Connecting with the public through the media is a key component of our outreach efforts.
Media Mentions
Our faculty are often featured as experts in the news stories about democracy and American politics:
State of Belief: Vaccine refusal is immoral and un-American
The National Interest: Progressives took major losses in Coronavirus Relief Bill
Allentown Morning Call: Trump campaign has little ground to challenge Pennsylvania election results
Digging Deeper with Penn State President Eric Barron: Michael Berkman on the 2020 election
Fox 5 New York: Eric Plutzer on why Pennsylvania is a genuine swing state
Bloomberg TV’s Balance of Power: Michael Berkman on the U.S. government’s response to coronavirus
NPR’s On Point: Chris Beem on the importance of truth in a democracy
Governing magazine: Michael Berkman on state legislators running for mayor
PennLive:Penn State survey finds real empathy gap between Democrats, Republican voters
Mood of the Nation Poll results in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage
The Conversation
The Conversation is an independent source of news and views from the academic and research community, delivered direct to the public. The organization’s motto is “academic rigor, journalistic flair.” Michael Berkman, Christopher Beem, and other McCourtney Institute faculty regularly contribute articles to the site, which are republished in media outlets around the world:
Why refusing the COVID-19 vaccine isn’t just immoral — it’s un-American
Joe Biden, Abraham Lincoln, and democratic charity
Wisconsin GOP’s power grab is a danger to democracy
What Comey learned from theologian Reinhold Niebuhr about ethical leadership
Lessons on political leadership from Lincoln’s ‘House Divided’ speech 160 years later
To fully appreciate black history, the U.S. must let go of lingering confederate nostalgia
In Pennsylvania’s 18th, a very important, unimportant election
In Trump’s America, is the Supreme Court still seen as legitimate?
What activists today can learn from MLK, the ‘conservative militant’
Thanks to the North Carolina case, partisan gerrymandering’s day of reckoning may soon be upon us
When Trump’s tweets are angry, the mood of his followers darkens