7 Experts Available for Timely Analysis on 2024 Election in North Carolina
With the 2024 election less than three weeks away, all eyes are on the swing states that are likely to decide the presidency, including North Carolina.
For reporters covering voting, state politics, and some of the top issues of this election in North Carolina, 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.
Key topics: natural disasters
Davis has researched environmental disruptions, specifically exploring how extreme events impact historically and socially marginalized communities and the extent to which these groups ultimately recover from an event. Dr. Davis’ scholarship also focuses on dismantling forms of oppression and racism that are situated in spatially disadvantaged communities, causing them to be ill equipped to face repeated events.
Key topics: campaigns, journalism, elections, democratic processes, mis/disinformation
Kreiss studies journalism, politics, and elections, and is the faculty director of a disinformation research center at UNC Chapel Hill.
Key topics: campaign communication strategy, social media, identity in politics, media coverage
McGregor's research focuses on the role of media and social media in political processes, with a focus on the interplay of three groups essential to a functioning democracy: politicians, journalists, and the public, and she is co-editor of Media and January 6th, published in 2024 by Oxford University Press.
Key topics: Race and politics, African Americans and voting; Black College students in NC and voting
Mitchell-Walthour studies racial politics in the USA and Brazil. She is the author of The Politics of Survival: The Political Opinions of Social Welfare Beneficiaries in Brazil and the USA and is an Executive Board member of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.
Key topics: healthcare policy and politics, healthcare reform, Medicare, ACA
Oberlander’s research focuses on U.S. health care policy, the politics of health care reform, and Medicare. He has written on access to health insurance, health care cost control, Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Affordable Care Act.
Key topics: gender and politics
Manzo's research focuses on representation and power, broadly conceived. Within these areas, she examines barriers to women's electoral success, the impacts of women in office, the impacts of different electoral laws, and public opinion.
Key topics: race and state politics
Smith's expertise highlights the role race, racism, and structural inequality play in shaping the American political landscape. Specifically, she focuses on the evolution of the expressions and role of racial attitudes among Americans. Her research also speaks to questions of social policy and resource allocation in a federalist system, with a focus on reproductive healthcare.