Political Science & Policy Studies

Elon University Poll director Hunter Bacot spoke with News 14 Carolina on July 9 on recent controversies in the North Carolina State Highway Patrol and how Gov. Bev Perdue has handled the public relations fallout.

Assistant professor Dion Farganis spoke with News 14 Carolina for a "TalkBack" segment on the Elena Kagan hearings that took place in Washington this summer as lawmakers prepare to vote on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

If you think U.S. Supreme Court nominees have become much more evasive in recent years during their confirmation hearings, Dion Farganis, an Elon University assistant professor of political science, offers a bit of advice: Think again. Work by Farganis received national attention this week as the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings into Elena Kagan’s nomination to the highest court in the land.

Assistant professor Jason Kirk was a featured guest June 30 on "The State of Things" program hosted by WUNC, a North Carolina affiliate of National Public Radio.

Elon University Poll director Hunter Bacot spoke at length in June with NBC17 in Raleigh, N.C., and with the national news organization Real Clear Politics about the challenges faced by Democrats in unseating U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., in November.

Mileah Kromer, an assistant professor of political science, spoke at length with News 14 Carolina on June 11 about the upcoming runoff election between N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and former state Sen. Cal Cunningham for the Democratic nomination to take on incumbent U.S. Sen. Richard Burr in November.

Elon University young alumna Kristine Silverstri served as a guest writer this week for Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof, who published on his newspaper blog Silvestri's account of contracting malaria when she visited Ghana in late 2008.

Larry Vellani, director of corporate and foundation relations, composed and delivered a short devotional reflection May 7 at the 2010 baccalaureate vespers of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga. His thoughts borrowed from the text of the reformed hymn “Earth and All Stars” by H. F. Brokering (1926-2009).

Elon University Poll director Hunter Bacot spoke with News 14 Carolina on May 14 for the statewide cable news channel's "In Depth" segment on the upcoming General Assembly short session in Raleigh.

Hunter Bacot, an associate professor of political science and director of the Elon University Poll, spoke May 19 at the North Carolina Association for County Commissioners’ “Assembly Day.”