elections Experts

Wesley Longhofer

Associate Professor of Organization & Management; Senior Director, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence; Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty AffairsEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Erik Nisbet

Associate Professor | School of CommunicationThe Ohio State University

Expert in communication focused on non-democratic contexts, public diplomacy, foreign policy, public opinion and global problems.

Richard Himelfarb

Professor of Political ScienceHofstra University

Professor Himelfarb's scholarly interests and expertise include health care policy (Affordable Care Act), Congress and the presidency.

Luis Ricardo Fraga

Director, Institute for Latino Studies; Acting Chair, Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Notre Dame

Luis Ricardo Fraga specializes in race, education, ethnicity, and Latino politics, as well as immigration, urban and voting rights policy.

Stephen Hanna

Professor of GeographyUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Hanna's research in cultural geography explores how our pasts are represented in monuments and museums.

Charles Venator-Santiago, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Venator-Santiago is an expert in US territorial law and policy with a focus on the history of citizenship

Daniel A. Smith

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Daniel A. Smith examines how political institutions affect political behavior across and within the American states.

Eric Freedman

Professor of LawHofstra University

Professor Freedman focuses on constitutional law and history, as well as the death penalty and habeas corpus

Alexis Dudden, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of HistoryUniversity of Connecticut

Professor of History specializing in modern Japan and Korea, and international history.

Frank Costigliola, D.Phil.

Distinguished Professor, Department of HistoryUniversity of Connecticut

Distinguished Professor specializing in modern history, United States foreign relations, and the United States in the 20th century.