ProfNet Experts Available on Tax Plan, Mobilizing Voters, More

2017-12-20 02:20:15

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Tax Plan

Mobilizing Voters

Male Leaders and Masculinity

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Supervisory Content Editor – Voice of America (DC/NY/CA)

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Tax Plan
Bradley Heim
Associate Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Indiana University
Heim, a tax law expert, is available to discuss any aspect of the Republican Tax Bill as it moves through the legislative process. A former financial economist at the office of Tax Analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Heim is an expert on public finance, labor economics, and econometrics. He is well-versed in the impacts of tax policies on labor supply, income and earnings, health insurance purchases, and the analysis of labor, business and household income dynamics.
Heim says, "While this isdefinitely a tax cut, it's hard to say that it's much of a reform. Tax reforms try to make the code simpler and more efficient. At least on the individual tax side, many of the provisions make things more complex."
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Contact: Jessica Brown,

Mobilizing Voters
Steve Wuhs
Assistant Provost for Internationalization, Professor of Political Science
University of Redlands
"In any society as unequal as ours, there are more potential left voters than right voters. As a result, parties of the right always struggle to establish the base they require to win democratic elections -- that's why we see their traditional economic platforms complemented by cultural positions on things like abortion and crime. In Alabama, we saw the underlying strength of left parties – sheer numbers, when mobilized. And the candidacy of Roy Moore did mobilize crucial segments of the voting population threatened by his cultural agenda, especially African-Americans. Paired with the allegations surrounding Moore than undercut some of his support among moderate Republicans, strong mobilization by Alabama's African-American voters pushed Doug Jones over the top."
Wuhs is available to discuss state and national politics/elections, international politics, particularly in Europe and Mexico, American politics, political change, and comparative parties.
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Contact: Jennifer Dobbs,

Male Leaders and Masculinity
Mark S. Kiselica, PhD, HSPP, NCC, LPC
Founding Dean and Professor of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Cabrini University
"Men who embrace positive masculinity will not tolerate nor engage in violence, sexually insensitive behavior, or destructive exploitation. They have an inner knowledge about themselves and are confident, secure, humble, and trustworthy. I urge everyone to evaluate male leaders at all levels of power through the lens of positive masculinity. We must direct our support toward men who exhibit these qualities. We have an obligation to confront male leaders who are sexist, racist, hyper-aggressive, duplicitous, and pathologically narcissistic, invite them with optimism to learn and live by more positive notions of masculinity, and forcefully challenge them if they reject this invitation."
A national authority on positive masculinity and helping boys and men, Kiselica is Fellow and former president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity and the author of 150 publications, including the books, "The Handbook of Counseling Boys and Adolescent Males" and "Counseling Troubled Boys." He believes that fostering positive masculinity is the best way to prevent disrespect and harm to women by men. Kiselica is available to speak on positive masculinity as an antidote to the problem of sexual harassment.
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Contact: Lori Iannella,

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