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Brockway Weighs In on Response to Renee Good’s Death in HuffPost Article

“This is not ideological conservatives versus ideological liberals. This is not even Democrats versus Republicans,” says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science. “What it is is something much, much more unwieldy and difficult to understand.”

January 12, 2026

Brockway Speaks With HuffPost About the Plaques in Trump’s ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’

Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science, notes that the plaques may seem ridiculous and are certainly a ham-fisted approach to pushing a message. “But they really are a way to reaffirm the narrative that everything that’s wrong in the world is because of somebody else,” he says.

December 29, 2025

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Khalil Quoted in HuffPost Article on World Leaders Recognizing a Palestinian State

“Unless the decision is followed by a renewed and robust peace negotiations that bring an end to Israel’s war in Gaza as well as the settlement and annexation policies in the occupied West Bank, recognition will be too little and far too late,” says Osamah Khalil, chair of the International Relations Undergraduate Program.

September 22, 2025

Harrington Meyer Talks to HuffPost About Grandparenting Styles

“It almost doesn’t matter what kind of grandparent you are, as long as you and the parents agree. The trick is for the parents and the grandparents to agree on the roles and the rules,” says University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer. Once that happens, “then there could be a really harmonious relationship.”

September 19, 2025

Griffiths Speaks With HuffPost About Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Call for a National Divorce

The “idea that irreconcilable differences justify secession ignores the violent history of such efforts, including the Civil War, and overlooks the reality that Americans are deeply intermixed—politically, geographically and ideologically,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science. 

September 18, 2025

Cleary Weighs In on Trump’s Deployment of Troops Domestically in HuffPost Article

“It is something that is done in other democracies when it really, really has to be done. It’s never ideal, and it should only be done in the U.S. or in any other democracy when it’s a true emergency, when there’s no other solution, and it should always be temporary,” says Matt Cleary, associate professor of political science.

September 2, 2025

Koch Quoted in HuffPost Article on Trump Resorting to False Data

“It’s part of what scholars would call the authoritarian playbook—undermining factual information and falsifying things that you know to be true,” says Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment.

August 22, 2025

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Kmush Quoted in HuffPost Article on Measles Cases Potentially Costing the US Its Elimination Status

“It could affect U.S. citizens’ ability to travel to specific countries if they don’t want the risk of measles getting introduced to their country. It could affect other people’s ability to come visit the U.S. Other countries might require proof of measles vaccination before they can reenter their home country,” says Brittany Kmush, associate professor of public health.

July 19, 2025

Keck Weighs In on Trump’s Threats to Ignore Court Orders in HuffPost Article

“Lots of the fights that they have picked—especially Musk’s out-of-control, rampant destruction of federal agencies from within—a lot of those fights they are not going to win in court,” says Thomas Keck, Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics.

February 13, 2025

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Reeher Talks to HuffPost, Newsweek About the Crowded 2024 GOP Field

Grant Reeher, professor of political science, tells Newsweek that a crowded primary field benefited Trump in 2016 when the higher number of candidates allowed Trump to win the primary with only about 45 percent of the vote.

June 20, 2023

Keck Quoted in HuffPost Article on SCOTUS and Fracturing the Conservative Coalition

Thomas Keck, Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics, was quoted in the HuffPost article, "Democrats Are Using An Old Playbook To Attack The Supreme Court And Fracture The Conservative Coalition."

August 19, 2022

Abdelaaty Discusses the New Refugee Crisis in HuffPost Interview

Lamis Abdelaaty, assistant professor of political science, was interviewed by HuffPost on the new refugee crisis.

March 18, 2022

Jacobson speaks with HuffPost, VOA, Washington Post about evacuations in Afghanistan

Maxwell's Assistant Dean of Washington Programs Mark Jacobson discusses the failures of the evacuations from Afghanistan with HuffPost, Voice of America and the Washington Post.
September 3, 2021

Montez study on life expectancy, state policies featured in Huffington Post

“Across a huge range of issues, the more liberal version of state policies predicts longer life expectancy and the conservative version predicts shorter life expectancy.”
August 26, 2020

Gadarian quoted in Huffington Post article on coronavirus, partisanship

"Normally, I think that people take cues from the president but since his messaging has been relatively muddled... people seem to be filling in their preferred position for his," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. 

April 30, 2020

Heflin discusses new SNAP study with Huffington Post, PBS, Common Dreams

Colleen Heflin talks to multiple outlets about her most recent study on the effect of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on Mortality, analyzing the restricting access and its success rates.
November 7, 2019

Karas Montez explains how the tax plan attacks education in Huffington Post

"The Assault On Our Education System In The House And Senate Tax Plans Will Literally Kill," written by Jennifer Karas Montez, the Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar of Aging Studies, was published in the Huffington Post. "The House bill will devastate higher education by taxing graduate students on the cost of their tuition," says Karas Montez. "Both bills also undermine K-12 education by funneling money away from public school and into private ones" 
December 6, 2017

Burman weighs in on a simpler tax code in the Huffington Post

"Radical simplification would be possible, but this bill is not radical simplification, regardless of how may props they use," says Len Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, about the GOP tax bill.

November 30, 2017

Lutz writes for Huffington Post on immigrants serving in the U.S. military

"The United States has a long tradition of enlisting immigrants. Immigrants make up an important part of the U.S. military, and have since the formation of the United States. Our country should not make it difficult for them to serve," writes Amy Lutz, associate professor of sociology.

October 30, 2017

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