Election Experts

Elections, Political Science

National Politics

Alan Abramowitz, PhD, Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science Emeritus, is a widely cited expert on national politics, polling, and elections. His expertise includes election forecasting models, party realignment in the US, congressional elections, and the effects of political campaigns on the electorate.

African American Studies, Elections

Voting Rights

Carol Anderson, PhD, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies, is a nationally recognized historian, educator, and author. Her research focuses on public policy, particularly the ways that domestic and international policies intersect through the issues of race, justice, and equality in the US.

Additional expertise: Public policy and race, Justice and equality

Elections, Law

Health Law and Policy

Mary Anne Bobinski, LLM, JD, is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory School of Law. She is the first female dean since the law school’s founding in 1916. Her research and teaching interests include torts, health law, health care finance, reproductive health law issues, bioethics, and legal aspects of HIV infection.

Elections, Political Science

Elections, Georgia Elections

Alexander Bolton, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science. He specializes in examining how Congress, presidents and other public figures seek control of different government functions, and how this impacts policymaking and decision making. He also researches the separation of powers in the U.S. government. 

Elections, Nursing

Health Impacts of Climate Change, Immigrant Health

Roxana Chicas, PhD, an assistant professor at Emory’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, specializes in studying the health impacts stemming from climate change, with a particular focus on temperature increases and their detrimental effects on vulnerable populations, such as farmworkers and construction workers.

Additional expertise: Heat-related illness, agricultural worker health and safety, environmental health

Elections, Nursing

Clinical Pediatrics

Sharron M. Close, PhD, is a pediatric nurse practitioner and assistant professor at Emory’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Dr. Close is a leading voice on gun safety and the public health implications of gun violence. Her expertise, grounded in clinical practice and informed by her experience as a parent and grandparent, positions her as a critical resource for understanding the multifaceted issue of gun violence in America.

Additional expertise: Gun safety

Elections, Political Science

Elections

Pearl Dowe, PhD, is vice provost for faculty affairs at Emory and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Oxford and Emory colleges. Her research includes African American political behavior, gender and politics, and African American political leadership. Most recently, she has focused on political ambition and public leadership in African American women.

Additional expertise: African American political behavior, Gender and politics, African American political leadership

Economics, Elections

Impact of the Economy on Elections

Caroline Fohlin, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Economics and an expert in economic, financial and business history, banking and financial markets, venture capital and innovation, and corporate finance and governance.

Additional expertise: Historical perspectives on the connections between the economy and the rise of authoritarianism

Elections, Political Science

Presidential and Congressional Elections

Bernard Fraga, PhD, associate professor of political science, specializes in the impact of race and ethnicity in American elections, with a particular focus on minority voter turnout and office seeking. He has conducted statistical analysis of historical and contemporary data on voter registration records and election results. He also conducts research on election law and electoral institutions in the US and has served as an expert consultant on multiple cases dealing with election law and voting rights.

Additional expertise: Racial and ethnic politics, Election laws and voting rights, Voter turnout and voter mobilization

Elections, Religion

Religion and Politics

Robert M. Franklin, Jr., PhD, is the inaugural James T. and Berta R. Laney Chair in Moral Leadership at the Candler School of Theology. He challenges students to explore the concept of moral leadership in the 21st century in different cultures and contexts in the United States and around the world. Franklin is a former Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics and a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, both at Emory, and was also the founding director of Candler’s Black Church Studies program.

Elections, Political Science

Elections

Andra Gillespie, PhD, associate professor of political science, specializes in political mobilization and race as well as competition among minority groups. Her research focuses on the political leadership of the post–civil rights generation. A frequent commentator for news media, her experience as a pollster and consultant has helped shape her research into what works today in minority politics as new leadership emerges.

Additional expertise: Political participation, Political mobilization and race, Political leadership of the post-civil rights generation, Interminority group competition, Evangelical politics

Elections, Health Policy and Management

Health Care Policy, Public Health

David Howard, PhD, is an associate professor of health policy and management at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. He is a health economist by training, and his research employs economics and statistics to better understand physician decision-making and its implications for public policy. He is knowledgeable about Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, and drug pricing.

Debate, Elections

Presidential Debates

Ed Lee, EdD, is senior director of inclusivity for Emory College of Arts and Sciences. He previously served as senior director of the Alben W. Barkley Forum for Debate, Deliberation, and Dialogue, which houses Emory’s nationally acclaimed debate team. He continues to support the organization as a senior adviser, is a relentless advocate for public debate and dialogue, and is a national media commentator for US presidential debates and the use of arguments in public discourse.

Additional expertise: Debate strategies and impact on national politics, Use of arguments in public discourse

Elections, Marketing

Marketing

Mike Lewis, PhD, is a professor of marketing at Emory’s Goizueta Business School. His work focuses on the intersection of sports analytics and sports marketing. He studies issues ranging from player performance analytics to brand equity in sports. This approach makes Lewis a unique expert on fandom. His current research shows that political figures are showing increased levels of fandom. Fans of political figures often support candidates, providing a very knowledgeable base for them.

Additional expertise: Fandom, Revenue management and dynamic pricing, Customer relationship management, Sports analytics, Sports marketing

Business, Elections, Organization and Management

Business and Society

Wesley Longhofer, PhD, is an associate professor of organization and management in the Goizueta Business School and the executive academic director of the Goizueta Business & Society Institute, an academic research center that addresses complex challenges facing people and the planet through academic discovery and purposeful action. His current research examines the role of civil society and political polarization in addressing the climate crisis and other environmental problems.

Additional expertise: Climate change, Human rights