Newswise — Faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin are available to provide expert perspectives on presidential inaugural and transition issues, including policies, economics, and defense and foreign policy issues. For a complete listing of faculty and their respective areas of expertise, visit: www.utexas.edu/opa/experts/.
Economic PoliciesJames K. GalbraithProfessor of Government
Galbraith's new book is "The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too." He is the author of "Balancing Acts: Technology, Finance and the American Future," and "Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay."
Inaugural AddressesRoderick P. HartDirector, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic ParticipationDean, College of Communication
Hart is an expert on politics and the mass media and the author of twelve books, the most recent of which is "Political Keywords: Using Language that Uses Us." He is also the author of DICTION 5.0, a computer program designed to analyze language patterns.
Jürgen K. StreeckAssociate Professor, Department of Communication Studies"¨
Streeck studies human interaction in everyday life. He studies how gestures work as a medium of communication and he is the author of "Gesturecraft." To learn more, read the feature story Manual Dexterity (http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2003/gestures.html).
The U.S PresidencyJames M. LindsayTom Slick Chair for International Affairs and Director, Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law
Lindsay has authored, co-authored, or edited more than fifteen books and fifty journal articles and book chapters on various aspects of American foreign policy and international relations.
Bush Family LegacyBill MinutaglioClinical Professor, School of Journalism
Minutaglio wrote the first biography of George W. Bush and has extensively researched and written about the Bush family legacy, the relationship between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush and the extended Bush family. For more information, visit http://www.billminutaglio.com/.
U.S. Foreign PolicyEugene GholzAssociate Professor of Public Affairs
An expert on the aerospace and defense industries, Gholz has authored and coauthored numerous articles, book chapters, and op-ed columns on innovation, business-government relations, defense management, and U.S. foreign military policy.
National Campaign PoliticsPaul SteklerProfessor of Public Affairs
Paul Stekler is a nationally recognized documentary filmmaker whose critically praised and award-winning work includes "Last Man Standing: Politics, Texas Style;" "Vote for Me: Politics in America," a four-hour PBS special about grassroots electoral politics; two segments of the Eyes on the Prize II series on the history of civil rights; and "Louisiana Boys: Raised on Politics" (broadcast on PBS's P.O.V. series).
National SecurityAdmiral Bobby R. Inman, U.S. Navy, (Ret.)Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy
Inman served in the U.S. Navy from November 1951 to July 1982, when he retired with the permanent rank of Admiral. While on active duty he served as director of the National Security Agency and deputy director of Central Intelligence.
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