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Expert Directory

The following scholars, writers, and editors are available to members of the media to talk about their work in this area. Following is information about their background, special interests, and preferred manner of contact. Listed email addresses should be copied into an email client, replacing "at" with "@".

Benjamin B. Bederson
Benjamin B. Bederson is associate professor of computer science and director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland.
See also Paul Herrnson, Richard Niemi, Michael Hanmer, Frederick Conrad, and Michael Traugott, co-editors of Voting Technology

Contact
Publicity: Susan Soldavin, Publicity Manager; Jaime Fearer, Publicity & Exhibits Coordinator
Brookings Institution Press
Email: ssoldavin at brookings.edu; jfearer at brookings.edu
Phone: 202-536-3611; 202-536-3608

David W. Brady
David W. Brady is deputy director and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution; the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; and professor of political science in Stanford University's School of Humanities and Sciences. Among his previous books is Revolving Gridlock: Politics and Policy from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush, coauthored with Craig Volden (Westview, 2005).
See also Pietro Nivola, co-editor of Red and Blue Nation?

Bruce E. Cain
Bruce E. Cain directs the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California—Berkeley, where he is also Robson Professor of political science.
See also Thomas Mann, co-editor of Party Lines

David E. Campbell
David E. Campbell is assistant professor of political science and a research fellow at the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Why We Vote: How Schools and Communities Shape Our Civic Life (Princeton, 2006) and coauthor or coeditor of several books, including Democracy at Risk (Brookings, 2005) and Choice with Equity (Hoover Institution, 2002).

David T. Canon
David T. Canon is associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In addition Race, Redistricting, and Representation, to Canon is author of Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts: Political Amateurs in the United States Congress and coauthor of The Dysfunctional Congress? The Individual Roots of an Institutional Dilemma.

Contact
University of Chicago Press Promotions Manager: Ashley Cave
Email: ac at press.uchicago.edu
Phone: 773.702.7490
Fax: 773.702.9756 (fax)

John A. Clark
Associate Professor, Western Michigan University, John A. Clark co-edited Party Organization and Activism in the American South and has authored numerous articles and book chapters on political parties and southern politics. He has appeared as a guest in national media, including NPR's "Marketplace."
See also Charles Prysby, co-editor of Southern Party Political Activists

Contact
Leila Salisbury, University Press of Kentucky Marketing Director
Phone: 859-257-8442
Fax: 859-323-4981
Email: leilas at uky.edu

Frederick C. Conrad
Frederick C. Conrad is research associate professor in survey research at both the University of Michigan and University of Maryland.
See also Paul Herrnson, Richard Niemi, Michael Hanmer, Benjamin Bederson, and Michael Traugott, co-editors of Voting Technology

Anthony Corrado
An expert on political finance and Brookings nonresident senior fellow, Anthony Corrado focuses on campaign finance; political party behavior; and campaign and election law.
See also David B. Magleby and Kelly D. Patterson, co-editors of Financing the 2004 Election
See also Anthony Corrado, Thomas E. Mann, Daniel R. Ortiz, and Trevor Potter, co-editors of The New Campaign Finance Sourcebook

Louis DeSipio
Associate Professor of Political Science and Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine, DeSipio's research focuses on U.S. ethnic politics, particularly Latino Politics, and immigration policy, particularly the process of political adaptation among contemporary immigrants.

Bibliography: Counting on the Latino Vote: Latinos as a New Electorate, Making Americans, Remaking America: Immigration and Immigrant Policy, Muted Voices: Latinos and the 2000 Election.

Contact
Email: LDESIPIO at UCI.EDU
Phone: 949-824-1420

E.J. Dionne, Jr.
E.J. Dionne, Jr., is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, co-chair of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, and a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post Writers Group.
See also William Kristol, co-author of Bush v. Gore

David A. Dulio
David A. Dulio is assistant professor of political science at Oakland University. He is the author of For Better or Worse: How Political Consultants Are Changing Elections in the United States (SUNY Press, 2004).
See also Candice J. Nelson, co-author of Vital Signs and Shades of Gray

Richard A. Epstein
Richard A. Epstein is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Among his books are Simple Rules for a Complex World and Principles for a Free Society. He is the editor, with Cass Sunstein, of The Vote: Bush, Gore, and the Supreme Court.

Contact
Contact University of Chicago Press Promotions Manager Ashley Cave.
Email: ac at press.uchicago.edu
Phone: 773.702.7490
Fax: 773.702.9756 (fax)

Alan S. Gerber
Alan S. Gerber is a professor of political science and director of the Center for the Study of American Politics at Yale University. He has published extensively on campaigns and elections and is coeditor (with Eric Patashnik) of Promoting the General Welfare: New Perspectives on Government Performance (Brookings, 2006).
See also Donal Green, co-author of Get Out the Vote.

