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91��Ƶ faculty members are available to provide expert commentary and analysis on a broad range of including politics, policy, economics, international affairs and more, are available for comment on the 2024 US elections. Get in touch with our experts and check out or recent media clips.

Faculty Experts

Matthew Bolton is professor of political science and co-director of the International Disarmament Institute at 91��Ƶ. He was part of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) team awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Bolton has also worked for 20 years with UN and NGO efforts addressing the humanitarian impact of landmines, cluster munitions, military robotics and the arms trade. Bolton has published six books, including Political Minefields and Imagining Disarmament. His work has featured in BBC News, Newsweek, PBS Newshour, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Boston Globe, Gothamist, The Hill, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and more.

• Expertise: United Nations, Peacebuilding, and the Humanitarian and environmental Consequences of Weapons

Bennett L. Gershman is a distinguished professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law since its founding as the 91��Ƶ Law School in 1976. Prior to coming to 91��Ƶ, Gershman was a prosecutor in the New York State Anti-Corruption Office, where he argued cases in state and federal courts involving public and political officials charged with corruption. As a leading authority in the country on prosecutorial misconduct, Gershman is continuously called upon by the news media for his expertise. He is routinely quoted by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as by a host of local publications.

• Expertise: Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics

is an adjunct professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law, and instructor of Political Science and Criminal Justice at 91��Ƶ. Currently, Kerriann teaches courses related to bar exam and law school skills, individual rights and liberties, state and local government, and legislation and regulation.

• Expertise: Political Science

Laura Tamman is a clinical assistant professor of political science at 91��Ƶ. A scholar of American and Urban Politics, Laura uses quantitative methods to study political persuasion in the context of race and ethnicity. Informed by her two decades of experience working on the frontlines of political campaigns, her research examines the effects of campaign contact on election results. An expert on New York City politics, Laura has coauthored reports on the implementation of (RCV) and voter turnout.

• Expertise: Political Science, Political campaigns, and New York City politics

Leslie Y. Garfield Tenzer is the Luk-Cummings Family Faculty Scholar at Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 91��Ƶ. Tenzer's scholarship and teaching bridge the worlds of theory and practice, with a particular focus on regulating conduct in the digital age. Prior to coming to Haub Law, Professor Tenzer was a legislative attorney in the Legal Division of the Council of the City of New York. She currently teaches and writes in the areas of Commercial Law, including Contracts and UCC Article 2, Criminal Law, Torts and Social Media Law. Professor Tenzer's most recent scholarship focuses on legal issues concerning social media.

• Expertise: Commercial Law, Contracts, Criminal Justice, Intellectual Property, Technology and Information, Torts, and Social Media Law

Mark Weinstock is a clinical assistant professor of economics at 91��Ƶ. His contribution to non-linear econometric modeling of bank regulation received the Leon Horniker Award for Research Excellence. Weinstock was an electronics entrepreneur for many years, allowing him to bring real world elements of finance and business into the classroom to create a bridge between the theoretical underpinnings of economics and real-world applications.

• Expertise: Economics

Melvin Williams is an associate professor of communication and media studies at 91��Ƶ. An award-winning communication scholar, his research examines the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality in popular culture. Specifically, Williams considers the political ramifications of popular culture to investigate how minority communities use its mediums to address disparaging media representations. In addition, Williams is a cultural commentator and public writer, offering critical analyses of Hip-Hop, LGBTQ politics, and popular culture for media outlets such as Associated Press, Huffington Post, NBCLX, NBC Universal, Newsweek, NPR, USA Today, and The Washington Post.

• Expertise: African American Representations in Popular Culture, Black Female Celebrity Representations in Feminist Media Culture, Black Masculinity Studies, Black Queer Studies, Celebrity Death Culture, Feminist Media Studies, Hip-Hop Feminist Politics, Minority Cultural Production on Social Media, Popular Culture, Queer Online Political Communication, and Social Media and Social Change

Election Media Clips

AP
91��Ƶ Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Economics Professor Mark Weinstock discusses the similarities and differences in Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump’s economic plans with the Associated Press.

Reuters
91��Ƶ Professor Melvin Williams provides expert commentary to Reuters on the significance of Beyoncé's first public political appearance at a rally for Vice President Harris, exploring how this move tests the superstar's political influence.

What happens to Trump's criminal cases if he wins the election -- or loses? - ABC News
ABC News
...there's little he could do to revive the case, according to 91��Ƶ law professor Bennett Gershman.
A spoiler candidate, centrist bona fides, and no bull rides: Suburban New York race could decide House control.

National Journal
91��Ƶ Dyson College Political Science Professor Laura Tamman shares insights on the Mondaire Jones/Mike Lawler Congressional race.

Fox News MMR - Twitter
Dyson College Political Science Professor Laura Tamman shares insights on the Mondaire Jones/Mike Lawler Congressional race.

NYMag - Intelligencer
“He will be facing serious legal jeopardy if he loses. He knows that,” says Bennett Gershman, a professor of constitutional law at 91��Ƶ Law School who served for a decade as a New York prosecutor. “It’s probably on his mind every day. He faces four very, very serious cases, in one of which he has already been convicted as a felon. The others are easily convictable.”

