State of the Union Experts
UC Riverside Faculty Experts on the President’s State of the Union Speech Topics
A political scientist and an engineering professor can speak on the war in Iraq, working with a Democratic Congress, and alternative energy policy.
(January 23, 2007)
NEWS MEDIA CONTACT
Name: Kris LovekinTel: (951) 827-2495
E-mail: kris.lovekin@ucr.edu
President Bush contratulates House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the 2007 State of the Union speech. The Associated Press
- Shaun Bowler, professor of political science
Prof. Bowler’s expertise is in comparative politics and voter behavior. He can help interpret why President Bush’s poll numbers have taken a nosedive lately and how Bush can forge a working relationship with a Democratically-controlled Congress.
Tel: (951) 827-5595
Media contact Ricardo Duran: (909) 374-2555
E-mail: shaun.bowler@ucr.edu
- Charles Wyman, Ford Motor Company Chair and professor of environmental engineering
Prof. Wyman can talk about the value that fuels, such as ethanol form cellulosic biomass, play in the development of an increasingly independent energy policy. Diversifying biomass conversion beyond corn can yield enough material to produce about 130 billion gallons of ethanol, according to the U.S. departments of Energy and Agriculture.
Tel: (951) 827-5703
Media contact Ricardo Duran: (909) 374-2555
E-mail: cewyman@engr.ucr.edu
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