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Scholarly sources providing expert opinion and background on critical matters that President Barack Obama will face in his first 100 days in office and beyond.  (Additional presidential issues presented.)
   
   
   
Children's Health Issues
Dr. Barbara Jones, Assistant Prof., School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin 

Climate Change
Don Blankenship, Research Scientist, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin 
Tim Brennan, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 
Kerry Cook, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin 
Ian Duncan, Associate Director of Earth and Environmental Systems, Bureau of Economic Geology,  
  The University of Texas at Austin 
Hari M. Osofsky, Associate Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law (VA)
Camille Parmesan, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin 

Conservative Opposition
Larry Schweikart, Professor of History, University of Dayton (OH)

Cybersecurity
Fred Chang, Research Prof. of Computer Sciences, Associate Dean, College of Natural Sciences, 
  The University of Texas at Austin 

Economy
Anne Anderson, Professor, The College of Business and Economics, Lehigh University (PA)
Robert F. Bruner, Dean, Darden School of Business, Professor of Business Administration, 
  University of Virginia 

Education
George DuPaul, Professor of School Psychology, The College of Education, Lehigh University (PA)
Gretchen Feiss, Teacher-in-Residence, Bates College (ME)
Thomas J. Lasley II, Dean, School of Education and Allied Professions, University of Dayton (OH)
Robert Pianta, Dean, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia 
Ed Shapiro, Director, Center for Promoting Research to Practice, The College of Education, 
  Lehigh University (PA)
Bob Taft, Research Associate, School of Education & Allied Professions, University of Dayton (OH)

Election Reform and Voting Rights
Mark Rush, Professor of Politics & Law, Head, Department of Politics, 
  Director, Program in International Commerce, Washington and Lee University (VA)

Energy
Charles Groat, Interim Dean, Jackson School of Geosciences and Director of the Center for 
  International Energy and Environmental Policy, The University of Texas at Austin 
Frank Settle, Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Washington and Lee University (VA)
Vivian Thomson, Assistant Prof., Department of Environmental Sciences, Department of Politics, 
  Co-director of the Environmental Thought and Practice Program, University of Virginia
Scott Tinker, Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, Professor of Geological Science, 
  The University of Texas at Austin 
Michael Webber, Associate Director of the Center for International Energy & Environmental Policy,
  Fellow of the Strauss Center for International Security & Law, 
  Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin 

Environment
Virginia McConnell, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 
Dork Sahagian, Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, 
  Director of the Environmental Initiative, Lehigh University (PA)

First Ladies
Laura Olson, Professor of Political Science, Lehigh University (PA)

Foreign Policy
Jeffrey Ayres, Professor and Chair of Political Science, Saint Michael's College (VT)
Henri Barkey, Professor & Chair of International Relations, Lehigh University (PA)
Michael Bosia, Assistant Prof. of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Saint Michael's College (VT)
Mark A. Drumbl, Chair of Law and Director, Transnational Law Institute, 
  Washington and Lee University School of Law ((VA)
Susan D. Franck, Associate Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law (VA)
Devin Hagerty, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 
Rajan Menon, Professor of International Relations, Lehigh University (PA)
Patricia D. Siplon, Professor of Political Science, Saint Michael's College (VT)
Robert A. Strong, Associate Provost & Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University (VA)

Geriatrics/Eldercare
Bill Thomas, Professor, Erickson School, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 

Health Care Policy
Dr. Arthur Garson Jr., Executive Vice President and Provost, Former Dean of the Medical School,  
  University of Virginia
Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University (VA) 
Andrea Kalfoglou, Assistant Prof. of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 
Chad Meyerhoefer, Assistant Professor of Economics, The College of Business and Economics, 
  Lehigh University (PA)
Dr. Dolores Sands, Dean, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin 
Stephen Snyder, Assistant Professor of Economics, The College of Business and Economics, 
  Lehigh University (PA)

Humanitarian Intervention
David Cingranelli, Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Media Issues
Edward Wasserman, Professor of Journalism Ethics, Washington and Lee University (VA)

Meeting Expectations
Dennis Greene, Professor of Law, University of Dayton School of Law (OH)

Obama's Role Model:  Roosevelt or Lincoln?
Caroline Waldron Merithew, Assistant Professor of History, University of Dayton (OH)

Pace of Change
Timothy Byrnes, Professor of Political Science, Colgate University (NY)

Pharmaceutical Pricing and Drug Importation
Dr. Marv Shepherd, Professor, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin 

Poverty and Welfare
Dr. Miguel Ferguson, Associate Prof., School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin 

Presidential Climate Action Project
David W. Orr, Professor of Environmental Studies & Politics, Special Assistant to the President of
  Oberlin for Sustainability and the Environment, Oberlin College (OH)

Technology
Joshua A. T. Fairfield, Associate Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law (VA)
Zeynep Tufekci, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 

Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan/Guantanamo Bay
John Norton Moore, Professor of Law, U. Va. School of Law, Director, U. Va. Center for 
  National Security Law, Director, U. Va. Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia


 

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