Professor of Political Science

The runoff in the French presidential election will be a battle between centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, with current President François Hollande urging French voters to reject Le Pen. To discuss this election, we FEATURE Terri Givens. Terri is a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. As a scholar, she focuses on the global politics of immigration, European politics, international relations and party politics. She joined The University of Texas at Austin as a government professor in 2003. Her publications include Voting Radical Right in Western Europe, Immigration Policy and Security and Legislating Equality: The Politics of Antidiscrimination Policy in Europe. Media includes: BBC, PBS (To the Contrary), Australian Broadcasting, NPR, Austin Statesman Newspaper.

Professor of Political Science | Director, Presidential Studies Program

With President Trump's 100th day in office fast approaching, we FEATURE Lori Cox Han, PhD. Lori joined the Chapman University faculty in 2005 as Professor of Political Science. Her major area of expertise is American government, with research and teaching interests in the presidency, women and politics, media and politics, and political leadership. Her research has also appeared in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Congress and the Presidency, and White House Studies. In addition, Dr. Han is past president of the Presidency Research Group, an organized section of the American Political Science Association devoted to the study of the presidency. Media includes: Los Angeles Times, KTTV Channel 11 (Fox News affiliate) , KNBC, KPCC (NPR affiliate), Orange Country Register, USA Today.

Best-selling Author, Higher Education Leadership and Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

With New Orleans removing the first of four Confederate monuments, we FEATURE Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D. Beverly was the ninth president of Spelman College. Dr. Tatum is a clinical psychologist whose areas of research include black families in white communities, racial identity in teens, and the role of race in the classroom. For over 20 years, Dr. Tatum taught her signature course on the psychology of racism. Her latest book, Can We Talk about Race? and Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation, released in 2007, explores the social and educational implications of the growing racial isolation in our public schools. She is also the author of Assimilation Blues: Black Families in a White Community (1987). Media includes: The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, C-SPAN, Today Show.

Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist

Peggy Whitson has set the record for most days in space. To discuss this momentous occassion, we FEATURE Emily Lakdawalla. Emily is a passionate advocate for the exploration of all of the worlds of our solar system. Through blogs, photos, videos, podcasts, print articles, Twitter, and any other medium she can put her hand to, Lakdawalla shares the adventure of space exploration with the world. She has been writing and editing the Planetary Society Blog since 2005, reporting on space news, explaining planetary science, and sharing beautiful space photos. Lakdawalla holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in geology from Amherst College and a Master of Science degree in planetary geology from Brown University. Media includes: BBC America, BBC World News, Planetary Radio.