Presidents can put their personal stamp on a number of different Inauguration Day events, but this is especially true during the inaugural address, according to John Dinan, associate professor of political science at Wake Forest University. Dinan is available to comment on Inauguration Day events, including the inaugural address.
Americans will see more ethnic and class diversity in the fashions of First Lady Michelle Obama, whose fashion choices often reflect an awareness and interest in internationally inspired designs, according to a University of New Hampshire sociologist who studies fashion.
Will the President-elect's costly stimulus plan work? Here are some ideas from a finance professor.
Prominent sociologists are available for media interviews surrounding race, politics, social movements and other issues related to Barack Obama's inauguration.
President-elect Barack Obama and a new Congress face challenges ranging from the economy to a tangled foreign policy picture in Europe and the Middle East. Experts at North Carolina State University can place these challenges in their proper context and offer insight into what we can expect from our nation's new leaders.
Faculty member Miguel Diaz at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in central Minnesota is a member of President-elect Obama's Catholic Advisory Council and has been invited to attend the presidential inauguration and traditional inauguration prayer service.
University of Illinois at Chicago historian available to provide historical perspective on U.S. presidential inaugural addresses.
Faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin are available to provide expert perspectives on presidential inaugural and transition issues, including policies, economics, and defense and foreign policy issues.
Binghamton University professor David Louis Cingranelli is available to discuss the parallels between the Obama inauguration and the inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933. Topics include rising political tensions, the economic crisis, and rampant anti-Americanism abroad.
The following are GW experts available to discuss Presidential history, American politics, African-American history, first ladies, international affairs, terrorism, homeland security, and emergency preparedness.
Ambassador (ret.) Carey Cavanaugh, who worked under Clinton and Bush, is available to discuss diplomacy under the Obama administration.
Americans' bad energy consumption habits are an epidemic. Founder of University of Delaware's Energy Institute suggests best way to curb the habits is taxation.
Syracuse University faculty experts are available to discuss topics related to the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration. Satellite broadcast interviews can be arranged from campus.
Boston College Political Science Professor Marc Landy has studied the greatness of America's presidents.
Change may be Obama's mantra, but one Texas Tech political scientist says don't expect the Roosevelt administration.
America's struggle over competing visions of nationhood involving race is a giant step closer to resolution with Obama's inauguration, says historian Gary Gerstle. He's the author of American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century, recently recommended on NPR as one of the best books for understanding the nation's new civic movement.
After being sworn in as the 44th president, Barack Obama will head inside to the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall to join family members, guests and Congressional leaders for the inauguration luncheon, in keeping with a tradition introduced by Harry S. Truman and embraced by every subsequent president except Jimmy Carter.
Jana K. Lipman, an assistant professor of history at Tulane University, is the author of a revealing, in-depth history of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Lisa Jackson, President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency, is a graduate of Tulane University in New Orleans, where she graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.
If one had to pick a single word to describe the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, "historic" would definitely have to be the front-runner. The Inauguration offers a momentous first"”the swearing-in of the first African American president, Barack Obama.
The Nov. 24, 2008, edition of TIME Magazine featured President-elect Barack Obama's face juxtaposed on Franklin D. Roosevelt's body, complete with confident beaming smile and cigarette holder. With experts describing the current national economy as the worst economic climate since the Great Depression, how valid are comparisons to the challenges faced by FDR then and the challenges facing Obama now? One MTSU professor says comparisons are not only tempting, but even somewhat warranted.
President-elect Obama's inauguration marks a transition and historic moment. America will reflect on the outgoing Bush Administration but will also look ahead. Numerous issues will demand immediate attention during Obama's critical, first weeks in office. Tufts University political experts have insight and perspective on Bush and also on the challenges that lie ahead for Obama.
At UC San Diego, "Trees" by multidisciplinary artist Terry Allen will for the first time broadcast live on January 20 -- recognizing the historic significance of the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States.
Two members of the Wake Forest University debate team will join students from five other universities to debate the priorities of the Obama administration at a Smithsonian Institution event the day before the presidential inauguration.
Barack Obama ran a spectacular presidential campaign, but how will he do when it comes to actually implementing public policy? Visiting professor Gilbert St. Clair of Southwestern University weighs in.
The University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs offers online resources related to the American presidency that are an inauguration reporter's dream come true.
Temple historian predicts monumental significance for 44th presidential inaugural.
On the eve of Obama's inauguration, Temple experts weigh in on Michelle Obama, race relations, Camelot, hate crimes, media images, and white privilege.
Electronic technologies could be deployed immediately and reliably to augment slower postal mail for distributing ballots to U.S. citizens living abroad, but using telephone, e-mail, and the Web to transmit completed ballots still faces significant, unresolved issues, according to a new report* released today.
