LSU Political Experts Available to Speak on Local, State and National Politics
From local elections to the debates and campaigns for the U.S. presidency, LSU has
researchers available to talk about each issue being discussed or in general about
these elections. LSU researchers available to speak are listed below by topic areas.
To schedule interviews, contact LSU Media Relations.
Constitutional Law/Supreme Court Appointments
Areas of Expertise: Constitutional law; federal courts; criminal procedure; administrative law.
LSU Law Center – assistant professor of law
225-578-8701
michael.coenen@law.lsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Constitutional law; race relations; legal history
LSU Law Center – Jules F. and Frances L. Landry Distinguished Professor of Law and James Carville Alumni Chair
225-578-8846
ray.diamond@law.lsu.edu- James Stoner
Areas of Expertise: Political theory; English common law; American constitutionalism
Political Science – professor
225-578-2538
poston@lsu.edu
Crime
- Ed Shihadeh
Areas of Expertise: Crime and criminology; demography
Department of Sociology – professor and chair
225-578-1635
edsoc@lsu.edu
Economy
Areas of Expertise: U.S. economic policy, Federal Reserve interest rate decisions
Switzer Chair and Professional in Residence in the Manship School
225-587-2216
lenapcar@lsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Environmental economics; water resource economics; applied econometrics; experimental economics; transportation; public finance; policy evaluation; energy economics
Department of Economics – assistant professor
dbrent@lsu.edu- Brian Marks
Area of Expertise: Immigration and the economy; research focuses on political geography, agrarian political economy, political ecology, fisheries and aquaculture; electoral redistricting, the Voting Rights Act, citizenship, foreign policy and geopolitics
Department of Geography & Anthropology – assistant professor of geography
225-578-6077
bmarks@lsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Financial intermediation and economic growth, with special emphasis on financial innovation and the role it plays in financial expansions as well as financial crises.
Department of Finance – professor

225-578-6255

masonj@lsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Regional economics; energy economics; state and local taxation; forecasting; public policy
Public Administration Institute – professor; Department of Economics – professor
225-578-6745
parich@lsu.edu
Education
- Roland Mitchell
Areas of Expertise: History of U.S. higher education; the experiences of underrepresented populations in post-secondary education; school-to-prison-pipeline issues; and university to community outreach/relational issues
College of Human Sciences & Education – interim dean and professor
225-578-2156
rwmitch@lsu.edu
Energy/Oil and Gas
Area of Expertise: Analysis of economic, statistical and public policy issues in energy and regulated industries
LSU Center for Energy Studies – executive director
225-578-4343
dismukes@lsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Renewable energy; sustainable bioproducts and biofuels; Agriculture – LSU LSU AgCenter – vice president
225-578-4880
JRussin@agcenter.lsu.edu
Environment
Areas of expertise: Nutrient dynamics in aquatic systems; estuarine ecology; coral reef ecology; algal/invertebrate symbiosis; science history and policy; math and science education; marine pollution; global climate change; analytical chemistry
College of the Coast & Environment - dean and professor
225-578-7188
cdelia@lsu.edu
Areas of expertise: Environmental policy and management; resilience; sustainability
Department of Environmental Sciences - professor
225-578-4299
mreams@lsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Coastal and environmental issues including land loss and storm surge; seafood industry support
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program executive director and LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences professor
225-578-6710
rtwilley@lsu.edu
General Election
Areas of Expertise: Political journalism, media criticism, campaign communication, social media strategy.
