UCLA faculty experts advisory: Obama, 2012 election, local initiatives
By UCLA Newsroom
November 07, 2012
Voters re-elected Barack Obama president and decided on a host of other local candidates and issues. UCLA has experts.
NATIONAL | LOCAL ELECTIONS
Lynn Vavreck, an associate professor of political science, studies political campaigns, with an emphasis on undecided voters and how candidate behavior and the state of the economy affect voters. She is co-author of the e-book "The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election" which uses statistical analysis to chart the effect the economy and other issues have on voters' choices. She has been blogging regularly from the campaign trail since January.
Media contact:
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 and public policy, studies elections and political campaigns, racial and ethnic politics, the mass media, and voter behavior.
Media contacts:
Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | Alex.Boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Matt Hurst | 310-206-5252 | matt.hurst@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Ricardo Vazquez | 310-206-3986 | rvazquez@support.ucla.edu
Tim Groeling, an associate professor and chair of communication studies, is an expert on political communications and new media. He is the author of the book "When Politicians Attack: Party Discipline and the Media," which addresses the 2012 campaign and President Obama's prospects for reelection.
Media contact:
Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Mark Peterson, professor of public policy and political science, specializes in elections, presidential politics and how the interactions among the presidency, Congress and interest groups affect domestic policy.
Media contacts:
Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | Alex.Boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Matt Hurst | 310-206-5252 | matt.hurst@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Mark Sawyer, an associate professor of political science and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics, specializes in racial politics and the role of young voters in local, state and national elections.
Media contacts:
Ricardo Vazquez | 310-206-3986 | rvazquez@support.ucla.edu
Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
BALLOT INITIATIVES IN CALIFORNIA & OTHER STATES
Ballot measures in California addressed funding for education, the use of payroll-deducted funds by unions and corporations for political purposes, the labeling of genetically modified foods, criminal justice and other issues. Washington, Colorado and Oregan had marijuana-legalization initiatives on their ballots.
Daniel J.B. Mitchell, professor emeritus at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and distinguished professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, comments regularly on California's economy, labor relations and labor-market issues. He was quoted frequently on how California's Proposition 32 and other measures could affect the state.
Media contacts:
Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | Alex.Boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Matt Hurst | 310-206-5252 | matt.hurst@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Robert Goldberg, distinguished professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology, is an expert on genetically modified foods.
Media contact:
Stuart Wolpert | 310-206-0511 | swolpert@support.ucla.edu
Mark Kleiman, professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, is an authority on drug-control policy and the criminal justice system. The author of "Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control" and "Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results," Kleiman has advised local, state and national governments on crime control and drug policy.
Media contacts:
Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | Alex.Boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Matt Hurst | 310-206-5252 | matt.hurst@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
HEALTH CARE & AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
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.
Dylan H. Roby, director of the Health Economics and Evaluation Research Program at UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and an assistant professor in public health, has studied the characteristics of HMO enrollees for the Office of the Patient Advocate and has done research predicting the impact of health reform on California's population.
Contact:
Contact Roby directly at 310-794-3953 or droby@ucla.edu, or contact the CHPR's Letisia Marquez at 310-794-6963 or l.marquez@ucla.edu.
SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE
Fernando Torres-Gil, professor of social welfare and public policy and chair of the social welfare department at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, is one of the nation's foremost experts on aging and gerontology. He can discuss how the election results will affect the future of Social Security and Medicare.
Media contacts:
Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | Alex.Boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Matt Hurst | 310-206-5252 | matt.hurst@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY
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
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
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