Election 2024

Find UChicago Experts on the Presidential Transition

University of Chicago experts are available to connect with media to discuss the changes underway as President Donald Trump takes office.
Search the Academic Communicators Network for media-ready experts on topics in the news. Journalists can search our experts by name and expertise.

Immigration Policy and Mass Deportations

Nicole Hallett

Nicole Hallett

Workplace raids, sanctuary cities, immigrants' rights
Prof. Angela Garcia sits in front of a bookcase

Angela S. García

Longtime undocumented immigrants
Prof. Ruth Bloch Rubin stands in front of a window with three vertical panes

Ruth Bloch Rubin

Republican party tensions over immigration
Chiara Galli, a woman with shoulder-length hair and tortoise shell glasses

Chiara Galli

New arrivals, asylum seekers, immigrant children
Aimee Hilado, a woman in front of a book shelf

Aimee Hilado

The mental health of immigrant communities

Executive Power and the Administrative State

Jennifer Nou

Jennifer Nou

Trump's reshaping of the administrative state
Aziz Huq, a man in a gray suit and pink shirt

Aziz Huq

Democratic backsliding, the Department of Justice
Steven Durlauf

Steven Durlauf

DEI rollback and social mobility
Allison Bartlett BW

Allison Bartlett

Public health readiness, WHO, and CDC
Jon Rogowski

Jon Rogowski

History of executive orders and presidential accountability

Energy Policy and Global Cooperation

Curtis Bradley, a man in a gray suit jacket and white shirt, sits in front of a row of bookshelves

Curtis Bradley

US relationship to NATO and global alliances
A black and white photo of Prof. Mark Templeton

Mark Templeton

Environmental justice, state-level energy policy
Andrew Chien

Andrew Chien

Energy needs of artificial intelligence and data centers
Ryan Kellogg BW

Ryan Kellogg

Energy markets, oil drilling, demand for natural gas
Michael Greenstone

Michael Greenstone

Global climate cooperation, air pollution
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  • Presidential Immunity
  • Reproductive Rights
  • AI, Extremism and Misinformation
  • Border Crisis
  • Immigration Policy
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