Marc Hetherington is the Raymond Dawson Bicentennial Chair in Political Science at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hi ll. He studies the American electorate\, with a particular focus on trust in government and the polarization of public opinion. He is the author of f our scholarly books\, the most recent of which\, Prius or Pickup: How the A nswers to Four Simple Questions Explains America’s Great Divide (co-authore d with Jonathan Weiler)\, is forthcoming in October. Why Washington Won’t W ork (co-authored with Thomas Rudolph) won the Alexander George Award from t he International Society of Political Psychology as the best book in the fi eld of political psychology published in 2015. Authoritarianism and Polariz ation in American Politics (co-authored with Jonathan Weiler) won the Phili p Converse Award in 2016 from the Elections\, Public Opinion\, and Voting B ehavior section of the APSA.
Nicolee Ambrose is a Republican
political activist\, conservative commentator\, and the newly elected Repu
blican National Committeewoman for Maryland. Ambrose has both initiated and
spearheaded the Maryland GOP’s successful “Super Saturday Program\,” which
contributed to electing Republicans in deeply Democratic areas. She speak
s at events across the United States\, frequently appearing on ABC\, FOX Ne
ws\, and BBC. Previously\, Ambrose served was elected chairman of the Young
Republican National Federation\, where she served from 2005 - 2007.
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Paul J. Quirk (moderator) is Phil Lind Chair in U.S. Politics and Representation at the University of British Columbia. After r eceiving his Ph.D. at Harvard University (1978)\, he has taught at several U.S. universities\, most recently\, the University of Illinois\, and has be en a research associate at the Brookings Institution. A citizen and lifelon g resident of the U.S. until he joined the UBC faculty in 2004\, he has wri tten on a wide range of topics in American politics\, including Congress\, the presidency\, presidential elections\, public opinion\, regulatory polit ics\, and public policymaking. He has published in the American Political S cience Review\, the American Journal of Political Science\, and the Journal of Politics\, and served on the editorial boards of several major journals . His awards include the Louis Brownlow Book Award of the National Academy of Public Administration and the Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Achievement Award of the Public Policy Section of the American Political Science Association . Professor Quirk is active in the U.S. Studies Program at UBC and is curre ntly chair of the U.S. politics area committee in the graduate program.
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