BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — With the presidential election less than 100 days away, President Donald Trump is suggesting it be delayed, tweeting July 30 that mail-in voting would make it “the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history.” IU experts are available to comment on election security, who has the power to delay an election and the political implications of Trump’s suggestion. For more information, contact Mary Keck at marykeck@iu.edu or 812-856-2148.
Matthew Baggetta
Civil society, voluntary associations, civic engagement, social capital.
IU Bloomington
Phone: 812-855-2783
Email: baggettm@indiana.edu
Expert Bio: Matthew Baggetta, an associate professor in the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, is an expert on civil society and voluntary associations. His research interests include civil society and civic engagement, membership-based organizations,and social movements. Baggetta’s work focuses on the impacts of voluntary associations on their members and the broader impacts of associations and movements on society. (more)
Elizabeth Bennion
American politics with an emphasis on political behavior.
IU South Bend
Phone: 574-520-4128
Email: ebennion@iusb.edu
Expert Bio: Elizabeth Bennion joined IU South Bend’s Department of Political Science in 1999. She is the founding director of IU South Bend’s American Democracy Project and host of WNIT’s live weekly television program “Politically Speaking.” She moderates political discussions, public issue forums and candidate debates for local, state and national candidates. (more)
Edward G. Carmines
American politics, elections, public opinion, political behavior.
IU Bloomington
Phone: 774-212-2721
Email: carmines@indiana.edu
Expert Bio: Edward G. Carmines is a Distinguished Professor, Warner O. Chapman Professor of Political Science and Rudy Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington. He is also the director of IU’s Center on American Politics and the research director at IU’s Center on Representative Government. His research focuses on American politics, especially elections, public opinion and political behavior. He chaired the Department of Political Science at IU for seven years, from 1990 to 1997. (more)
Mark Fraley
Community organizing, political campaigning, legislative relations, strategic communications, nonprofit management.
IU Bloomington
Phone: 812-855-7758
Email: fraleym@indiana.edu
Expert Bio: Mark Fraley is the associate director of PACE, the Political and Civic Engagement program in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington. He has extensive experience in community organizing, political campaigning, legislative relations, strategic communications and nonprofit management. Most recently, he worked as the assistant director for the Liberal Arts and Management Program, while teaching courses on lobbying and public advocacy for the IU O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. (more)
Sheila Kennedy
Civic engagement, courts, public policy.
IUPUI
Phone: 317-274-2895
Email: shekenne@iupui.edu
Expert Bio: Sheila Suess Kennedy is a professor in the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and an affiliate faculty member in the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, both at IUPUI. Before coming to IUPUI in 1998, she practiced real estate, administrative and business law in Indianapolis; served as the city’s corporation counsel; and, in 1980, was the Republican candidate for Indiana’s then 11th Congressional District seat. (more)
Gerard Magliocca
Torts, constitutional law, intellectual property, legal history, admiralty.
IUPUI
Phone: 317-278-4792
Email: gmaglioc@iupui.edu
Expert Bio: Gerard N. Magliocca, the Samuel R. Rosen Professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, is the author of four books and over 20 articles on constitutional law and intellectual property. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford and his law degree from Yale, and he joined the IU faculty after two years at Covington and Burling and one year as a law clerk for Judge Guido Calabresi on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. Three of his books have been the subjects of programs on C-Span’s Book TV, including his latest book, on the Bill of Rights. (more)
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