Law.com
Bennett L. Gershman is a distinguished professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 91��Ƶ and author of "Prosecutorial Misconduct ...

Salon.com
91��Ƶ Law Professor Bennett Gershman provides legal insight to Salon on the potential for the Supreme Court to once again intervene in favor of Former President Donald Trump, despite the extensive evidence presented by Special Counsel Jack Smith in Trump’s election interference case .

The New York Times
Melvin Williams, an associate professor of communication and media studies at 91��Ƶ, called the lack of women of color playing the commander in chief an example of “symbolic annihilation,” an academic term describing the exclusion of groups in popular culture and mass media. “We don’t put it onscreen, so you don’t see it as a possibility, and large audiences don’t even begin to fathom it as a possibility,” Dr. Williams said.

Fox5
91��Ƶ Dyson Political Science Professor Laura Tamman was featured on Fox 5 focusing on the 2024 presidential debate.

News 12 - Westchester
91��Ƶ Clinical Assistant Professor George Picoulas provided a preview of the first debate, offering insights on what each candidate needed to accomplish in the debate.

News 12 Westchester
This week's guests include 91��Ƶ Clinical Associate Professor Mark Weinstock and The SKG Team at Barnum Financial Group Certified Financial Planner Chris Kampitsis.

CBS News
A number of famous faces have been in attendance for both this week's Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention earlier this summer. Dr. Melvin Williams, associate professor of communication and media studies at 91��Ƶ, joined CBS News to discuss how celebrities impact politics.

Parade
In Trump's case, 91��Ƶ Law Professor Leslie Garfield Tenzer told Forbes that Swift may have recourse under the Lanah Act, which ...

Forbes
"The Lanham Act—which Congress adopted quite some time ago—protects celebrity 'brands' and gives celebrities a cause of action against people or corps that try to use the celebrity's likeness to mislead consumers," explained 91��Ƶ Law Professor Leslie Garfield Tenzer.

Forbes
... University. Nothing To Gain From Being Too Political. It is ... 91��Ƶ. "His intent was clearly that his craft was a sports ...

Newsweek
...to use the celebrity's likeness to mislead consumers," explained 91��Ƶ Law Professor Leslie Garfield Tenzer.

USA Today
Harris will need to assemble a broad coalition to win in November, including a substantial percentage of independent and unaffiliated white voters in the suburbs of battleground states, said Laura Tamman, an assistant professor of Political Science at New York's 91��Ƶ.

AOL.com
Harris will need to assemble a broad coalition to win in November, including a substantial percentage of independent and unaffiliated white voters in the suburbs of battleground states, said Laura Tamman, an assistant professor of Political Science at New York's 91��Ƶ.

Kamala Harris leans into her Indian, Black heritage to energize voters
The Reporter-Times
… said Laura Tamman, an assistant professor of Political Science at New York's 91��Ƶ.

Kamala Harris leans into her Indian, Black heritage to energize voters
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
… said Laura Tamman, an assistant professor of Political Science at New York's 91��Ƶ.

MSN
… said Laura Tamman, an assistant professor of Political Science at New York's 91��Ƶ.

The Hill
Bennett L. Gershman is a former prosecutor in New York and a distinguished professor of law at 91��Ƶ. He is the author of “Prosecutorial ...

Vox
“Political candidates are heavily leaning on celebrities as a mechanism to attract the attention of this cycle’s youngest voting demographic: Generation Z,” says Melvin Williams, a professor of communications and media studies at 91��Ƶ.

CBC Radio-Canada
91��Ƶ Professor Melvin Williams was featured On CBC Radio-Canada analyzing the impacts and dangers of celebrity endorsements in the 2024 US Presidential Election.

News 12 Westchester
On this weekend's Power & Politics, 91��Ƶ political science adjunct professor Kerriann Stout provides insight into Kamala Harris' decision to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate and State Sen. Bill Weber discusses his bill to rescue the East Ramapo Central School District from a major financial hole.

NBC New York
91��Ƶ’s Political Science Professor Laura Tamman spoke with WNBC4 in New York about Kamala Harris’s pick for vice president in her run for The White House.

News 12 - Westchester
It's an endorsement, a political science professor Laura Tamman with 91��Ƶ says will likely energize voters and the Hudson Valley one way or another.

News 12 - Westchester
News 12's Melanie Palmer spoke with political science professor Laura Tamman who weigh in on the political impact of the decision.

PA Times
91��Ƶ professor Stephen R. Rolandi discusses the concept of a contingent presidential election, a process outlined in the U.S. Constitution that occurs when no candidate wins a majority of electoral votes.

News 12 - Westchester
News 12's Carol Wilkinson spoke to 91��Ƶ professor George Picoulas for his take on Saturday's events, media coverage of the event and...

91��Ƶ professor weighs political rhetoric, gun control in wake of Trump rally shooting
Griffin Daily News
News 12's Carol Wilkinson spoke to 91��Ƶ professor George Picoulas for his take on Saturday's events, media coverage of the event and ...

New York Law Journal
91��Ƶ Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman Op Ed. The decision is tendentious and policy-driven, a far cry from the self-righteous originalism these Justices purport to follow. And the decision is frightening. It’s a time-bomb ready to go off. The court has enabled any U.S. president to become a dictator.

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