Faculty experts at Saint Anselm College can speak on a variety of issues being raised by the 2008 election campaigns. Feel free scroll down this page or click by topic,
If you would like to speak to one of our experts, please contact Barbara LeBlanc at (603) 641-7241 or bleblanc@anselm.edu.
Politics and Elections
Elizabeth Ossoff
Ph.D., Tufts University
Professor, Psychology
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Research interests: psychology of political behavior, from perspectives of voter and candidate; politics and the media; psychology of gender.
Other: research coordinator for The Jeanne D. Smith Center for the Study of American Democracy and Citizenship at the college's New Hampshire Institute of Politics. The center examines civic education and political life, public attitudes, political activities, and community dimensions.
Can discuss: the roles of race, gender, personality, emotion, and media in politics.
Hear Professor Ossoff talk politics.
Michael Dupre
Ph.D., Boston College
Senior Fellow, New Hampshire Institute of Politics
Research interests: Changing New Hampshire demographics and the impact on politics; studied the impact of migration on the New Hampshire Legislature; is taking a historical look at the role of female legislators in the state.
Other: a former political strategist and advisor to a number of New Hampshire campaigns.
Hear Professor Dupre discuss demographics and New Hampshire voting.
Jennifer Lucas
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Assistant Professor, Politics
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Research interests: communication styles of women in Congress and gender links in negative political campaigning.
Can discuss: gender issues in politics, the U.S. Congress, American Government, and current national policy issues.
Anne Marie Cammisa
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Professor, Politics
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Research interests: American politics generally, legislative process, welfare policy, and women in politics. Her three books include Choice Award-winner From Rhetoric to Reform? Welfare Policy in American Politics.
Other: research director of the Center of the Study of New Hampshire and Civic Life at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
Can discuss: any of her research interests, as well as campaigns and elections, politics of the budgetary process, the US constitution, religious interest groups.
Andrew Moore
Ph.D., University of Florida
Assistant Professor, History
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Main research interests: exploration of issues of race and gender in the post-Civil Rights era--how the civil rights movement gave way to political cooperation over issues of gender and sexuality; Jimmy Carter and other American presidents. Also, Roman Catholics in Alabama and Georgia, post-World War II. Recently published, The South's "Tolerable Alien": Roman Catholics in Alabama and Georgia, 1945-1970. Additionally, currently working on a biography of former President Jimmy Carter.
Can discuss: the role of religion, gender, and race in politics, the American South, and former American Presidents.
Matthew Masur
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Assistant Professor, History
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Can discuss: U.S.foreign policy, modern American history, and politics and current events.
Research interests: Vietnam War; history of U.S.foreign relations, Cold War. Book in progress: Hearts and Minds: Cultural Nation Building in South Vietnam, 1954-1963.
Other: Studied Vietnamese, spent a year conducting research in Vietnamon a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship.
Rev. Dale S. Kuehne
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Associate Professor, Politics
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Can discuss: New Hampshire primary, religion and public life, and American politics.
Other: ordained minister in the Evangelical Covenant Church of America; pastor of the Emmanuel Covenant Church in Nashua, N.H.
Ethics and Religion
Fr. Benedict Guevin, O.S.B.
Ph.D., University of Paris, Sorbonne
Professor, Theology
Can discuss: all areas of ethics, including sexual ethics and especially medical ethics; current political ethical issues including, stem cell research, abortion, civil unions and gay marriage; moral theology; Christian anthropology. Publications include Christian Anthropology and Sexual Ethics, 2002 University Press of America.
R. Ward Holder
Ph.D., Boston College
Professor, Theology
Main research interest: understanding and interpretation of the Bible in the 16th century, with a concentration upon the work of the Apostle Paul. Writing an introductory, accessible theological history of the Reformation Era.
Can discuss: Western Religions, American religious history, Reformation history and theology, early and medieval church history and theology, and major religious figures such as John Calvin, Augustine and Martin Luther.
Max J. Latona
PhD., Boston College
Associate Professor, Philosophy
Research interests: Ancient Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, and some ethical theories and moral issues
Can discuss: current ethical issues including; abortion, cloning, stem cell research, capital punishment, just war, and civil union/gay marriage.
James McGhee
S.T.D., Gregorian University in Rome
Professor, Theology
Can discuss: Christian marriage; general and moral theology; medical ethics.
Other: a member of ethics committees at Catholic Medical Center and the Elliot Hospital; served as a consultant for other health care facilities and the Diocese of Manchester.
Economics and Taxes
John Romps
M.B.A., Plymouth State University
Associate Professor, Economics and Business
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Can discuss: economic policy, banking, investments and finance as they relate to tax policy and personal finance.
Other: A forensic economist, he has consulted on hundreds of legal cases over the past 30 years, determining the economic value of someone who is killed or injured. Co-authored Economic Evaluation of a Deceased Wife in the 80's and 90's for the New Hampshire Trial Bar News. Also, offers personal finance workshops for graduating seniors.
Amy Schmidt
Ph.D., University of Florida
Assistant Professor, Economics and Buisness
Research interest: the wage premium of married men relative to single men.
Can discuss: economic issues including: budget, national debt, taxes, entitlement spending, i.e. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, labor, trade, and globalization.
International Relations and Foreign Policy
Barbara Baudot
Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Professor,Politics
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Background and expertise: Worked for many years with the UN, serving in many capacities in New York and Geneva. Teaches international relations and comparative politics. She is often interviewed about international relations and how other countries view the United States.
Other interests: the environment, global warming, and ethical and spiritual dimensions of social development.
Hear Professor Baudot discuss theIraq war and global relations.
Peter Josephson
Ph.D., Boston College
Assistant Professor, Politics
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Research interests: U.S. foreign policy and political theory; has published work on Henry Kissinger. Teaches a course on justice and war.
Can discuss: international relations, current and past U.S. foreign policy, just war theory, politics of the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, and China.
Hear Professor Josephson discuss Iraq.
Christine Kearney
Ph.D., Brown University
Assistant Professor, Politics
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Research interests: Brazilian Politics.
Can discuss: international relations specializing in Latin and South America, current international policy, developing countries, comparative government, globalization and democratization.
Paul Manuel
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Professor and Chair, Politics
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Research interests: international relations; transitions to democracy. Has written and edited several books, including Spain and Portugal in the European Union.
Other: research director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics; co-chair of the Iberian Study Group at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University. Conducted thesis research in Portugal as a Fulbright Scholar.
Hear Professor Manuel discuss discuss "Democracy Building".
Non-Faculty ExPERTS
Jennifer Donahue
Senior Advisor for Political Affairs,New Hampshire Institute of Politics
Background: A political reporter and producer for 14 years; covered the 2000 presidential race for WNDS-TV in New Hampshire and was on-air political analyst for MSNBC. Interviewed all the major presidential candidates since 1996, covering the 1992 presidential race for C-SPAN and the 1996 race for CNN. Hardball's Chris Matthews called her "a rising star" among political analysts.
Hear Jennifer Donahue talk politics.