MU Experts Offer Insights into 2010 Election Cycle
June 30th, 2010
COLUMBIA, Mo. — This November voters across the country will elect 36 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate. Several faculty members at the University of Missouri are experts on election-year topics, including campaign strategies, policy platforms, political campaign communication and campaign finances. Contact information for each faculty member is provided:
L. Marvin Overby, professor of political science
Topics: American politics, congressional politics, legislative organization, minority politics, Southern politics and campaign advertising.
Contact information: Office phone—573-882-2130 E-mail— overbyl@missouri.edu
Peverill Squire, professor of political science
Topics: American politics with emphasis in legislative institutions, elections and political careers.
Contact information: Office phone—573-882-0097 E-mail— squirep@missouri.edu
Mitchell McKinney, associate professor of communication
Topics: presidential communication, political campaign communication (including campaign ads, debates, candidate speeches), political media (including Internet and digital politics), gender and politics, young citizens’ political participation.
Contact information: Office phone — 573-882-9230 Cell phone —573-489-9709 E-mail — mckinneym@missouri.edu
Jay Dow, associate professor of political science
Topics: voting, elections, the electoral system and state-level campaign finance issues.
Contact information: Office Phone—573-882-0047 E-mail— dowj@missouri.edu
John Petrocik, professor and chair of political science
Topics: elections, campaigns, political parties, survey research, mass attitudes and behavior, party alignments, and the social basis of politics.
Contact information: Office phone—573-882-2843 E-mail— petrocikj@missouri.edu
Richard Reuben, James Lewis Parks Professor of Law
Topics: campaign finance law, election law and voting rights.
Contact information: Office phone—573-884-5204 E-mail— reubenr@missouri.edu
Jeff Milyo, professor of economics
Topics: political economics
Contact information: Office phone—573-882-7785 E-mail— milyoj@missouri.edu