Faculty from the UNI Department of Political Science are frequently called upon by local, state, national and international media for their expertise in public affairs.
University of Northern Iowa political science experts available to discuss the 2020 Iowa caucuses:
Donna Hoffman
Professor of Political Science
Areas of Expertise:
Presidential-Congressional Relations; Presidential Rhetoric; Realignment Theory; Social and Political Change in the American Electorate; Southern Politics; Art, Politics and Culture
Contact: donna.hoffman@uni.edu, (319) 273-5916
Justin Holmes
Associate Professor of Political Science
Areas of Expertise:
American Politics; Political Communication; New Media and Politics; Political Psychology; Public Opinion; Voter Behavior; Race and Racism; Research Methodology; Experimental Methods; Survey Research
Contact: justin.holmes@uni.edu, (319) 273-6305
Christopher Larimer
Professor of Political Science
Areas of Expertise:
Iowa Politics (including governors and the Iowa Caucuses); Political Behavior (particularly voter turnout and get-out-the-vote techniques); Gender and Decision Making; Public Policy Theory
Contact: christopher.larimer@uni.edu, (319) 273-6047
Twitter: @chriswlarimer
Evan Renfro
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Areas of Expertise:
International Security; Terrorism; Human Rights; the Middle East
Contact: evan.renfro@uni.edu, (319) 273-2039
2020 coverage of UNI mock caucus:
Iowa Caucus Training with a “Mock-cus” (Political Science Now)
UNI to hold non-partisan mock caucus (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)