7 Experts Available for Timely Analysis on 2024 Election in Michigan

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With the 2024 election less than three weeks away, all eyes are on the swing states that are likely to decide the presidency, including Michigan. 

For reporters covering voting, state politics, and some of the top issues of this election in Michigan, the following experts are available to provide commentary and analysis. A full list of over a dozen experts in key swing states can be found here.

Oakland University

Key topics: state politics, political campaigns

 

Dulio teaches courses on campaigns and elections, Congress, political parties, interest groups, and other areas of American politics. Dulio has published fifteen books, with two of his most recent being Campaigns and Elections American Style: The Changing Landscape of Political Campaigns and Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Split Decision.

Michigan State University
Frantz

Key topics: threats to democracy, electoral integrity

 

Frantz studies authoritarian politics and the dynamics of political change.  Her most recent book, The Origins of Elected Strongmen, looks at the key causes of the contemporary wave of democratic backsliding around the globe, where democracies are collapsing from within at the hands of their elected leaders.

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Key topics: race and state politics

 

Lacy's research focuses on black elites, race relations, residential segregation, identity, parental socialization, and suburban inequality. She is the author of the award-winning book, Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class.

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Key topics: immigration politics and policy, deportation, immigrant activism

 

Lopez's research, teaching, and writing address the experiences of immigrants in the rural U.S. He is the author of the award-winning book, Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Key topics: economic inequality, urban-rural inequality

 

Manduca's research focuses on urban and regional economic development and the consequences of rising inequality for social life in the United States. One emphasis of his work is the importance of federal policy decisions in shaping the economic geography of the US. Another research area focuses on declining upward income mobility in the US and other countries.

Michigan State University
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Key topics: voting rights, voter fraud beliefs

 

Nejvardi's work focuses mainly on issues related to religion, race, and ethnicity in American politics; political behavior; voting rights; and immigration. She has particular expertise on US Muslims and their political attitudes and behaviors.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Key topics: climate and energy politics and policy, environmental justice

 

Reames’ research investigates fair and equitable access to affordable, reliable, clean energy, and explores the production and persistence of energy disparities across race, class, and place. He was recently a presidential appointee in the Biden-Harris Administration serving as Deputy Director for Energy Justice and later Principal Deputy Director for State and Community Energy Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy.