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President Obama and the State of the Union 2013

President Obama travels to Capitol Hill tonight (February 12) for his latest State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress.

The University of Maryland has the experts you need to put his speech and the issues he talks about into perspective.

Faculty experts are listed alphabetically.
Please feel free to contact any of our experts directly.


Number of experts found: 18

 
Kenneth S. Apfel

Prof Of Practice, Lecturer

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Public management, leadership and social policy with a particular focus on aging, health care, and retirement issues.

Contact Information:

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301 314 2485

kapfel@umd.edu

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Karen K. Bradley

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Dance

Dance

Expertise Key Words:
Body Language

A certified movement analyst, Bradley studies the nonverbal and movement behaviors of political leaders.

Contact Information:

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301 405 0387

(202)-669-3927

kbradley@umd.edu
kbradley608@msn.com

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I.M. "Mac" Destler

Professor

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
International security and U.S. foreign policy; homeland security agency reorganization; National Security Council; International trade.

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E-mail(s)    

301 405 6357
202-328-9000

703 759 0588

703.408.3447

mdestler@umd.edu

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Jacques S. Gansler

Professor and Roger C. Lipitz Chair in Public Policy and Private Enterprise

Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise

Expertise Key Words:
Advanced homeland security and defense technology; defense supply-chain; defense industries; government acquisition; cyber-security; intelligence.

Contact Information:

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E-mail(s)    

301 405 4794

jgansler@umd.edu

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Paul S. Herrnson

Professor and Director of the Center for American Politics and Citizenship

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
Congressional and national politics; Campaign finance reform; Voting technology; Maryland politics.

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301 405 4123

herrnson@umd.edu

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Philip G. Joyce

Prof

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Federal budget State budgeting Congressional budget process Performance measurement Performance budgeting

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301 405 4667

pgjoyce@umd.edu

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David Karol

Assoc Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
Political Parties, Presidential Nominations, Congress & Presidency, Politics of Trade Policy

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301 405 0906

dkarol@umd.edu

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Donald F. Kettl

Dean

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Public policy and public management with a speciality in the management of public organization; federalism; budgeting; and U.S. politics.

Contact Information:

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E-mail(s)    

301 405 6971

kettl@umd.edu

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James F. Klumpp

Assoc Prof, Affil Assoc Prof

Communication

Expertise Key Words:
History of public speaking, political communication, argument, presidential speaking, debate,

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301 405 6520

jklumpp@umd.edu

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Susan Moeller

Professor

Philip Merrill College of Journalism and School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Media coverage of international affairs; media coverage of war, violence, conflict and disasters; media coverage of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD); how photographic images shape attitudes toward war; compassion fatigue; human/civil rights and the media.

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301 405 2419

301 565 9510

240 472 4166

smoeller@jmail.umd.edu

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Peter G. Morici

Professor

Logistics, Business & Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Macroeconomics, International Economics And International Business, And Government Regulation; Steel; Autos; Telecommunications; Airlines; Manufacturing; Retailing; Financial And Foreign Exchange Markets; Import And Export Issues

Contact Information:

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301 405 2136

703-549-4338

pmorici@umd.edu

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Shawn J. Parry-Giles

Associate Professor and Director, Center for Political Communication & Civic Leadership

Communication

Expertise Key Words:
U.S. Political Communication, News Coverage of Hillary Clinton, Political Campaigns and Campaign Communication, Presidential and First Lady Discourse, U.S. War Discourse, Wartime Propaganda, Politics and Media, Presidential Debates and Political Advertisements, Popular Culture and the Presidency

Contact Information:

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Home phone    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6527

301-495-8875

301-704-5541

spg@umd.edu

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Clifford V. Rossi

Tyser Teaching Fellow & Executive-in-Residence, Center for Financial Policy

Finance

Expertise Key Words:
Banking and government, finance, risk management.

Expertise Credentials:
Dr. Rossi is an Executive-in-Residence and Tyser Teaching Fellow at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Rossi had nearly 25 years- experience in banking and government, having held senior executive roles in risk management at several of the largest financial services companies.

His most recent position was Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer for Citigroup's Consumer Lending Group where he was responsible for overseeing the risk of a $300+B global portfolio of mortgage, home equity, student loans and auto loans with 700 employees under his direction. While there he was intimately involved in Citi's TARP and stress test activities. He also served as Chief Credit Officer at Washington Mutual (WaMu) and as Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer at Countrywide Bank.

Previous to these assignments, Dr. Rossi held senior risk management positions at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. He started his career during the thrift crisis at the U.S. Treasury's Office of Domestic Finance and later at the Office of Thrift Supervision working on key policy issues affecting depositories. Dr. Rossi was also an adjunct professor in the Finance Department at the Robert H. Smith School of Business for eight years and has numerous academic and nonacademic articles on banking industry topics. Dr. Rossi is frequently quoted on financial policy issues in major newspapers and has appeared on such programs as C-SPAN's Washington Journal and CNN's Situation Room. He is currently writing a book, Fundamentals of Risk Management for John Wiley & Sons, Inc. His policy and research interests include GSE reform, housing finance reform , bank capital issues and implications of Dodd-Frank on banking.

Web Site(s):
Faculty Website - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Contact Information:

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301 405 2333

crossi@umd.edu

Address:
4423 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD  20742

Degrees:
Ph.D., Finance, Cornell University


 
David R. Segal

Professor

Sociology

Expertise Key Words:
Military leadership, morale and performance; performance of U.S. peace-keeping forces; volunteer army vs. draft

Contact Information:

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301 405 6439

dsegal@umd.edu

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Mady W. Segal

Professor

Sociology

Expertise Key Words:
Military Organization, military sociology; military personnel and family issues; women in the military

Contact Information:

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301 405 6433

msegal@umd.edu

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Phillip L. Swagel

Prof

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Economic policy, financial crisis. financial markets, fiscal policy, tax policy, international trade, Social Security, Medicare, Treasury Department

Contact Information:

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301 405 1914

pswagel@umd.edu

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Shibley Telhami

Professor, Sadat Chair

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
Middle East foreign policy; Middle East politics; Arab-Israeli dispute; impact of Middle East media; psychology of peace

Contact Information:

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301 405 6734

stelhami@gvpt.umd.edu
sadat@gvpt.umd.edu

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Karen A. Woodrow-Lafield

Res Prof

Dean-Maryland Population Research Center

Expertise Key Words:
International migration, immigration policy, surveys on migration and the foreign-born, Mexico-U.S. migration, sociology of citizenship, emigration and return migration, poverty analysis, census coverage and undercount, population estimates and projections, finances of Social Security programs

Contact Information:

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301-405-3239

kwoodrow@umd.edu

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