Switzer Chair and Professional in Residence in the Manship School of Mass Communication
225-587-2216
lenapcar@lsu.edu- Nichole Bauer
Areas of Expertise: the barriers that female candidates face in running for and winning elected office; the role gender stereotypes play in voter evaluations of female candidates, the campaign strategies female candidates develop to overcome such biases and how the news media cover female candidates
Political Science & Manship School of Mass Communication – assistant professor
nbauer4@lsu.edu - Robert “Robbie” Hogan
Areas of Expertise: American electoral politics; campaigns; political parties & interest groups and state politics
Political Science – professor
225-578-3217
rhogan1@lsu.edu - James Honeycutt
Areas of Expertise: The effects of political partisanship on voting intentions; psychology and political ideology
Communication Studies – professor
225-578-0032
sphone@lsu.edu - Lyman Hunt
Area of Expertise: Political ideology
Communication Studies – senior instructor
225-578-5989
lhunt@lsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Gender and politics, cultural and legal history in the U.S.; Author of "White Trash. The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America"
Named to to the thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American Politics
History, T. Harry Williams Professor
225-578-4492
nisenberg@lsu.edu- Nathan Kalmoe
Areas of Expertise: Voting & elections, public opinion, political news & advertising, partisanship/ideology & polarization, political violence
225-578-8013
nkalmoe@lsu.edu
Immigration
Area of Expertise: U.S. immigration law and unaccompanied immigrant children - director of Immigration Law Clinic and assistant professor of professional practice
225-578-2071
lauren.aronson@law.lsu.edu- Brian Marks
Area of Expertise: Immigration and the economy; research focuses on political geography, agrarian political economy, political ecology, fisheries and aquaculture; electoral redistricting; the Voting Rights Act; citizenship; foreign policy; and geopolitics
Department of Geography & Anthropology – assistant professor of geography
225-578-6077
bmarks@lsu.edu
International Policy
- Brian Marks
Area of Expertise: Immigration and the economy; research focuses on political geography, agrarian political economy, political ecology, fisheries and aquaculture; electoral redistricting; the Voting Rights Act; citizenship; foreign policy; and geopolitics
Department of Geography & Anthropology – assistant professor of geography
225-578-6077
bmarks@lsu.edu
Mass Media/Political Communication
Areas of Expertise: Political journalism, media criticism, campaign communication, social media strategy.
Switzer Chair and Professional in Residence in the Manship School of Mass Communication
225-587-2216
lenapcar@lsu.edu- Nichole Bauer
Areas of Expertise: the barriers that female candidates face in running for and winning elected office; the role gender stereotypes play in voter evaluations of female candidates, the campaign strategies female candidates develop to overcome such biases and how the news media cover female candidates
Political Science & Manship School of Mass Communication – assistant professor
nbauer4@lsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Campaign strategy, earned media, presidential primaries, field offices, voter contact
Manship School of Mass Communication – assistant professor
225-578-0395
jdarr@lsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Public Opinion and election
Public Policy Research Lab research director
mbhende1@lsu.edu- Nathan Kalmoe
Areas of Expertise: Voting & elections, public opinion, political news & advertising, partisanship/ideology & polarization, political violence
225-578-8013
nkalmoe@lsu.edu
Area of Expertise: Political history; political communication
Manship School of Mass Communication – Manship Chair and professor
225-578-2053
bobmann@lsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Marketing analytics, marketing strategy, political marketing, and digital marketing (social media)
Department of Marketing – assistant professor
225-578-8321
omintz@lsu.edu- Kathleen Searles
Areas of Expertise: News media; campaign advertising; political psychology
Political Science/Manship School of Mass Communication –associate professor
Race Relations
- Lori Martin
Areas of Expertise: Race and ethnicity relations; demography; racial wealth inequality; asset poverty; race and sports
