Experts on the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump

Humanities, Social Sciences

US Capitol Building East Front View
On Jan 20, Donald Trump entered the U.S. Capitol to be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. Photo Credit: Senate Democrats, CC BY 2.0.

The following University of Victoria experts are available to media for comment about Donald Trump and US politics: 

Jason Colby (History) is an expert in US election history, race and US politics, as well as American traditions of liberal democracy and US foreign relations. (Office: 250-721-7383 or by email: jcolby@uvic.ca) 

Oliver Schmidtke (Centre for Global Studies / History / Political Science) is an expert in international politics, populism and democracy, and can comment on the inauguration in terms of its implications for Canada. (Office: 250-472-4726 or by email at ofs@uvic.ca)  

 

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Julie Sloan (University Communications and Marketing) at uvicnews@uvic.ca

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Keywords: politics, history, election, political science, economics

People: Jason Colby, Oliver Schmidtke

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