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Topic: 2020 Election

Topic: 2020 Election

The Notre Dame scholars below are available to comment on issues related to race and representation, religion and politics, immigration, economy, media and democracy, and women and politics.

Race and Representation

David Cortez

Racial and Ethnic (Latinx) Politics; Social Identity; (Im)migration; Criminal Justice; Street-Level Bureaucracy

574-631-3259
dcortez@nd.edu

Darren Davis

Political psychology; Public opinion; Political behavior; Elections; Racial politics; Methodology; Media and communications

574-631-5654
Darren.Davis@nd.edu

Luis Fraga

Latino politics; Politics of race and ethnicity; Urban politics; Voting rights policy; Immigration policy; Educational policy

574-631-4742
Luis.Fraga@nd.edu

Korey Garibaldi

Twentieth-century U.S. history; Multiculturalism, civic behavior and democracy; History of integration in the U.S. and western Europe; History of the book and American print culture; Corporate publishing and media businesses

574-631-1254
kgaribal@nd.edu

Marisel Moreno

Puerto Rico; Dominican Republic, Cuba; Latino/a/x literature, art, and culture; Feminist representations in Latino/a/x media; Undocumented migration in Latina/o Caribbean and Hispanic Caribbean art and literature; Cultural production of Puerto Rico’s DIVEDCO; Works by: Lin Manuel-Miranda, Junot Díaz, Quiara Alegría Hudes

574-631-6737
mmorenoa@nd.edu

Richard Pierce

African-american; Urban and civil rights history

574-631-7191
rpierce@nd.edu

Dianne Pinderhughes

Racial; Ethnic and urban politics; Voting rights policy

574-631-3676
Pinderhughes.1@nd.edu

Sophie White

Race; Slavery and the African diaspora; Native American history; French colonial America; Material culture

(574) 631 6529
swhite1@nd.edu

Religion and Politics

Kraig Beyerlein

U.S./Mexico border issues; Collective action; Civic engagement; Social movements; Religion

574-631-8517
kbeyerl1@nd.edu

David Campbell

Religion and politics; Political participation; American politics; Education policy; Civic engagement; Political behavior

574-631-7809
Dave_Campbell@nd.edu

Darren Dochuk

Religion and politics; 20th-century American religious history; Religion and oil; Evangelicalism

574-631-8281
ddochuk@nd.edu

Rick Garnett

Death penalty; Free speech; School choice; Catholic social thought; Church/state relations; Religion in the public square; Free exercise of religion; Federalism and criminal law; Supreme court; Criminal defense; Religious liberty; Education reform

574-631-6981
rgarnett@nd.edu

Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C.

Mexican immigration; Latino studies; U.s.-Mexico border; Latino spirituality and culture; Catholic social teaching on migration

574-631-3233
dgroody@nd.edu

John McGreevy

American political history; American religious history; Global history; Higher education

574-631-6067
McGreevy.5@nd.edu

Immigration

Maurizio Albahari

Migration and refugee mobility in the euro-mediterranean region, the mediterranean sea and italy; Sovereignty, democracy and human rights; Citizenship, cities and aesthetics; Pluralism and religion in public life

574-631-7759
malbahar@nd.edu

Kraig Beyerlein

U.S./Mexico border issues; Collective action; Civic engagement; Social movements; Religion

574-631-8517
kbeyerl1@nd.edu

Erin Corcoran

U.S. immigration law and policy; Refugee and asylum law; Protection of vulnerable migrant populations; Human trafficking

(574) 631-9532
ecorcora@nd.edu

David Cortez

Racial and Ethnic (Latinx) Politics; Social Identity; (Im)migration; Criminal Justice; Street-Level Bureaucracy

574-631-3259
dcortez@nd.edu

Luis Fraga

Latino politics; Politics of race and ethnicity; Urban politics; Voting rights policy; Immigration policy; Educational policy

574-631-4742
Luis.Fraga@nd.edu

Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C.

Mexican immigration; Latino studies; U.s.-Mexico border; Latino spirituality and culture; Catholic social teaching on migration

574-631-3233
dgroody@nd.edu

Lisa Koop

Litigation; Policy; Direct services advocacy on behalf of immigrant survivors of gender-based violence

312-660-1321
lkoop@heartlandalliance.org

Ricardo Ramirez

American politics; Political behavior; State and local politics; Race and ethnicity; Immigration

574-631-0352
Ricardo.Ramirez.83@nd.edu

Economy

Rüdiger Bachmann

Macroeconomics; Monetary and fiscal policy ; Labor markets ; Economics and international relationships (Europe, with particular focus on Germany)

(574) 631-0380
rbachman@nd.edu

Jeffrey Bergstrand

International trade and regional economic integration; Foreign direct investment and multinational enterprises; Macroeconomics; U.s. economy

574-631-6761
Bergstrand.1@nd.edu

William Evans

Poverty; Education; Refugees; Youth Recidivism; Criminal Justice; Evidence/Evidence-Based Policy; Policy; Evaluation; Impact Evaluation; Self-Sufficiency

(574) 631-7039
wevans1@nd.edu

Jason Reed

Economy

574-631-5677
jreed11@nd.edu

Jim Sullivan

Housing; Homelessness; Education; Evidence/Evidence-Based Policy; Policy; Evaluation; Impact Evaluation; Self-Sufficiency

574-631-7587
sullivan.197@nd.edu

Media and Democracy

Richard G. Jones

Role of media in democracy; Training student journalists; Alternative story-telling forms and the evolution of digital media; Media management; Questions of media bias (both in content and in the structure and composition of media organizations)

574-631-7162
richard.jones@nd.edu

Susan Ohmer

Film and television history ; Media industries; Media and presidential elections; Adaptations: page to stage to screen; animation

574-631-1626
sohmer@nd.edu

Women and Politics

Christina Wolbrecht

Gender politics; Political parties; Interest groups; Mass behavior; American politics and american political development; Women and politics; Agenda-setting and issue framing; Women's suffrage; 19th Amendment

574-631-3836
wolbrecht.1@nd.edu

Environment and Sustainability

Michael Lykoudis

Traditional architecture and urbanism; Linking architectural tradition and classicism to urbanism and environmental issues

574-631-4699
Lykoudis.1@nd.edu

Roy Scranton

War literature ; World War 2; American literature; Climate change adaptation ; Philosophy of climate change; Philosophy of literature; The novel; The Iraq war; Veterans issue; Environmental humanities

574-631-6165
Roy.W.Scranton.1@nd.edu