Politics 2024
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Cal Jillson
Jillson is a political science professor at ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵin Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences.
- Texas politics, including the Red/Blue divide
- Presidential and Congressional politics
- Race and the American Dream
- Immigration politics
Jeffrey Engel
Engel is the David Gergen Director of the Center for Presidential History at SMU. He is co-author of Impeachment: An American History and The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush’s Decision to Surge in Iraq.
- Presidential policy and politics
- History of presidential impeachments
- History of U.S. presidency and American diplomacy
Rita Kirk
Kirk is an ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵprofessor of communication studies and director of the Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility. Kirk has served as a debate analyst for many presidential debates.
- Sound bite substance
- Undecided voters
- Presidential debates
- Campaign strategy
- Use of social media in politics
- Political communications
- Hate speech
Matthew Wilson
Wilson is an associate professor of political science at ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵin Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences.
- Public opinion and voting behavior
- Religion and politics
- Abortion politics
- Political parties and partisan realignment
- Political psychology
James (Jim) Hollifield
Hollifield is the director of the Tower Center for Political Studies and an ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵpolitical science professor.
- Immigration
- Refugee and asylum policy
- Global migration
- Assimilation into American society
Grant Hayden
Hayden is a professor in SMU’s Dedman School of Law.
- Federal voting rights
- Election issues
- Election law/court decisions
Joe Kobylka
Kobylka is chair of the Political Science Department and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, SMU.
- Politics of U.S. Supreme Court decisions
- Constitutional law and politics
- Judicial decision-making and politics