during extreme heat. 
Andrew Quicksall
 Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
 How chemicals can leach into drinking water when plastic water bottles are exposed to extreme heat for a period of time. 

Farnoosh Nouri

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling

 How extreme heat can influence the effectiveness of medications and make people more susceptible to the negative effects of higher temperatures.

How extreme heat can harm everyday performance by increasing feelings of fatigue/tiredness and also impact mental health by causing less social interactions.
 John Easton  Associate Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering  Why hot, sunny days are a recipe for more air pollution to be created and which populations are most affected (and what they can do).