U.S. election - SFU experts available

After months of drama, twist and turns, and pollsters saying the race is too close to call, the U.S. presidential election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will be decided today as Americans head to the ballot box.

Experts from Simon Fraser University are available to comment on various aspects of U.S. politics, the election and the many issues at play.
 

AVAILABLE SFU EXPERTS

POLITICS

ANDY HIRA, professor, department chair, political science  
anil_hira@sfu.ca
Expertise: U.S. politics, presidential race, voter strategy, energy policy, political economy, economic policy and climate change

AARON HOFFMAN, professor, political science  
aaron_hoffman@sfu.ca  
Expertise: U.S. foreign policy, terrorism, the state of the race in the U.S., the chances of violence in the U.S. surrounding the election

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

JAMES HORNCASTLE, assistant professor, The Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations  
jhorncas@sfu.ca
Expertise: International relations, U.S. elections and their global impact, impacts on Ukraine and Gaza wars

ECONOMY

ANDREY PAVLOV, professor, finance, Beedie School of Business  
apavlov@sfu.ca  
Expertise: Implications of policy announcements for the economy, both in the U.S. and Canada

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT

JOHN CLAGUE, professor emeritus, Earth sciences, CRC Chair in Natural Hazard Science  
jclague@sfu.ca  
Expertise: Climate change implications depending on the outcome, climate change, geology, natural hazards, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, landslides, severe storms

SOCIAL JUSTICE

TRAVERS, professor, sociology
atravers@sfu.ca  
Expertise: Social justice, social inequality, issues facing LGBTQIA2S+, global scope of new conservative movements

ALBERTO TOSCANO, term research associate professor, communication
atoscano@sfu.ca
Expertise: The relation between the election and rising authoritarianism and on the impact of U.S. foreign policy, especially the war on Gaza, on the election

CONTACT

MATT KIELTYKA, SFU Communications & Marketing 
236.880.2187 | matt_kieltyka@sfu.ca

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