RIVERSIDE, Calif. — As campaign rhetoric heats up heading into the November elections, scholars at the University of California, Riverside are available to discuss issues from California’s initiative process and the impact of foreclosures on voting to immigration policy and the economy.

Voters, Initiatives, Corporate Influence

Martin Johnson, associate professor of political science(951) 827-4612[email protected]http://www.politicalscience.ucr.edu/people/faculty/johnson/index.html

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Tags: political science, political behavior, public opinion, foreclosures and voting, politics, super PACs, campaign finance

Vanesa Estrada-Correa, assistant professor of sociology(951) 827-5851[email protected]http://sociology.ucr.edu/people/faculty/estrada/index.html

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Tags: sociology, race and housing, foreclosures and neighborhoods, foreclosures and voting

Among Johnson’s research interests are American political behavior, how social environments and other sources of information shape public opinion, and the impact of super PACs on American politics. Estrada-Correa’s current research focuses on aspects of racial stratification related to housing and neighborhoods, including neighborhood change resulting from foreclosures. The two recently published research linking foreclosures to diminished participation in the political process for voters who lost their homes as well as voters who remained in neighborhoods significantly affected by the housing crisis.

UC Riverside has a TV studio with a fiber-optic link to a satellite feed and an ISDN line at the campus radio station, KUCR-FM.