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Evan Cornog
As publisher of Columbia Journalism Review, Cornog is an expert on politics and media. He is the author of The Power and the Story: How the Crafted Presidential Narrative Has Determined Political Success from George Washington to George W. Bush and Hats in the Ring: An Illustrated History of American Presidential Campaigns (with Richard Whelan), among others.

Email: ewc2@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-854-3865

Rodolfo O. de la Garza
An expert on immigration and Latino voting patterns, de la Garza specializes in ethnic politics, with particular emphasis on Latino public opinion and electoral involvement. He is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations and has written numerous books, including The Future of the Voting Rights Act and Muted Voices: Latinos and the 2000 Election.

Email: rod2001@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-854-3646

David Epstein
A political economist and expert on racial redistricting, legislative organization, Internet voting and ethnic politics, Epstein served as a consulting expert during the state of Georgia's redistricting efforts following the 2000 census.

Email: de11@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-646-391-7733

Robert Erikson
As a specialist on elections and public opinion, Erikson is former editor of the American Journal of Political Science.

Email: rse14@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-854-0036

Irene Finel-Honigman
An expert on international finance policy, European banking and corporate issues and international relations, Finel-Honigman, who is fluent in French, served as senior advisor on finance policy at the U.S. Department of Commerce during the Clinton administration.

Email: ief2@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-854-2167

Dana Fisher
An expert on activism and mass political protest, Fisher collected extensive data from the 2004 protests surrounding the Republican National Convention in New York and can speak about the implications of the protests scheduled to accompany this year's conventions in Denver and St. Paul.

Email: drf2004@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-917-470-4332

Andrew Gelman
A statistician and expert on voting patterns, Gelman is director of Columbia's Applied Statistics Center and recently published Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do.

Email: gelman@stat.columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-854-2142

Frederick Harris
An award-winning expert on black politics, social movements, and religion and politics, Harris has written Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism and Countervailing Forces in African-American Civic Activism, 1973-1994, among others. He will not be available for international requests.

Email: fh2170@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-585-721-7538

Clint Hendler
As a political critic and assistant editor of Columbia Journalism Review, Hendler will be on location at the conventions in Denver and St. Paul. In addition to reporting for Campaign Desk from the Iowa caucuses and the Pennsylvania primary, he's written on opinion polling, campaign rhetoric, and convention delegates.

Email: cmhendler@gmail.com
Cell: +1-510-759-7810

Mike Hoyt
As executive editor of Columbia Journalism Review, Hoyt is an expert on the media and its coverage of politics. He helped launch CJR's political journalism site, Campaign Desk, in 2004, and is co-editor of Reporting Iraq: An Oral History of the War by the Journalists Who Covered It.

Email: mh151@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-854-1885

Sheila Kamerman
Kamerman is the Compton Foundation Centennial Professor of Social Work at Columbia University School of Social Work. Kamerman, an expert on national and international child welfare policies, consults for organizations in the U.S. and abroad.

Email: sbk2@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-851-2270

Neeraj Kaushal
Kaushal is an associate professor at Columbia University School of Social Work. An economist by training, Kaushal's research is focused on how political events affect the well-being of low-income families with special emphasis on immigrants.

Email: nk464@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-851-2235

Trudy Lieberman
Covering the candidates' health care policies and debates for the Columbia Journalism Review's Campaign Desk, Lieberman takes a critical look at issues affecting the race to the presidency. She also directs the health and medical reporting program at the Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York.

Email: trudyal530@aol.com
Cell: +1-917-843-1631

Manning Marable
An expert on black politics and founding director of the Center for Contemporary Black History and the Institute for Research in African-American Studies, Marable has written more than 275 articles and books, including The Great Wells of Democracy: The Meaning of Race in American Life.

Email: clt2121@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-854-1489

Nicole Marwell
An expert on faith-based initiatives, and non-profit and community organizations, Marwell can comment on the Latino vote and proposals to offer government funding for faith-based programs.

Email: npm8@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-854-0506

Ronald Mincy
Mincy is the Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice at Columbia University School of Social Work. He is the editor of Black Males Left Behind (Urban Institute Press, 2006) and he is an expert on black American families.

Email: rm905@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-851-2406

Sharyn O'Halloran
A political economist and expert on statistical analysis of voting districts, O'Halloran co-authored A Social Science Approach to Race, Redistricting and Representation and Measuring the Electoral and Policy Impact of Majority-Minority Voting District.

Email: so33@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-646-391-7722

Justin Peters
As managing Web editor for the Columbia Journalism Review, Peters writes and edits daily criticism and analysis of the political press. He has worked at Washington Monthly and has written for Slate, the Boston Globe, and the New York Times.

Email: jtpcjr@gmail.com
Cell: +1-224-436-0658

Michel Tuan Pham
Well-versed in the psychological effects of political marketing, Pham has thoroughly analyzed marketing data from the 2004 election and can speak about the effects of the media on voting perceptions and behavior.

Email: tdp4@columbia.edu

Justin Phillips
With teaching and research on state and urban elections with a focus on Congressional campaigns, Phillips can speak about jurisdictional competition, budgetary institutions and tax policy.

Email: jhp2121@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-646-924-5647

David Rogers
With a background in political branding and marketing, Rogers is director of Columbia's Center on Global Brand Leadership. He is widely published on marketing and digital media, and can talk about the impact of new media on campaigns.

Email: dlr42@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-854-0109

Robert Shapiro
An expert on public-opinion survey research, policymaking and mass media, Shapiro has served as acting director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy and sits on the editorial boards of Political Science Quarterly, Presidential Studies Quarterly and Public Opinion Quarterly.

Email: rys3@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-854-3944

Joseph Stiglitz
A Nobel laureate in economics and co-author of The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq War Conflict, Stiglitz is president-elect of the International Economic Association.

Email: stiglitzpress@gmail.com
Phone: +1-212-854-0617

Jeanette Takamura
Currently the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work, Takamura served as the Assistant Secretary for Aging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 1996 to 2001.

Email: jtakamura@columbia.edu
Phone: +1-212-851-2289

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