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Friday, September 20, 2024

Department of Political Science News Archive

3/19/2024
Dr. David Cohen stops by the Ray Horner Show
3/19/2024
Who will win Ohio's pivotal Senate race? Donald Trump tests the power of his endorsement.
3/14/2024
Ohio Republican Party infighting could decide these Northeast Ohio Statehouse races
3/13/2024
U of Akron political analyst discusses Biden v. Trump rematch
3/13/2024
With presidential contest set, concern over Ohio's GOP U.S. Senate primary turnout looms

Total results: 409

The catastrophic scenario of an Electoral College tie looms

Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, co-authored this opinion editorial about the scenario of an Electoral College tie in upcoming elections. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Global Terrorism and Its Impact to International Security

In this interview, Dr. Karl C. Kaltenthaler, director of the Michael J. Morell Center for Intelligence and Security Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science, discussed emerging threats of global terrorism and its impact on international security.

Faculty Experts

Stephen C. Brooks

sbrooks@uakron.edu 

  • Coronavirus
  • Effect of pandemic on campaigning and voting in Ohio
  • Media and politics
  • Campaign news
  • Campaign advertising


David B. Cohen

dbcohen@uakron.edu 

  • American politics
  • President
  • Vice president
  • POTUS
  • First Lady
  • White House
  • Presidency
  • White House staff
  • Chief of staff
  • White House press corps
  • Executive branch
  • Cabinet
  • Congress
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
  • Campaigns
  • Elections
  • Voting
  • Ohio politics
  • Ohio Statehouse
  • Ohio legislature
  • Public opinion
  • Weapons of mass destruction
  • Homeland security
  • Biological weapons
  • Chemical weapons
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Arms control
  • Politics of coronavirus pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19


John Green

green@uakron.edu 

  • Politics
  • Religion and politics
  • Campaign financing


Kim Hufgard

kjl9@zips.uakron.edu

  • Criminal Justice
  • Human Trafficking


Karl Kaltenthaler

kck@uakron.edu 

  • Coronavirus
  • Global cooperation or lack of cooperation
  • Trade (trade wars)
  • US role in the world
  • Islamist Terrorism
  • ISIS (or IS or ISIL)
  • Al Qaeda
  • Taliban
  • Pakistani terrorist groups
  • Radicalization into Islamist terrorist groups
  • Drones
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Iraq
  • Syria and Middle East security
  • Counterterrorism
  • Intelligence issues
  • National security policy and Muslim public opinion


James T. McHugh

mchugh@uakron.edu 

  • Political science
  • Political philosophy and ideology
  • Democratic theory
  • Canadian politics
  • British politics
  • North American regional cooperation (including NAFTA)
  • Human rights
  • International law
  • Legal philosophy
  • State constitutions
  • Comparative constitutional and legal systems

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