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Presidential Election 2008
NC State Experts Can Discuss Key National Issues
North Carolina State University experts can provide clear insights into the pending general election and a host of key issues that will face the presidential contenders. These experts can provide perspective and advance understanding of issues including the war in Iraq, economic woes, immigration, climate change, education and diplomatic relations with China. (Contact Matt Shipman at North Carolina State University News Services, at 919.515.3470 or 919.515.6386 or matt_shipman@ncsu.edu — or any member of the News Services staff.
POLITICS
Campaigns and elections
Dr. Steven Greene, associate professor of political science, 919.513.0520 or steven.greene@ncsu.edu, is an expert on campaigns, public opinion and the media.
Video: Steve Greene On Clinton's Superdelegate Strategy (transcript in word doc)Video: Steve Greene On How The North Carolina Primary Could Affect The National Election (transcript in word doc)
Health care and public policy
Dr. Andrew Taylor, chair of the Department of Political Science, 919.515.8618 or andrew_taylor@ncsu.edu, is an authority on the White House, Congress and public policy.
Video: Andy Taylor On Clinton's Struggles In The South (transcript in word doc)
Political communication
Dr. Craig A. Smith, professor of communication, 919.280.3583 or ca.smith@ncsu.edu, is an expert in political campaign communication and the author of Political Communication (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1990) and the upcoming book Presidential Campaign Communication. Smith can explain how campaigns have used various formats to communicate their messages to the publicVideo: Craig Allen Smith On Communication Challenges Facing Democrats (transcript in word doc)Video: Craig Allen Smith On Communication Challenges Facing Republicans (transcript in word doc)
Dr. Michael Cobb, associate professor of political science, 919-513-3709 or mike_cobb@ncsu.edu, is an authority on elections, race, polling and survey research.
FOREIGN POLICY
Iraq and military policy
Dr. William Boettcher, associate professor of political science, 919.515.5096 or william_boettcher@ncsu.edu, conducts research on U.S. foreign policy with a specific interest in public opinion and the war in Iraq.
Video: Bill Boettcher On Why The Iraq War Poses A Dilemma For The Democrats (transcript in word doc)Video: Bill Boettcher On Why Iraq May Not Be A Key Issue In The General Election (transcript in word doc)
China
Dr. J. Oliver Williams, professor of political science, 919.247.4797 or jowillia@social.chass.ncsu.edu, is an expert on Chinese-U.S. relations, Chinese politics, human rights and how economic change is driving democratic development in China.
ECONOMIC POLICY
Monetary policy and mortgage crisis
Dr. John Lapp, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics, 919.513.2877 or john_lapp@ncsu.edu, is an authority on the Federal Reserve System and can address questions related to recent monetary policy, potential future monetary policy and the implications of the recent sub-prime mortgage crisis.
Video: Dr. John Lapp Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics, explains the White House challenges facing the next president. (transcript in word doc)
Social Security and Medicare
Dr. Robert Clark, professor of economics, 919.515.4568 or robert_clark@ncsu.edu, is a nationally recognized expert on Social Security and Medicare. "Options are clear, "Clark says, "higher taxes or lower benefits."
EDUCATIONAL POLICY
No Child Left Behind
Dr. Jeffery Braden, interim dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 919.513.1837 or jeff_braden@ncsu.edu, is an educational psychologist who studies the impact of the testing requirements associated with the No Child Left Behind legislation.
Video: Jeff Braden On No Child Left Behind's Impact On North Carolina (transcript in word doc)Video: Jeff Braden On The Education Challenges Facing The Next President (transcript in word doc)
Dr. Glenn Kleiman, executive director of NC State's Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, 919.513.8503 or glenn_kleiman@ncsu.edu, is an education scholar who can address education policy and funding questions that are likely to come up in the election process — including No Child Left Behind — as well as future education challenges that will be faced by the next White House administration.
Dr. Jere Confrey, Joseph D. Moore Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics Education, 919.513.8523 or jere_confrey@ncsu.edu, is a national authority on math, science and technology education who can address a host of education problems that the next presidential administration will have to address.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Biofuels and renewable energy
Dr. Stephen Kelley, head of the Department of Wood and Paper Science, 919.515.5321 or steve_kelley@ncsu.edu, is a national expert on biofuels and alternative energy sources.
Climate change and 'green-collar' jobs
Dr. Richard C. Kearney, director of the School of Public and International Affairs, 919.515.5069 or kearney@chass.ncsu.edu, is an authority on political science and public policy issues with a focus on environmental policy - including "green collar"jobs and climate change.
Video: Dr. Richard C. Kearney, director of the School of Public and International Affairs, explains the environmental challenges facing the next president. (transcript in word doc)
IMMIGRATION
Demographics and government planning
Dr. Stephen Lilley, associate head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 919.515.2659 or stephen_lilley@ncsu.edu, can address how changing patterns of immigration impact local areas and regions. An associate professor of sociology, his research focuses on government planning, and state and local demography issues.
RELIGION
Religion and politics
Dr. Jason Bivins, associate head of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, 919.515.6102 or jcbivins@unity.ncsu.edu, is an authority on the nexus of religion and politics in the United States since 1900.
CAMPUS SAFETY
Emergency planning and security
David Rainer, associate vice chancellor for environmental health and safety, 919.515.4238 or david_rainer@ncsu.edu, oversees campus safety and security issues.
