Monday, August 11, 2025

The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics News Archives

'The Craziness Is Exhausting People'
Poll shows Trump trailing Biden in Ohio
Q&A with Dr. David Cohen, interim director of the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics
New leadership for the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics
What can we expect in 2020? UA experts share predictions
Bliss Institute partners with Ohio Black Caucus Foundation to conduct poll
Scholar warns nation faces risks on election legitimacy
UA poll: Ohioans share views on early childhood education issues
Respected national security leaders will speak March 7


Total results: 629

Vance visits Canton to promote One Big, Beautiful Bill ahead of 2026 elections

In this article, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses the president’s signature tax cut and spending law. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Process and politics of redistricting

In this story, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses the process of redistricting in Ohio. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Stephen C. Brooks

sbrooks@uakron.edu

  • Coronavirus
  • effect of pandemic on campaigning and voting in Ohio
  • media and politics
  • campaign news
  • campaign advertising


David B. Cohen

dbcohen@uakron.edu

  • American politics
  • president
  • vice president
  • POTUS
  • First Lady
  • White House
  • presidency
  • White House staff
  • chief of staff
  • White House press corps
  • executive branch
  • cabinet
  • Congress
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
  • campaigns
  • elections
  • voting
  • Ohio politics
  • Ohio Statehouse
  • Ohio legislature
  • public opinion
  • WMD
  • weapons of mass destruction
  • homeland security
  • biological weapons
  • chemical weapons
  • nuclear weapons
  • arms control
  • Politics of coronavirus pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19


John Green

green@uakron.edu

  • Politics
  • religion and politics
  • campaign finance


Karl Kaltenthaler

kck@uakron.edu

  • Coronavirus
  • Global cooperation or lack of cooperation
  • Trade (trade wars)
  • US role in the world
  • Islamist Terrorism
  • ISIS (or IS or ISIL)
  • Al Qaeda
  • Taliban
  • Pakistani terrorist groups
  • Radicalization into Islamist terrorist groups
  • Drones
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Iraq
  • Syria and Middle East security
  • Counterterrorism
  • Intelligence issues
  • National security policy and Muslim public opinion


James T. McHugh

mchugh@uakron.edu

  • Political science
  • political philosophy and ideology
  • democratic theory
  • Canadian politics
  • British politics
  • North American regional cooperation (including NAFTA)
  • human rights
  • international law
  • legal philosophy
  • state constitutions
  • comparative constitutional and legal systems