The political communication scholars who wrote and signed this letter are available for expert interviews and other media inquiries.

Mid-Atlantic

Leticia Bode
Professor, Georgetown University
Misinformation, social media, content moderation
lb871@georgetown.edu
Washington, DC

Dave Karpf
Associate Professor, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University
dkarpf@gwu.edu
Washington, DC

Jay Rosen
Journalism, election coverage, citizens agenda
rosen.jay@gmail.com
New York

Rebekah Tromble
Associate Professor, School of Media & Public Affairs, George Washington University
Social media, disinformation, hate speech
rtromble@gwu.edu
Washington, DC

David C. Wilson
Professor, Political Science and Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Delaware
Polling, election corruption, political attitudes
davidc.wilson.phd@gmail.com
Delaware

Silvio Waisbord
Professor, George Washington University
Global journalism, populism, post-truth
waisbord@gwu.edu
Washington, DC

Dannagal Young
Professor, Departments of Communication and Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware
Political polarization, political psychology, political entertainment/satire
dgyoung@udel.edu
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

Khadijah Costly White
Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers University
Political discourse, race, activism
khadijah.white@rutgers.edu
New Jersey

The South

Kirsten Adams
Graduate Research Fellow, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Journalism & democracy, partisanship & polarization, press endorsements
kkirsten@live.unc.edu
North Carolina

Chris Bail
Polarization Lab, Duke University
Social media, polarization, misinformation
christopher.bail@duke.edu
North Carolina

Megan Duncan
Associate professor, School of Communication, Virginia Tech
Partisan news audiences, news credibility, online partisan news
meganduncan@vt.edu
Virginia

Daniel Kreiss
Professor, Hussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Media, platforms, electoral politics
dkreiss@email.unc.edu
North Carolina

Mallory Perryman
Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Media bias, public trust in news, broadcast journalism
mallory.perryman@gmail.com
Virginia

Joshua M. Scacco
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of South Florida
Presidential communication, digital news, campaign communication
jscacco@usf.edu
Florida

Kathleen Searles
Professor, University of South Carolina
News and politics, partisan news, poll coverage
South Carolina

Shannon McGregor
Associate professor, Hussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Social media, public opinion, political campaigns, platform content policy
shannonmcg@unc.edu
North Carolina

The Midwest

Kathleen Culver
Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Journalism ethics, emerging media, misinformation/disinformation
kbculver@wisc.edu
Wisconsin

James Druckman
Department of Political Science, Northwestern University
Polls, polarization, public opinion
druckman@northwestern.edu
Illinois

Stephanie Edgerly
Professor, Medill School, Northwestern University
News audiences, news avoiders, news literacy
stephanie.edgerly@northwestern.edu
Illinois

Ben Epstein
Associate Professor of Political Science, DePaul University
Political communication innovations, American political development, media literacy
bepstein@depaul.edu
Illinois, California

Ashley Muddiman
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Kansas
Media Effects, incivility, digital News
ashley.muddiman@ku.edu
Kansas, Missouri

Marisa Smith
Assistant Professor, College of Communication Arts & Sciences, Michigan State University
Digital news, race and identity, disinformation
smit3330@msu.edu
Michigan

Stuart Soroka
Michael W. Traugott Collegiate Professor of Communication and Media & Political Science, Department of Communication and Media, University of Michigan
Political communication, media effects, negativity bias
ssoroka@umich.edu
Michigan

Benjamin Toff
Associate Professor, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota
Polling and public opinion, news audiences, changing media
bjtoff@umn.edu
Minnesota

Michael W. Wagner
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Polarization, news coverage, voting methods
mwagner8@wisc.edu
Wisconsin

Scott Althaus
Merriam Professor of Political Science and Professor of Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Political communication, public opinion
salthaus@illinois.edu
Illinois

Kjerstin Thorson
College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
News audiences, political communication, news on social media
K.Thorson@colostate.edu
Colorado

Danielle K. Brown
Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Civil Unrest & Protest, Race, Journalism Ethics
dkbrown@msu.edu
Michigan

The Southwest

Jessica T. Feezell
Associate Professor, University of New Mexico
Political communication, political behavior, information communication technology
jfeezell@unm.edu
New Mexico

Samara Klar
Professor, University of Arizona
Voter behavior, partisanship, independent voters
klar@arizona.edu
Arizona

Jennifer R. Mercieca
Professor, Department of Communication, Texas A&M University
Rhetoric, political communication, and propaganda.
dr.rhetoric@gmail.com
Texas

Stephen D. Reese
Jesse H. Jones Professor, School of Journalism and Media, University of Texas
Framing, sociology of news, global journalism
steve.reese@utexas.edu
Texas

The West

Mike Annany
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California
Platforms, media ethics, journalism practices
ananny@gmail.com
California

Amber E. Boydstun
Professor of Political Science & Chancellor’s Fellow, UC Davis
Media attention, issue framing, news production
aboydstun@ucdavis.edu
California

Allissa Richardson
Associate Professor of Journalism , Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California
Smartphones and social justice, digital activism, protest journalism
allissar@usc.edu
California

Fred Turner
Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication, Stanford University
Media history, The ‘60s, Media and authoritarianism
fturner@stanford.edu
California

Jordan Foley
Assistant professor, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University
Partisan media ecologies, misinformation, conspiracy theories
jordan.foley@wsu.edu
Washington

Nik Usher
Associate Professor, University of San Diego
Media criticism, journalism, platforms
nusher@sandiego.edu
California

International experts

In addition to US-based experts, there are three international experts available:

Claes de Vreese
Professor and Chair of Political Communication at The Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam
Political journalism, public opinion, platforms and elections
c.h.devreese@uva.nl

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
News use, digital media, political communication
rasmus.nielsen@politics.ox.ac.uk

Cristian Vaccari
University of Edinburgh
Elections, social media, comparative research
cristian.vaccari@gmail.com

Ulrike Klinger
Professor for Political Theory and Digital Democracy, European New School of Digital Studies Frankfurt, Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society Berlin
Elections, Social Media, Disinformation
klinger@europa-uni.de