David Redlawsk
"Polling and the Iowa Caucuses"

As director of the University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll, Redlawsk is in touch with what matters to Iowa voters. An associate professor of political science, he can speak about the Iowa Caucuses, battleground states, voter polarization, youth and politics, and grassroots organizing.

Bruce Gronbeck
"Character and Politics"
"Impact of the Internet on Politics"

Gronbeck has been studying the Internet in presidential elections since 1996. The A. Craig Baird Distinguished Professor of Public Address and director of the UI Center for Media Studies and Political Culture, he can speak about how candidates keep their supporters inside their own virtual space and use computerized voter information to individualize aspects of campaigning.

He can also discuss the place of news, political, and entertainment websites as sources of political information, opinion, and advice. He is also an expert in the politics of scandal, analyzes how the "character issue" plays during the national elections.

Kevin Leicht
"The American Dream and the Middle Class"

A professor of sociology, Leicht is the co-author of "Postindustrial Peasants: The Illusion of Middle-Class Prosperity," which outlines how and why the economic standing of the middle class has plunged in the past three decades. He can also speak about the politics of health care, immigration or domestic policy.

Tracy Osborn
"Women and American Politics"

An assistant professor of political science new to the UI this year, Osborn can speak about women candidates and their activities, women office holders at the state and national level, and the behavior of women as voters and political participants.

Doug Jones
"Voting Technology: Electronic Voting Machines"

A former member and past chair of the Iowa Board of Examiners for Voting Machines and Electronic Voting Systems, Jones has extensive knowledge of the practical and technological issues confronting election officials and voters. He was an international election observer in Kazakhstan in 2005 and the Netherlands in 2006.

Tim Hagle
“Lawyers, Judges, Litigants and the American Political System”

Recently returned from two years of service at the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime, Hagle is prepared to speak about law and American politics as well as judicial politics. An associate professor of political science, he also serves as advisor to the UI College Republicans and the Iowa Federation of College Republicans. He is well versed in grassroots and student organizing, Republican politics, and federal, state, and local elections.