Faculty Insights into Election 2020
Featured Articles
Erika Franklin Fowler | Professor of Government, Co-founder of Wesleyan Media Project
“Unprecedented Spending for 2020 Political Ads”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/unprecedented-spending-for-2020-political-ads
John E. Finn | Professor of Government Emeritus
“The Case of Biden Versus Trump or How a Judge Could Decide the Presidential Election”
https://theconversation.com/the-case-of-biden-versus-trump-or-how-a-judge-could-decide-the-presidential-election-146367
“Plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor grew from the militia movement’s toxic mix of constitutional falsehoods and half-truth” https://theconversation.com/plot-to-kidnap-michigans-governor-grew-from-the-militia-movements-toxic-mix-of-constitutional-falsehoods-and-half-truths-147825
Featured Videos
Carla Abdo-Katsipis | Visiting Professor in Government and CSPL
“What Happens When Peaceful Transition of Power Does Not Occur?,” recorded October 27, 2020
James Cavallaro | Professor of the Practice in CSPL, Executive Director, University Network for Human Rights
“Popular Will and Electoral Integrity Under Threat 2020,” recorded October 26, 2020
Logan Dancey | Associate Professor in Government
“What to Watch for on Election Night,” recorded October 29, 2020
James McGuire | Professor of Government, Latin American, Studies Program, and CSPL
“Underrepresentation of African Americans in the U.S. Voting-Eligible Population,” recorded October 26, 2020
Alyx Mark | Assistant Professor of Government
“Federal courts, partisanship, and the 2020 election,” recorded October 30, 2020 with references made to the following article found at https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/691096
Kevin Vrevich | Visiting Assistant Professor in History
“Reconstruction and the 2020 Election," recorded October 26, 2020
Election Under Threat: Perspectives and Prospects
This E2020 event, recorded October 29, 2020, features a panel of Wesleyan faculty discussing what we might expect to see come election day. With Wesleyan Faculty: Robert Cassidy, James Cavallaro, Leslie Gabel-Brett, Carla Abdo-Katsipis, Steven Moore, Justin Peck, Kevin Vrevich on the presidency, Congress, global context, social movements, race and politics, public opinion, human rights.