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Politics 2024

Contact Stephen Fashoro at 214-768-7641 or email sfasoro@smu.edu to talk with these experts. 

Cal Jillson Professor Presidential and congressional politics, Texas politics, including the Red/Blue divide, Texas primaries, race and the American Dream, immigration politics.
Jeffrey Engel
 Director of the Center for Presidential History and Professor
 Presidential policy and politics, history of presidential impeachments, history of U.S. presidency and American diplomacy.
Rita Kirk Professor and William F May Endowed Director of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility
 Undecided voters, presidential debates, political communications, use of social media in politics, soundbite substance.
Matthew Wilson

Associate Professor

 Religion and politics, political psychology, voting behavior of religious voters, public opinion and politics.
James (Jim) Hollifield

Director of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Public Policy and International Affairs

 Immigration, immigration policy, global migration, assimilation into American society. 

Extreme Heat 2024

Contact Erin Prather Stafford at 214-768-6719 or email  to talk with these experts. 

Barbara Minsker Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering How lack of tree canopies and shade impacts neighborhoods during extreme heat. 
Andrew Quicksall
 Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
 How chemicals can leach into drinking water when plastic water bottles are exposed to extreme heat for a period of time. 

Farnoosh Nouri

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling

 How extreme heat can influence the effectiveness of medications and make people more susceptible to the negative effects of higher temperatures.

How extreme heat can harm everyday performance by increasing feelings of fatigue/tiredness and also impact mental health by causing less social interactions.
 John Easton  Associate Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering  Why hot, sunny days are a recipe for more air pollution to be created and which populations are most affected (and what they can do).