Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Department of Political Science News Archive

10/24/2024
Election Views From Behind Bars in Ohio: Divided Just Like the Rest of U.S.
10/22/2024
Key to Kamala Harris' victory in Republican hands
10/21/2024
Dr. Karl C. Kaltenthaler visits the Ray Horner Show
10/16/2024
Dr. Dave Cohen on the Ray Horner Show
10/10/2024
Hurricane season gets thrown into bitter presidential campaign season


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Democrats Face 'Gerontocracy' Crisis Amid Ageing Leadership

The Democratic Party has been criticized for maintaining a gerontocracy — being ruled by the elderly — instead of shifting direction with a new generation of voices. Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, stated, "The grey hairs of the Democratic Party seem determined to hold on to power at all costs. Until the Democratic Party wants to truly turn over leadership of the party to a new generation it will continue to founder." Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Remembering Jimmy Carter's Presidential Legacy

In this news clip, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses former President Jimmy Carter’s presidential legacy. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Faculty Experts

Stephen C. Brooks

sbrooks@uakron.edu 

  • Coronavirus
  • Effect of pandemic on campaigning and voting in Ohio
  • Media and politics
  • Campaign news
  • Campaign advertising


David B. Cohen

dbcohen@uakron.edu 

  • American politics
  • President
  • Vice president
  • POTUS
  • First Lady
  • White House
  • Presidency
  • White House staff
  • Chief of staff
  • White House press corps
  • Executive branch
  • Cabinet
  • Congress
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
  • Campaigns
  • Elections
  • Voting
  • Ohio politics
  • Ohio Statehouse
  • Ohio legislature
  • Public opinion
  • Weapons of mass destruction
  • Homeland security
  • Biological weapons
  • Chemical weapons
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Arms control
  • Politics of coronavirus pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19


John Green

green@uakron.edu 

  • Politics
  • Religion and politics
  • Campaign financing


Kim Hufgard

kjl9@zips.uakron.edu

  • Criminal Justice
  • Human Trafficking


Karl Kaltenthaler

kck@uakron.edu 

  • Coronavirus
  • Global cooperation or lack of cooperation
  • Trade (trade wars)
  • US role in the world
  • Islamist Terrorism
  • ISIS (or IS or ISIL)
  • Al Qaeda
  • Taliban
  • Pakistani terrorist groups
  • Radicalization into Islamist terrorist groups
  • Drones
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Iraq
  • Syria and Middle East security
  • Counterterrorism
  • Intelligence issues
  • National security policy and Muslim public opinion


James T. McHugh

mchugh@uakron.edu 

  • Political science
  • Political philosophy and ideology
  • Democratic theory
  • Canadian politics
  • British politics
  • North American regional cooperation (including NAFTA)
  • Human rights
  • International law
  • Legal philosophy
  • State constitutions
  • Comparative constitutional and legal systems

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