DU has several faculty members available to speak about the role Colorado will play in the upcoming election and topics within their areas of expertise.

Experts are listed in alphabetical order, by topic:

• International Law
• International Studies, National Security & Terrorism
• Law
• Political Science
• Public Policy

International Law Back to Top

Ved P. Nanda

Professor

Media contact: chase.squires@du.edu, 303-596-4746

Experience: Past and honorary president, World Jurist Association; vice president, counselor, American Society of International Law; member of the advisory council of the United States Institute of Human Rights; former U.S. delegate to the World Federation of the United Nations Associations, Geneva, and vice chair if its executive council; member of board of directors for the United Nations Association-USA; member, American Law Institute; council member, American Bar Association Section of International Law

International Studies, National Security & Terrorism Back to Top

Jonathan Adelman

International studies professor

Cellphone: 303-916-1779

Areas of expertise: National security and international relations

Nader Hashemi

International studies assistant professor

DU phone: 303-871-2447

Cellphone: 720-317-1016

Email: nhashemi@du.edu

Areas of expertise: The Middle East and Islamic affairs; religion; democracy; politics of the Middle East and Islam-West relations

Education: PhD, University of Toronto

Publications: Interview on Libya

Christopher Hill

Dean, Josef Korbel School for International Studies

Media contact: Kim.DeVigil@du.edu

Experience: Former U.S. Ambassador; assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; ambassador to Iraq, South Korea, Macedonia, and Poland; and special envoy for Kosovo; special assistant to the president and senior director for Southeast European Affairs in the National Security Council

Law Back to Top

Robert Hardaway

Professor of law and electoral reform expert

Media contact: chase.squires@du.edu, 303-596-4746

Publications: 14 published books on law and public policy, including “Crisis at the Polls: An Electoral Reform Handbook.”

Kristian Miccio

Professor

Phone: 303-871-6361, or media contact Chase Squires, 303-596-4746

Email: kmiccio@law.du.edu

Areas of expertise: Economic justice; nation-state accountability for society's vulnerable; health care issues; gay marriage; Israeli/Palestinian issues as a moral position for the United States

Experience: Fulbright scholar, professor, University College of Dublin Law School

Education: JD, Antioch University School of Law; JSD, Columbia University School of Law

Political Science Back to Top

Peter Hanson

Assistant professor

DU phone: 303-871-2852

Cellphone: 510-292-5445

Email: Peter.Hanson@du.edu

Areas of expertise: American politics; how Congress has changed as Democrats and Republicans have become more polarized

Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Seth Masket

Associate professor

DU phone: 303-871-2718

Cellphone: 303-518-4472

Email: smasket@du.edu

Areas of expertise: The American political system, specifically political parties and state and local politics.

Publications: “No Middle Ground,” which explores how moderates get weeded out of politics

Experience: Senior writer in the White House Office of Correspondence under President Clinton.

Public Policy Back to Top

Richard Lamm

Co-Director, Institute for Public Policy

Email: rlamm@du.edu

Experience: Colorado governor, 1975-1987; co-director and professor, Institute for Public Policy

Education: Bachelor's degree, University of Wisconsin; JD, Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley

Awards and recognition: Denver Post and Historic Denver, Inc.'s list of the 100 most important people in Colorado history, 1992