Experts on Inauguration, UK leaving single market, World Economic Forum, Obamacare, & Betsy DeVos
This week WMC SheSource features experts on Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday, Theresa May announcing that the UK will be leaving the EU single market, the Chinese President warning against a trade war at the World Economic Forum, the move to repeal Obamacare, and the Senate hearing of Betsy DeVos.
Donald Trump's inauguration is on Friday and, to discuss, we SPOTLIGHT Vanessa C. Tyson. Dr. Tyson currently teaches in the Department of Politics at Scripps College in Claremont, CA. As an expert on US Congress, policy formulation, race, gender, and social justice, Dr. Tyson has an extensive background in both US and California politics. Having worked on political campaigns since she was a teenager, including three Presidential campaigns, two US Senate campaigns, and numerous state and local campaigns, she carefully considers how political dynamics affect policy formulation and consequent outcomes. Media includes: Oxford University Press, The Conversation, and US News.
With Prime Minister Theresa May announcing that the UK will be leaving the EU single market, we FEATURE Mary Nugent. Mary teaches classes in Gender politics, US politics, UK politics, and political theory in the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University, where she also a Doctoral Candidate. Mary is from the UK, and after receiving an undergraduate degree from Cambridge University, worked in the UK Parliament for an MP. Media includes: BBC, Wall Street Journal, The Salon, The Guardian, Vancouver Sun, Herald Scotland.
Chinese President Xi Jinping warns against a trade war as he speaks to the World Economic Forum. To discuss, we FEATURE US Ambassador to the Asian South East Nations, Nina Hachigian. Ambassador Hachigian was previously a senior fellow at American Progress. She is the co-author of The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise (Simon & Schuster, 2008). She focuses on great power relationships, international institutions, the U.S.-China relationship, and U.S. foreign policy. Media includes: Fox News, Bill Maher Show, CNN Int’l, Tavis Smiley, All Things Considered.
With 18 million people likely to loose their health care in the first years after the Affordable Care Act is repealed, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, we FEATURE Judy Lubin, PhD, MPH. Dr. Lubin is a policy analyst, sociologist and president of Public Square Communications, a Washington, D.C. area boutique research, communications and public policy consulting firm. Dr. Lubin is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Sociology at Howard University and is a researcher and lecturer on health policy and health disparities. She has led strategic projects and initiatives addressing an array of social and policy topics including housing, education, civil rights, criminal justice and public health. Media includes: Huffington Post, theRoot.com, NBC News Washington, Wall Street Journal, PBS.org.
Senate confirmations for Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Education, have begun and we FEATURE Dana Bolger. Dana is founding co-director of Know Your IX, a national survivor- and youth-led organization to end sexual and gender-based violence in school. Know Your IX fills the gap between the law on the books and survivors on the ground: the organization brings Title IX to students, educating them about their rights and empowering them to take action for safety, justice, and equity on campus; and brings students' voices, experiences, and concerns to the policymakers writing the next chapter in Title IX's history. Media includes: NPR, New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Boston Globe.
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