NYU Faculty Available for Comment On 2006 Mid-Term Elections

MEDIA ADVISORY

The following New York University faculty are available for comment on the 2006 mid-term elections:

• Steven Brams, professor, Department of Politics, co-author of Approval Voting, 2nd Ed. (Springer, Dec. 2006): alternative voting procedures
• Stephen Duncombe, associate professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, author of Dream: Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy (New Press, 2007): political narratives
• Rogan Kersh, professor of public service and associate dean at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service: lobbying, health policy, and the history of American political thought
• Charlton McIlwain, assistant professor, Department of Culture and Communication, author of When Death Goes Pop: Death, Media and the Remaking of Community (Peter Lang, 2004) and co-author of the blog, “This Week in Race” (http://raceproject.org/ThisWeekInRace.html): racial messages in campaign advertising
• Mark Crispin Miller, professor, Department of Culture and Communication, author of author of Fooled Again (Basic Books, 2005): electronic voting, campaign messages
• Richard Pildes, professor, School of Law, co-author of The Law of Democracy: Legal Structure of the Political Process (Foundation Press, 2006): polarization of the electorate, election disputes
• Robert Shrum, senior fellow at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service: A veteran consultant to national political campaigns, he is writing a book on his four decades in this arena
• Siva Vaidhyanathan, associate professor, Department of Culture and Communication, author of The Anarchist In The Library: How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System (Basics, 2004): voting technologies (PRINT AND RADIO ONLY)

Reporters interested in speaking with any of these faculty should contact James Devitt, NYU’s Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or james.devitt@nyu.edu.