Department of African & African American Studies and Sociology – professor
225-578-1785
lorim@lsu.edu - Bryan McCann
Areas of Expertise: Race, racism and criminal justice; primary and general election debates; and how campaigns structure arguments
Communication Studies
225-578-6813
504-330-8166
bryanm@lsu.edu - Roland Mitchell
Areas of Expertise: History of U.S. higher education; the experiences of underrepresented populations in post-secondary education; school-to-prison-pipeline issues; and university to community outreach/relational issues
College of Human Sciences & Education – interim dean and professor
225-578-2156
rwmitch@lsu.edu
Women and Gender
- Nichole Bauer
Areas of Expertise: the barriers that female candidates face in running for and winning elected office; the role gender stereotypes play in voter evaluations of female candidates, the campaign strategies female candidates develop to overcome such biases and how the news media cover female candidates
Political Science & Manship School of Mass Communication – assistant professor
nbauer4@lsu.edu - Summer Steib
Areas of Expertise: Women and gender
LSU Women's Center, director
225-578-7563
summers@lsu.edu
In the News
July 26, 2021
The New Yorker
July 19, 2021
The Guardian
July 14, 2021
WRKF
Jan. 27, 2021
Business Report
Jan. 26, 2021
The Advocate
Law360
Jan. 24, 2021
The New York Times
Jan. 17, 2021
Journalist's Resource
The Reveille
Jan. 14, 2021
Governing
Jan. 11, 2021
Washington Post
Jan. 8, 2021
WVLA
Jan. 7, 2021
Vox
WAFB
Dec. 3, 2020
Talk 107.3
Nov. 10, 2020
Phys.org
Oct. 18, 2020
NOLA.com
Oct. 13, 2020
WOUB
Media for Democracy
Oct. 9, 2020
Mischiefs of Faction
Oct. 8, 2020
Wired
Politico
Oct. 5, 2020
Tiger TV
Sept. 10, 2020
Bossier Press Tribune
Aug. 24, 2020
The Advocate
Aug. 21, 2020
WWL
Aug. 16, 2020
Alter Net
July 10, 2020
The Reveille
June 17, 2020
LSU's Geaux Vote encourages students to vote in presidential primaries, presidential
election
The Reveille
March 18, 2020
Manship News Service
Raw Story
March 13, 2020
Financial Advisor Magazine
March 4, 2020
Associated Press
March 3, 2020
Five Thirty Eight
March 2, 2020
Government Technology
Louisiana Radio Network
Feb. 29, 2020
Associated Press
Feb. 28, 2020
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The Advocate
Business Report
Feb. 18, 2020
MSNBC
Jan. 27. 2020
FiveThirtyEight
WRKF
Jan. 1, 2020
Paris News
Dec. 31, 2019
Monroe News Star
Dec. 30, 2019
The Advocate
Dec. 26, 2019
News Register
Dec. 24, 2019
Washington Post
Las Vegas Sun
Dec. 23, 2019
Bayou Brief
Dec. 19, 2019
The Hill
Nov. 26, 2019
The Advocate
Nov. 17, 2019
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Associated Press
Associated Press
Nov. 16, 2019
Louisiana Radio Network
Mother Jones
Nov. 15, 2019
NPR
KTVE
Nov. 14, 2019
PBS News Hour
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Nov. 13, 2019
Associated Press
Nov. 12, 2019
Associated Press
Nov. 11, 2019
Marketplace
WWL
Nov. 9, 2019
The Advocate
Oct. 26, 2019
Bayou Brief
Oct. 22, 2019
WWNO
Oct. 15, 2019
WRKF
Oct. 14, 2019
WBRZ
WWL
Oct. 13, 2019
The Advocate
Oct. 11, 2019
Shreveport Times
Oct. 9, 2019
The Washington Times
Manship News Service
Oct. 8, 2019
WWL
Oct. 4, 2019
Washington Post
Oct. 3, 2019
Bloomberg
Oct. 1, 2019
New York Journal of Books
Reason
Sept. 27, 2019
Bloomberg Tax
Sept. 23, 2019
Tribune News Service
Sept. 22, 2019
The Daily Reveille
Sept. 21, 2019
Associated Press
Bloomberg
Sept. 20, 2019
Business Report
Louisiana Radio Network
Tiger TV
WRKF
Washington Free Beacon
Fox News
Sept. 19, 2019
The Advocate
Associated Press
WAFB
WVLA
WBRZ
The Daily Reveille
Tiger TV
KLFY
KLFY
Washington Times
WWL
Associated Press
Louisiana Radio Network
Shreveport Times
Sept. 18, 2019
WVLA
The Advocate
Washington Times
Tiger TV
Tiger TV
Sept. 10, 2019
The Washington Post
Sept. 6, 2019
The New York Times
Aug. 15, 2019
Sinclair Broadcasting Group
Aug. 14, 2019
Sinclair Broadcasting Group
Aug. 8, 2019
New York Times
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Bloomberg
Aug. 7, 2019
Reason
Aug. 6, 2019
USA Today
AlterNet
Aug. 5, 2019
The Irish Times
The New Daily
Teen Vogue
Aug. 4, 2019
New York Times
July 26, 2019
Vox
July 4, 2019
The New York Times
July 3, 2019
Vox
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Media Note:
Please check back as experts will continue to be added to the list throughout the
election year.