Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate sharpens the debate on the economy, health care and a host of other issues. UCLA has experts.

POLITICS

Lynn Vavreck, associate professor of political science, studies political campaigns, with an emphasis on how the state of the economy affects voters. She is conducting ongoing survey research and is blogging regularly from the campaign trail until Election Day.

Media contacts:

Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu

 

Tim Groeling, associate professor and chair of communication studies, is an expert on political communications. He is the author of the 2010 book "When Politicians Attack: Party Discipline and the Media," which addresses the 2012 campaign and President Obama's prospects for reelection.

Media contacts:

Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu

 

Franklin D. Gilliam Jr., dean of the UCLA School of Public Affairs and a professor of political science, studies the mass media, and electoral behavior and is an expert on local and national politics.

Media contact:

Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | alex.boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu  
Ricardo Vazquez | 310-206-3986 | rvazquez@support.ucla.edu

 

 

Lee Ohanian, professor of economics, is an expert on macroeconomic theory and policy, business cycles and growth, and the stock market and financial markets.

Media contacts:

Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu

 

Edward Leamer, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, comments regularly on the local, national and global economies.

Media contact:

Elise Anderson | 310-206-7707 | elise.anderson@anderson.ucla.edu

 

Chris Tilly, director of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment and a professor of public policy, is an expert on labor markets and the relationship between government policies and job creation.

Media contact:

Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu

  

Jerry Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, is an expert on the national and California economies.

Media contact:

Elise Anderson | 310-206-7707 | elise.anderson@anderson.ucla.edu

 

Roger Farmer, professor of economics, specializes in the role of market psychology on economic activity.

Media contact:

Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu

 

 

Mark Peterson, professor of public policy and political science, specializes in the interactions among the presidency, Congress and interest groups, with a particular emphasis on health care.

Media contact:

Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | alex.boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu

 

Gerald Kominski, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and professor of public health, is an expert on the financial impact of alternative approaches to health care.

Contact:

Contact Kominski directly at 310-794-2681 or kominski@ucla.edu, or contact the CHPR's Letisia Marquez at 310-794-6963 or l.marquez@ucla.edu.