Howard Gillman
Howard Gillman is professor of political science and law at the University of Southern California. He is the author of The Constitution Besieged— winner of the Pritchett Award for best book in public law, The Votes that Counted, and the editor (with Cornell Clayton) of Supreme Court Decision-Making, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Contact
Contact University of Chicago Press Promotions Manager Ashley Cave.
Email: ac at press.uchicago.edu
Phone: 773.702.7490
Fax: 773.702.9756 (fax)

Donald P. Green
Donald P. Green is A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Political Science and director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. An expert on elections and campaign finance, he has written widely on public opinion and political behavior and is coauthor of Partisan Hearts and Minds: Political Parties and the Social Identities of Voters (Yale, 2000).
See also Alan Gerber, co-author of Get Out the Vote.

Michael J. Hanmer
Michael J. Hanmer is assistant professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland. He has published in the area of election reform.
See also Paul Herrnson, Richard Niemi, Benjamin Bederson, Frederick Conrad, and Michael Traugott, co-editors of Voting Technology

Susan Herbst
Susan Herbst is associate professor of political science and communications and director of American studies at Northwestern University. She is the author of "Numbered Voices" and "Reading Public Opinion."

Contact
Contact University of Chicago Press Promotions Manager Ashley Cave.
Email: ac at press.uchicago.edu
Phone: 773.702.7490
Fax: 773.702.9756 (fax)

Paul S. Herrnson
Paul S. Herrnson is founding director of the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at the University of Maryland. His books include Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington (5th ed., CQ Press, in press).
See also Richard Niemi, Michael Hanmer, Benjamin Bederson, Frederick Conrad, and Michael Traugott, co-editors of Voting Technology

William Kristol
William Kristol is editor and publisher of The Weekly Standard.
See also E.J. Dionne Jr., co-author of Bush v. Gore

David B. Magleby
David B. Magleby is dean of the School of Family, Home, and Social Sciences at Brigham Young University, where he is also a professor of political science. He is the editor of Financing the 2000 Election (Brookings 2002), and co-author of Government by the People, which is now in its twenty-first edition.
See also Anthony Corrado and Kelly D. Patterson, co-editors of Financing the 2004 Election

Thomas E. Mann
A noted congressional scholar and Brookings senior fellow, Tom Mann writes and speaks widely on issues related to campaigns; elections; and the effectiveness of Congress. He has conducted polls for congressional candidates and overseen national public opinion studies. Mann recently co-authored The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track.
See also Bruce Cain, co-editor of Party Lines
See also Anthony Corrado, Daniel R. Ortiz, and Trevor Potter, co-editors of The New Campaign Finance Sourcebook

William G. Mayer
William G. Mayer is associate professor of political science at Northeastern University. His books include The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Nominations, written with Andrew E. Busch (Brookings, 2004), and The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2004 (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003).

Michael P. McDonald
An expert on voting, redistricting, and statistics, Michael McDonald has consulted for organizations such as the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and on topics such as redistricting in specific states and national exit polling.
See also John Samples, co-editor The Marketplace of Democracy

Mark Monmonier
Mark Monmonier, author of Bushmanders and Bullwinkles, is Distinguished Professor of Geography at Syracuse University. He is the author or coauthor of twelve books, including most recently Spying with Maps and Air Apparent, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

Contact
Contact University of Chicago Press Promotions Manager Ashley Cave.
Email: ac at press.uchicago.edu
Phone: 773.702.7490
Fax: 773.702.9756 (fax)

Candice J. Nelson
Candice J. Nelson is academic director of the Campaign Management Institute and associate professor of government at American University.
See also David A. Dulio, co-author of Vital Signs and Shades of Gray

Richard G. Niemi
Richard G. Niemi is Don Alonzo Watson Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. His previous works include Vital Statistics on American Politics 2005-06, with Harold Stanley (CQ Press, 2005).
See also Paul Herrnson, Michael Hanmer, Benjamin Bederson, Frederick Conrad, and Michael Traugott, co-editors of Voting Technology

Pietro S. Nivola
Pietro Nivola is a Brookings vice president and director of the Governance Studies Program. He has written widely on energy policy; regulation; federalism; and American politics. His current project is a study of partisan polarization.
See also David Brady, co-editor of Red and Blue Nation?

