DePaul faculty have been active in the news leading up to Election Day by sharing their research and expertise to help voters better understand the issues. (gguy44/iStock)Leading up to Election Day, DePaul faculty are sharing their research and expertise to help voters better understand the issues. Faculty have been quoted in outlets from The New York Times, Associated Press, NBC 5 Chicago and more. Here's what a few of DePaul's experts are saying this season:
Women in politics
Malia Bowers, professional lecturer of political science, joined NBC 5 Chicago for an interview about women political candidates.
"Women are often held to a much higher standard in terms of their qualifications, their competency, their morality, their virtue and also their likability," Bowers said. "So, women have to work twice, if not more, as hard as men to show that they are capable of holding an executive position especially."
Foreign policy, history and philosophy
Dick Farkas, professor of political science, joined NPR Illinois as part of a group panel discussing foreign policy.
David Lay Williams, professor of political science, wrote a guest essay in The New York Times where he looked to philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau to understand former President Trump's claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio.
Political marketing
Bruce Newman, professor of marketing, chatted with The Associated Press about former President Donald Trump's appearance at McDonald's and the effect on the branding of the restaurant and candidate. Newman also joined NPR to discuss Trump selling a silver medallion for $100.
Voting rights and access
Christina Rivers, professor of political science, sat down with WBEZ's "Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons" to discuss voting rights for those in prison. Illinois is one of 48 states that revokes that right from people who are incarcerated.
"The U.S. is seen and puts itself out there as the first modern democracy, but we are the only one of our peer democracies besides the U.K. that automatically disenfranchises people as part of a felony conviction," Rivers said.
Wayne Steger, professor of political science, discussed millennials voting by mail in Chicago with Block Club Chicago.
"Once you do something and it was quite easy, if the option's available again, you'll take advantage of it," Steger said of why large numbers of Chicagoans are still choosing to vote by mail.
Conventions
Craig Sautter, a faculty member who teaches in the First Year Program, spoke with Firstpost about the history of Chicago hosting Presidential conventions. He discussed key moments from the Republican National Conventions in 1860 with Abraham Lincoln and 1896 with William Jennings Bryan to the infamous 1968 Democratic National Convention with Hubert Humphrey and the 1996 convention with Bill Clinton.
"Chicago has had twice as many conventions as any other city … We're really the convention city," Sautter said.
All DePaul faculty are invited to join the Experts Guide. Read more about a selection of DePaul election experts in DePaul Newsroom.
Russell Dorn is a senior manager of media relations in University Communications.