Obama's choice of Warren to lead prayer not surprising, says Baylor University history/church-state studies professor; the decision to include Warren in inauguration is "natural exercise in tolerance."
Weekly YouTube videos posted by President-elect Obama are missing their mark if change is the goal according to Jackson Nickerson, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Nickerson, a professor of organization and strategy at the Olin Business School, has developed a set of web-based techniques that allow executives to lead and accelerate change within their organizations.
Charles E. Walcott, Virginia Tech professor of political science, can provide background on the presidential transition process, presidential appointments, George W. Bush's legacy, and the organization and operation of the presidency.
What's ahead for 2009? Anxiety and depression will threaten Americans' mental health, the U.S. will pull out of Iraq, 100 more banks will fail and healthy eating will fall by the wayside, according to the 28th edition of "Educated Guesses," a series of annual predictions offered by University of Alabama faculty.
President-elect Barack Obama's naming of Arne Duncan - chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools - as the nation's next Education Secretary appears to signify a shift towards more innovative methods to improve the nation's urban education districts, according to several education experts at the University of Southern California.
Robert Pianta, dean of the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education and an adviser to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, is available to comment on Obama's nomination today of Chicago schools executive Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education.
President-elect Barack Obama introduced his energy and environment team, naming Carol Browner to lead a new council on climate, environment and energy issues; Steven Chu as energy secretary; Lisa Jackson as EPA administrator; and Nancy Sutley as head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Larry Schweiger, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation reacts.
Republicans need to find candidates more acceptable to middle America. "The question for a defeated party is "˜what, if anything should we change?...It often takes two or three elections for a party to figure out a new strategy," says Donald Beachler, associate professor of politics at Ithaca College. ReadyCam Satellite Uplink available.
As President-elect Barack Obama continues to fill key cabinet positions from the ranks of Washington, D.C.-based public policy think tanks, a new book by longtime policy adviser Murray Weidenbaum examines how the nation's top think tanks came to play such critical roles in U.S. politics.
University of Illinois at Chicago historian available to provide historical perspective on U.S. presidential inaugural addresses.
The new treasury secretary should expect a difficult year no matter what is done. The incoming secretary of energy has to cut through a lot of ignorance and wrong-thinking to get to solutions. And, the transportation secretary faces a country full of infrastructure issues. That's all according to professors at the University of Delaware.
Brian F. Carso, Jr., Ph.D., assistant professor of history and director of the pre-law program at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pa., is a political historian. He is available to answer questions on current and historical significance of incoming President-elect Obama, cabinet appointments, the inauguration and the transfer of executive power.
From the election of the first African-American president and his inauguration to his Cabinet appointments and the transfer of power, Spelman College history and political science experts offer keen insight on the new White House occupants. William Jelani Cobb, Ph.D., and Desiree Pedescleaux, Ph.D., provide political and historical commentary on demand about the administration of change.
Pete Souza is a photojournalism professor at Ohio University, and a former White House photographer. His book "The Rise of Barack Obama" documents the rise of the new President Elect from his first day in the U.S. Senate in 2005 up to the 2008 Pennsylvania presidential primary. Souza was granted exclusive access to Obama to capture the life of one of the most recognized political figures of our time.
The campaign marathon has turned into a transition sprint, with thousands of decisions on personnel, policy and spending to be made in a fraction of the time it took the country to elect a new president.
Expert sources at the University of Illinois available for comment on issues relating to the Obama presidency.
Emeritus History Professor Keith Olson of the University of Maryland takes a hard look at the first 100 days of President Elect Barack Obama and what he - and his new administration - must do to get off on the right foot.
While many are focusing on race and the breaking of barriers, Graham Lee, Ph.D., professor of political science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, is talking about the changes he's observed in voting trends. "This is a turning point," explains Lee. "What we have is no longer party-centered voting. We've entered the era of "˜candidate-centered' politics. Most voters aren't strong Democrats or strong Republicans anymore. Party is important, but it keeps getting less and less important."
Before the election results rolled in late Tuesday night, political analysts across the country were feverishly predicting which states would go blue or red. Now that the dust has settled and the electoral map is clearly painted, those same experts are looking back on the campaigns to analyze how Senator John McCain and President-Elect Barack Obama got where they are today.
Electing a non-white person as chief executive sets the United States apart from the United Kingdom, France, Germany and other advanced democracies, says Milind Thakar, associate professor of international relations at the University of Indianapolis. Thakar is available for interview on this and related topics.
The election of Barack Obama confirmed that polling data for this year's Presidential election was correct and helped dispel the notion that racial bias would play a role in the Obama-McCain matchup, according to a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
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