Todd Makse, Florida International University
Todd is a Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University. His current research interests include effectiveness and expertise in state legislatures, voting reforms and information transmission in campaigns, and patterns of political knowledge in state and local politics. | CV | tmakse@fiu.edu |
Scott L. Minkoff, SUNY New Paltz
Scott is Associate Professor of Political Science at SUNY New Paltz where he studies the geography of American politics with an emphasis on local government, political boundaries, public policy, public goods, and social behavior. Most of his work involves the use of geographic information systems (GIS), mapping, point pattern analysis, and other spatial statistical methods. | CV | minkoffs@newpaltz.edu |
Anand E. Sokhey, University of Colorado at Boulder
Anand is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He specializes in American politics, and his work examines the role that social influence plays in vote choice, political participation, and opinion formation. His current work intersects with scholarship on gender, religion and politics, and political psychology, and focuses on how formal and informal political conversations, interpersonal networks, and environments - whether defined in terms of organizations or geographic boundaries - independently and interactively shape behavior. | CV | anand.sokhey@colorado.edu |