Kamy Akhavan is an expert on political polarization, debate and civic engagement. Akhavan is executive director of the Center for the Political Future. Contact: kakhavan@usc.edu
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Jeb Barnes specializes in the role of courts in American public policy, including the politics of legal reform, civil and criminal justice systems, U.S. government and inter-branch relations. Barnes is a professor of political science at USC Dornsife. Contact: barnesj@usc.edu
Read on USC News: Q&A: The changing role of courts in U.S. politics
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Christian Grose is an expert on American government, political representation and elections. Grose is a professor of political science and public policy at USC Dornsife and academic director of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy at USC Price. Contact:cgrose@usc.edu
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William Resh is an expert on executive politics, including the roles, powers, and functions of presidents, exploring how they make decisions and interact with other branches of government. Resh is an associate professor of public policy and management at USC Price. Contact: wresh@usc.edu
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Mindy Romero is an expert on democracy, voter behavior and political representation. She is the founder and director of the USC Price Center for Inclusive Democracy. Contact: msromero@usc.edu
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Bob Shrum is a renowned political strategist and expert on presidential elections, political advertising and policy. Shrum is director of the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future. Contact: shrum@usc.edu
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Dora Kingsley Vertenten is an expert on political consulting, public administration, election campaigns and social media. A professor at USC Price, Vertenten studies new information technologies and digital literacy as they relate to public policy debates. Contact: kingsley@usc.edu
Immigration
Niels Frenzen is an expert on immigration and refugee law, forced migration, migration by sea and U.S. border control agencies. Frenzen is a clinical professor of law and co-director of the USC Immigration Clinic at the USC Gould School of Law. Contact: nfrenzen@law.usc.edu
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Jean Lantz Reisz is an expert on immigration law, legal advocacy, and executive orders regarding travel, immigration, refugees and asylum seekers. Reisz is a clinical associate professor of law and co-director of the USC Immigration Clinic at USC Gould. Contact: jlantz@law.usc.edu
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Manuel Pastor is an expert on immigrant inclusion, sustainable development and social, economic and environmental justice with a focus on Los Angeles and California politics. Pastor is director of the Equity Research Institute and a distinguished professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity at USC Dornsife. Available for interviews in Spanish. Contact: mpastor@usc.edu
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Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is an historian and expert on the U.S. Constitution, including the 14th Amendment, which enshrines birthright citizenship. He is a professor of history, French and Italian and law at USC Dornsife. Contact: perlrose@usc.edu
Related: Q&A: Can Trump end citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants?
Economy
Jonathan Aronson is an expert on international political economy, including trade negotiations and strategic alliances. He is a professor of communication and international relations at USC Annenberg and USC Dornsife. Contact: aronson@usc.edu
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Larry Harris is an expert on stock markets, regulation, corporate finance, economic forecasting and recessions who previously served as chief economist for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2002-2004). Harris is chair in finance at USC Marshall. Contact: lharris@usc.edu
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Marco Giacoletti is an expert on real estate, housing, interest rates and rental markets. He is an assistant professor of finance and business economics at USC Marshall. Contact: mgiacole@marshall.usc.edu
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Richard Green is an expert on housing markets, mortgage finance and housing policy. Green is director of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate with joint appointments at USC Price and USC Marshall. Contact: richarkg@usc.edu
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Monica Morlacco is an expert in international trade and economics. Morlacco is an assistant professor of economics at USC Dornsife. Contact: morlacco@usc.edu
Related: Tariffs: What are they, who pays for them and who do they benefit?
