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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Department of Political Science News Archive

12/20/2024
Trump endorses Bernie Moreno in competitive three-way Ohio Senate primary race
11/13/2024
Looking at the sunny side: How Akron Optimists approach results of contentious 2024 presidential election
11/12/2024
Susie Wiles, future Trump chief of staff | A key position for a shadow strategist
11/11/2024
What the heck is going on? Hudson votes blue, Mogadore goes red and deep-blue Akron is fading
11/8/2024
Do Democrats Have a Working Class Problem?

Total results: 442

Explaining the choices made by Akron-area voters, from the U.S. Congress to the APS school levy

In this interview, Dr. J. Cherie Strachan, professor of political science and director of the Ray. C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, discussed what voters’ choices meant locally and statewide

'I See a Lot of Red': Takeaways from Ohio's 2024 Election

In this article, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and Sen. Sherrod Brown’s loss of the Senate seat in Ohio. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Faculty Experts

Stephen C. Brooks

sbrooks@uakron.edu 

  • Coronavirus
  • Effect of pandemic on campaigning and voting in Ohio
  • Media and politics
  • Campaign news
  • Campaign advertising


David B. Cohen

dbcohen@uakron.edu 

  • American politics
  • President
  • Vice president
  • POTUS
  • First Lady
  • White House
  • Presidency
  • White House staff
  • Chief of staff
  • White House press corps
  • Executive branch
  • Cabinet
  • Congress
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
  • Campaigns
  • Elections
  • Voting
  • Ohio politics
  • Ohio Statehouse
  • Ohio legislature
  • Public opinion
  • Weapons of mass destruction
  • Homeland security
  • Biological weapons
  • Chemical weapons
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Arms control
  • Politics of coronavirus pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19


John Green

green@uakron.edu 

  • Politics
  • Religion and politics
  • Campaign financing


Kim Hufgard

kjl9@zips.uakron.edu

  • Criminal Justice
  • Human Trafficking


Karl Kaltenthaler

kck@uakron.edu 

  • Coronavirus
  • Global cooperation or lack of cooperation
  • Trade (trade wars)
  • US role in the world
  • Islamist Terrorism
  • ISIS (or IS or ISIL)
  • Al Qaeda
  • Taliban
  • Pakistani terrorist groups
  • Radicalization into Islamist terrorist groups
  • Drones
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Iraq
  • Syria and Middle East security
  • Counterterrorism
  • Intelligence issues
  • National security policy and Muslim public opinion


James T. McHugh

mchugh@uakron.edu 

  • Political science
  • Political philosophy and ideology
  • Democratic theory
  • Canadian politics
  • British politics
  • North American regional cooperation (including NAFTA)
  • Human rights
  • International law
  • Legal philosophy
  • State constitutions
  • Comparative constitutional and legal systems

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