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American Politics
James Gibson: Judicial politics, political psychology, political tolerance, survey research.
Peter Kastor: The American presidency, role of the vice president, American political institutions, the Founding Fathers.
Bruce La Pierre: Constitutional law, campaign finance reform, desegregation, civil rights.
Gregory Magarian: Election law, First Amendment, third parties, free speech, law and religion, church-state law, media regulation, free press, the Constitution, legal issues surrounding health care reform law.
Gary Miller: Public bureaucracy, legislative decision making, formation of institutions, committee decision making, organization theory.
Steven S. Smith: Congress, American politics, legislative institutions, congressional elections, implications of election outcomes for governing, lame duck sessions.
William Lowry: American politics, environmental policy, natural resources, public policy, environmental restoration, environmental voting records, national park system.
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Political Communications
Richard Chapman: Mass media and politics, political communications, CNN, Iraq, Vietnam, film production, screenwriting, television production, war reporting.
Wayne Fields: Presidential rhetoric, political speechmaking, American political argument, rhetoric, non-fiction prose, religion and politics.
Alan Lambert: Rally-round-the-flag effects, presidents in wartime, political ideology.
Henry Schvey: Oral presentation; body language; debate demeanor
Bill Whitaker: Oral presentation; body language; debate demeanor
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Campaign Strategy
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The American Presidency
Charles Burson: Bush v. Gore, Supreme Court and presidential elections.
Wayne Fields: Presidential rhetoric, speechmaking, political argument.
Peter Kastor: The American presidency, role of the vice president, American political institutions, the Founding Fathers.
Alan Lambert: Rally-round-the-flag effects, presidents in wartime, political ideology.
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Religion and Politics
Wayne Fields: Presidential rhetoric, political speechmaking, American political argument, rhetoric, non-fiction prose, religion and politics.
Marie Griffith: Religion and politics, evangelical women, American Christianity, evangelical diet and fitness movement, women and religion in the African Diaspora, American religions, American religious history, sexuality debates in twentieth-century American Christianity.
John Inazu: Religion and politics, religion and the Constitution, constitutional law, freedom of assembly, First Amendment.
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Politics and the Law
Cheryl Block: Federal budget, tax law and policy, corporate taxation, federal bailouts, tax cut extensions, tax deficits.
Charles Burson: Bush v. Gore, Supreme Court and presidential elections.
Marion Crain: Unions, collective bargaining, public employee unions, labor law, employment law, family Law, labor movement, employee benefits, wage disparities.
John Inazu: Religion and politics, religion and the Constitution, constitutional law, freedom of assembly, First Amendment.
Bruce La Pierre: Constitutional law, campaign finance reform, desegregation, civil rights.
Gregory Magarian: Election law, First Amendment, third parties, free speech, law and religion, church-state law, media regulation, free press, the Constitution, legal issues surrounding health care reform law.
Leila Sadat: Foreign relations, terrorism, human rights, religious freedom, war crimes, criminal law, international law, U.S. constitution, official language laws
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Economic Issues / Fiscal Policy
Steve Fazzari: United States economy, consumer debt, sub-prime mortgage loans, macroeconomics, deficits, tax.
Marion Crain: Unions, collective bargaining, public employee unions, labor law, employment law, family law, labor movement, employee benefits, wage disparities.
Cheryl Block: Federal budget, tax law and policy, corporate taxation, federal bailouts, tax cut extensions, tax deficits.
Michele Boldrin: Public policy, foreign policy, economic crisis, economic growth, innovation, business cycles, intellectual property, welfare, property rights, education.
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Foreign Policy
Michele Boldrin: Public policy, foreign policy, economic crisis, economic growth, innovation, business cycles, intellectual property, welfare, property rights, education.
Robert Canfield: Islamic politics, U.S. anti-terrorism policy, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Central Asia, Eastern Islamic World, Turko-Persian, Hazarajat of Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, Taliban.
Alan Lambert: Rally-round-the-flag effects, presidents in wartime, political ideology.
Leila Sadat: Foreign relations, terrorism, human rights, religious freedom, war crimes, criminal law, international law, U.S. constitution, official language laws.
James V. Wertsch: Russia and former Soviet Union, U.S.-Russian relations, diplomacy, collective memory, identity, international studies.
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Social Policy Issues
Marion Crain: Unions, collective bargaining, public employee unions, labor law, employment law, family Law, labor movement, employee benefits, wage disparities.
Gregory Magarian: Election law, First Amendment, third parties, free speech, law and religion, church-state law, media regulation, free press, the Constitution, legal issues surrounding health care reform law.
Tim McBride: Health insurance, universal health care, public health, Medicare policy, health economics, gerontology and Social Security, state health policy, economics of aging, rural health care.
Mark Rank: Poverty, social policy, social welfare, social stratification, family, demography.
William Tate: Education policy, human resource development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, urban studies, race and American education.
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Economic Issues / Fiscal Policy
Cheryl Block: Federal budget, tax law and policy, corporate taxation, federal bailouts, tax cut extensions, tax deficits.
Steve Fazzari: United States economy, consumer debt, sub-prime mortgage loans, macroeconomics, deficits, tax.
Michele Boldrin: Public policy, foreign policy, economic crisis, economic growth, innovation, business cycles, intellectual property, welfare, property rights, education.
Marion Crain: Unions, collective bargaining, public employee unions, labor law, employment law, family Law, labor movement, employee benefits, wage disparities.
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Public Opinion
James Gibson: Election 2012, judicial politics, democratization, political psychology, political tolerance, survey research, quantitative research methods, Russian politics.
Alan Lambert: Rally-round-the-flag effects, presidents in wartime, political ideology.
Steven S. Smith: Congress, American politics, legislative institutions, congressional elections, implications of election outcomes for governing, lame duck sessions.
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Media and Politics
James Gibson: Election 2012, judicial politics, democratization, political psychology, political tolerance, survey research, quantitative research methods, Russian politics.
Gregory Magarian: Election law, First Amendment, third parties, free speech, law and religion, church-state law, media regulation, free press, the Constitution, legal issues surrounding healthcare reform law.
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