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Dowell Myers is an expert on housing policy whose latest research reveals how decades of policy missteps, demographic shifts and economic forces have severely constrained the national housing supply, disproportionately affecting millennials and people of color. Myers is a professor and director of the Population Dynamics Research Group at USC Price. Contact: dowell@usc.edu
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Michael Simkovic, an expert on the intersection between law and finance, can discuss how cryptocurrency regulation may change under the new administration. He is a professor of law and accounting at USC Gould. Contact: msimkovic@law.usc.edu
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Nick Vyas is an expert on global trade, supply chains and manufacturing. Vyas is an assistant professor of clinical data sciences and operations and director of the Center for Global Supply Chain Management at USC Marshall. Contact: nikhilvy@marshall.usc.edu
Big Tech
Nathanael Fast studies the psychological underpinnings of power, leadership and technology adoption, including how AI is shaping the future. Fast is an associate professor of management and organization director of the Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making at USC Marshall. Contact: nathanaf@usc.edu
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Nitin Vasant Kale is an expert on blockchain, Bitcoin and fintech. Kale is a professor of technology and applied computing practice at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Contact: kale@usc.edu
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Kristina Lerman is an expert on how people communicate in digital spaces and the spread of misinformation online. Lerman is a senior principal scientist at USC’s Information Sciences Institute and a research professor at USC Viterbi. Contact: lerman@isi.edu
Read on USC News: Q&A: Why truth is no match for misinformation
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Freddy Tran Nager is an expert on digital media, social media, online campaigns and influencer marketing. He is a clinical associate professor of communication at USC Annenberg. Contact: fnager@usc.edu
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Karen North is an expert in digital and social media, with interests spanning personal and corporate brand building and safety and privacy online. North is a clinical professor of communication at USC Annenberg. Contact: knorth@usc.edu
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Kristen Schiele specializes in the areas of digital marketing and social media. She is an associate professor of clinical marketing at USC Marshall. Contact: kschiele@marshall.usc.edu
Climate & Energy
Santina Contreras, an assistant professor of urban planning and spatial analysis at USC Price, specializes in examining the power dynamics and equity issues in community engagement practices related to hazards, disasters and environmental planning. Contact: santinac@usc.edu
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Shon Hiatt is an expert in the business of sustainability, energy and agribusiness. Hiatt is an associate professor of business administration and director of the Business of Energy Transition Initiative at USC Marshall. Contact: shiatt@marshall.usc.edu
Read on USC News: Q&A: Fueling the future of AI
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Iraj Ershaghi is an expert in petroleum engineering, gas prices, oil spills and oil and gas reserves. A professor at USC Viterbi, Ershaghi also directs USC’s Petroleum Engineering Program and Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition. Research Center. Contact: ershaghi@usc.edu
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Michael Mische is an expert in oil and gas production, supply and pricing in the United States. Mische is an associate professor of the practice of management and organization at USC Marshall. Contact: mische@marshall.usc.edu
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Adam Rose is an expert on the economics of natural and human-caused hazards. He is a research professor at the USC Price School of Public Policy and director emeritus of the USC Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Threats and Emergencies (CREATE). Contact: adam.rose@usc.edu
Education
Julie Marsh is an expert on school board elections, the politics of education reform and K-12 policy. She is a professor at USC Price and the USC Rossier School of Education. Contact: julie.marsh@usc.edu
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Pedro Noguera studies the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions, as well as by demographic trends in local, regional and global contexts. Noguera is dean of USC Rossier. Contact: rossier.dean@rossier.usc.edu
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Morgan Polikoff is an expert in K-12 education policy; curriculum, standards, accountability, and assessment policy; and survey methods. Polikoff is a professor of education and co-director of the USC EdPolicy Hub at USC Rossier. Contact: polikoff@usc.edu
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Anna Saavedra co-leads the education module of the Understanding America Study, a nationally representative panel study of parents’ perceptions and reports on their children’s educational experiences. Saavedra is a research scientist and co-director of the USC Dornsife Center for Applied Research in Education (CARE), and director of research for the USC Rossier EdPolicy Hub. Contact: asaavedr@usc.edu
Read on USC News: How Americans really feel about the teaching of controversial topics in schools
Healthcare & Reproductive Rights
Richard Dang is an expert on immunizations, travel health and community health programs. Dang is an assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at the USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Contact: rdang@usc.edu
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Aya Gruber is an expert in criminal law and feminist legal theory, including reproductive rights and violence against women. Contact: agruber@law.usc.edu
Read on USC News: Q&A: The link between law and feminism
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Sofia Gruskin is an expert on global health, reproductive rights and health equity. She directs the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and has joint appointments at USC Gould and the Keck School of Medicine. Contact: gruskin@usc.edu
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Brian Nguyen is an expert in women’s contraception and male contraceptive development, focusing on the role of men and masculinity in family planning and sexual and reproductive healthcare.associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at the Keck School of Medicine. Contact: nguyenbt@usc.edu
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Dima Qato leads interdisciplinary research on equity-driven drug utilization, access and policy. Qato is chair and professor at the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and a senior fellow at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. Contact: qato@usc.edu
Foreign Policy & Defense
Douglas Becker is an expert on foreign policy, conflict resolution, peace-building and the international criminal court. Becker is an associate professor of political science and international relations and environmental studies at USC Dornsife. Contact: dfbecker@usc.edu
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Nicholas Cull is an expert on public diplomacy, propaganda and the of the role of mass communication in foreign policy. Cull is a professor of communication at USC Annenberg. Contact: cull@usc.edu
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Robert English is an expert on East European politics, including the domestic and foreign politics of Russia and the former Soviet Union. English is an associate professor of international relations, Slavic languages and literature and environmental studies at USC Dornsife. Contact: renglish@usc.edu
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Pamela Starr is an expert on U.S.-Mexico relations, public diplomacy in the Americas, trade agreements and the political economy of Latin America. Starr is a professor of the practice of political science and international relations at USC Dornsife. Available for interviews in Spanish. Contact: pkstarr@usc.edu
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Gregory Treverton is an expert on U.S. intelligence and global security. Treverton is professor emeritus of the practice of international relations and spatial sciences at USC Dornsife. Contact: treverto@usc.edu and uscnews@usc.edu
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