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Featured Experts: The Election

Media and Politics
Allison Archer is a leadership studies professor with expertise in political communication and political psychology. As a former journalist and political scientist, she is interested in questions regarding the relationship between the media and politics.

Campaigns and Elections
Ernest McGowen is a political scientist with expertise on voter behavior, political behavior and methodology, campaigns and elections, public opinion, and race and ethnicity.

Virginia Government
Dan Palazzolo is a political scientist and is an expert on Virginia government and politics, campaigns and elections, Congress, and budget policy. His current research examines coalition building in Congress in an era of partisan polarization.

Need an Expert? Contact Us

Cynthia Price
Director of Media & PR
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804-287-6659

Sunni Brown
Assistant Director of Media & PR
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804-289-8056

Lindsey Campbell
Media Relations Specialist
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804-287-6317

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President pens opinion piece on disagreements and debates that foster change President Ronald A. Crutcher authored "Defending the ‘right to be here’ on campus," an opinion piece that ran in The Hechinger Report. "Colleges and universities are uniquely positioned, and have an explicit responsibility, to model substantive disagreement and dialogue that foster change — to give students information they can take into the classroom, living room, workplace and voting booth," wrote Crutcher.

Media Releases

UR Classics Professor Awarded Grant for First Comprehensive Study of Women in Ancient Roman Graffiti

Journalists of Civil Rights Era and Today to Assess Role of Media in Civil Conflict, Communicating with Conflicting Segments

UR Office for Sustainability Offers Tips for America Recycles Day
Featured Expert: Rob Andrejewski, director of sustainability

University of Richmond Makes The Princeton Review's List of 'Green Colleges' for 9th Year in a Row

University of Richmond Holds Ceremony, Unveils Memorial Honoring UR ROTC Graduate Killed in Vietnam War

University of Richmond Celebrates 125 Years of Spiders
Unique Beginning Launches Distinct University Identity and International Network of Richmond Spiders

University of Richmond to Spotlight South African Culture During International Week 2018

New Tariffs Having Less Impact on Virginia Companies than Expected; CEOs Concerned About Democratic Control of Congress

UR to Host Canada's Black Lives Matter Co-Founder janaya khan

University of Richmond Celebrates 20 Years of 'Trick or Treat Street'

University of Richmond Psychology Professor Kristjen Lundberg Receives International Award for Best Social Cognition Paper

Just Ahead of Election Season, University of Richmond Digital Scholarship Lab Unveils New Map Focusing on the Role of Congress

Prominent Historians Headline Lecture on Confederate History
UR's Ed Ayers and UVA's Gary Gallagher to discuss monument debate and more

Media Tip Sheet: University of Richmond Experts on the Moon Landing

University of Richmond Sponsors "Socrates on Death Row" Film Screening at Science Museum of Virginia Planetarium

UR Business School Dean to Step Down; Will Remain on Faculty

University of Richmond Political Science Professor Jenny Pribble Awarded $20,000 Grant for Latin American Politics Project

UR Faculty and Students Raise and Release Monarch Butterflies

Award-Winning Authors Talk Science Fiction with UR and Richmond Writing Communities

New Date Set for University of Richmond Symposium Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Civil Rights Leader Wyatt Tee Walker

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