Daniel R. Ortiz
Daniel R. Ortiz is the John Allan Love Professor of Law and Horace W. Goldsmith Research Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
See also Anthony Corrado, Thomas E. Mann, and Trevor Potter, co-editors of The New Campaign Finance Sourcebook

Kelly D. Patterson
Kelly D. Patterson directs the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young University. He is the author of Political Parties and the Maintenance of Liberal Democracy (Columbia University Press).
See also David B. Magleby and Anthony Corrado, co-editors of Financing the 2004 Election

Sam Peltzman
Sam Peltzman is Sears Roebuck Professor in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. He has been a faculty research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research and senior staff economist for the President's Council of Economic Advisers. He is the author of Political Participation and Government Regulation.

Contact
Contact University of Chicago Press Promotions Manager Ashley Cave.
Email: ac at press.uchicago.edu
Phone: 773.702.7490
Fax: 773.702.9756 (fax)

Samuel L. Popkin
Samuel L. Popkin is professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. He has also been a consulting analyst in presidential campaigns, serving as consultant to the Clinton campaign on polling and strategy, to the CBS News election units from 1983 to 1990 on survey design and analysis, and more recently to the Gore campaign. He is the author of The Reasoning Voter.

Contact
Contact University of Chicago Press Promotions Manager Ashley Cave.
Email: ac at press.uchicago.edu
Phone: 773.702.7490
Fax: 773.702.9756 (fax)

Trevor Potter
A former commissioner and chairman of the Federal Election Commission and Brookings nonresident senior fellow, Trevor Potter focuses on campaign finance and election law.
See also Anthony Corrado, Thomas E. Mann, and Daniel R. Ortiz, co-editors of The New Campaign Finance Sourcebook

Charles L. Prysby
Charles L. Prysby is a professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the coauthor of Political Choices, Political Behavior and the Local Context, and a series of computer-based instructional packages on voting behavior in presidential elections (part of the APSA's SETUPS series). He is also the author or coauthor of numerous articles dealing with elections, voting behavior, and political parties.
See also John Clark , co-editor of Southern Party Political Activists

Contact
Leila Salisbury, University Press of Kentucky Marketing Director
Phone: 859-257-8442
Fax: 859-323-4981
Email: leilas at uky.edu

Herbert Randall
Photographer whose works have been exhibited at noted museums, with a display in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He was photographer during Freedom Summer in Mississippi.

Contact
Phone: 631-283-6521

John Samples
John Samples directs the Center for Representative Government at the Cato Institute and teaches political science at Johns Hopkins University.
See also Michael P. McDonald, co-editor The Marketplace of Democracy

Steven E. Schier
Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, Carleton College, Steven Schier's expertise lies primarily in American politics, including interest groups, elections, Congress, the presidency, and political parties. He is the author or editor of eight books and numerous scholarly articles. He recently completed a Fulbright senior lectureship at York University in Toronto and serves on the board of The Dirksen Congressional Center. Schier has contributed articles to the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. He has commented on politics for national network and cable television and is a political analyst for KSTP television in Minneapolis.

Contact
Jenni Brewer, Publicity Assistant, Georgetown University Press
Phone: 202-687-9298
Email: jrb52 at georgetown.edu

Matthew Streb
Matthew Streb is author of The New Electoral Politics of Race. Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University, he is now at work on a book on nonpartisan elections.

Contact
Email: mstreb at lmumail.lmu.edu
Phone: 310-338-1741

Cass R. Sunstein
Cass R. Sunstein is the Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago. Former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, he is the author of One Case at a Time and Republic.com, among other books. He is the editor, with Richard Epstein, of The Vote: Bush, Gore, and the Supreme Court.

Contact
Contact University of Chicago Press Promotions Manager Ashley Cave.
Email: ac at press.uchicago.edu
Phone: 773.702.7490
Fax: 773.702.9756 (fax)

Dennis F. Thompson
Dennis F. Thompson is the Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy and director of the Center for Ethics and the Professions at Harvard University. He is the author of Just, Elections, Political Ethics and Public Office: Ethics in Congress, and coauthor of Democracy and Disagreement.

Contact
Contact University of Chicago Press Promotions Manager Ashley Cave.
Email: ac at press.uchicago.edu
Phone: 773.702.7490
Fax: 773.702.9756 (fax)

Michael W. Traugott
Michael W. Traugott is professor of communication studies and senior research scientist in the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research.
See also Paul Herrnson, Richard Niemi, Michael Hanmer, Benjamin Bederson, and Frederick Conrad, co-editors of Voting Technology

Martin P. Wattenberg
Martin Wattenberg, author of Where Have all the Voters Gone?, is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine.

Contact
Email: mpwatten at uci.edu

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