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American Progress Experts

David M. Abromowitz

Areas of expertise: Housing policy, financing, and preservation, community and economic development, urban redevelopment, disconnected youth and prison re-entry, Community Reinvestment Act

Julie Ajinkya

Areas of expertise: Race and ethnic politics, women's rights, immigration, Muslim communities in the West

Eric Alterman

Areas of expertise: Media business, journalism, U.S. foreign relations, U.S. history, politics, American Jewish politics

Jessica Arons

Areas of expertise: Reproductive health, rights and justice, contraception, sexuality education, conscience clauses, assisted reproductive technologies, HPV vaccines, women’s health, privacy rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT rights, the gender pay gap, and constitutional law

Kellan Baker

Areas of expertise: LGBT issues, health care, health disparities, health data collection

Darryl Banks

Areas of expertise: Science and technology policies, regulatory issues, energy innovation

Michael Barr

Areas of expertise: Financial institutions, international finance, finance and development, jurisdiction and choice of law, transnational law

Joel Berg

Areas of expertise: Poverty, food policy

Alan Bersin

Areas of expertise: Education

Ulrich Boser

Areas of expertise: Education, higher education, crime, criminal justice, investigative research and reporting

Melissa Boteach

Areas of expertise: Poverty

Heather Boushey

Areas of expertise: Budget and fiscal policy, demographics and census, economics, employment, labor, poverty, welfare, women and work

Cynthia G. Brown

Areas of expertise: Education of low-income and minority students, standards-based education framework, federal education programs, state education agency operations, state education policy, federal civil rights enforcement in education, pre-school education

Crosby Burns

Areas of expertise: LGBT workplace issues, relationship recognition and marriage equality, LGBT policy and politics

Maura Calsyn

Areas of expertise: Health care

Richard W. Caperton

Areas of expertise: Clean energy, energy finance, rural electric cooperatives, electricity transmission and distribution, climate change

Vanessa Cárdenas

Areas of expertise: Ethnic media, immigration, Hispanic/Latino issues

Jim Carr

Areas of expertise: Housing policy

Elizabeth Chen

Areas of expertise: Women's rights

Michael Conathan

Areas of expertise: Ocean policy

Andrew Cray

Areas of expertise: LGBT issues, health care

David M. Cutler

Areas of expertise: Economics, health care

Rudy deLeon

Areas of expertise: U.S. military strategy, defense budget, national security, Middle East, legislative/executive process and politics

Anna Deveare Smith

Areas of expertise: The arts

Sabina Dewan

Areas of expertise: Development aid, economics, foreign policy/international relations, global poverty/foreign assistance, globalization, trade, United Nations, World Trade Organization

Zeke Emanuel

Areas of expertise: Health care

Matt Entenza

Areas of expertise: Education, energy and environment

Jennifer Erickson

Areas of expertise: Banking and finance, business and industry, economics

Marshall Fitz

Areas of expertise: Immigration policy, politics, and legislation, immigrant rights, due process, judicial review

Sam Fulwood III

Areas of expertise: Education, energy and environment, housing, immigration, media, race and ethnicity

Arkadi Gerney

Areas of expertise: Crime, gun policy, immigration, data innovation, data privacy

Daniella Gibbs Léger

Areas of expertise: Race, media, politics

Sarah Jane Glynn

Areas of expertise: Economics, employment, labor, women and work, workforce development, college and career readiness, business and industry

Christy Goldfuss

Areas of expertise: Lands policies

Julia Gordon

Areas of expertise: Housing finance, foreclosure prevention, predatory lending, consumer financial protection, legal aid

Kate Gordon

Areas of expertise: Green jobs, clean and renewable energy, regional economic development, urban planning, workforce development, green manufacturing

Sheila Greeve Davaney

Areas of expertise: Religion in the public sphere

Ken Gude

Areas of expertise: Geneva Conventions, Guantanamo, national security

Nina Hachigian

Areas of expertise: National security, U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, Asia geopolitics

John Halpin

Areas of expertise: Political theory, public opinion

Melanie Hart

Areas of expertise: China, Chinese energy and climate policy

Bracken Hendricks

Areas of expertise: Energy and environment, labor and work, progessive movement

Adam Hersh

Areas of expertise: Macroeconomics, China and other Asian economies, international economics, banking and finance, global poverty, globalization, IMF and World Bank, stock markets, trade

Brian Katulis

Areas of expertise: Iraq, national security, terrorism, Middle East politics

Angela Maria Kelley

Areas of expertise: Immigration, media

Tom Kenworthy

Areas of expertise: Energy and environment

Jitinder Kohli

Areas of expertise: Business and industry, cities, housing, economy, Europe, government, immigration, race and civil rights

Lawrence J. Korb

Areas of expertise: Federal budget, military, national security

Melissa Lazarín

Areas of expertise: Federal K-12 education policy, high school reform, educational issues related to Latinos, English language learners, and immigrant students

Rebecca Lefton

Areas of expertise: International climate change, climate finance, international transport, gender equality, and sustainable development

Andrew Light

Areas of expertise: International climate and energy policy, restoration ecology and biodiversity, regulatory policy for new and emerging technologies, climate and justice

Scott Lilly

Areas of expertise: Federal budget policy, discretionary spending, science, education, national security, economics

Michael Linden

Areas of expertise: Federal tax policy, the federal budget

David Madland

Areas of expertise: Economic policy, retirement, labor unions, employment, public opinion

Katie Miller

Areas of expertise: LGBT military issues, women in the military, relationship recognition and marriage equality, LGBT policy and politics

Matt Miller

Areas of expertise: Economic policy, budget and tax policy, health care policy, education policy, globalization, the role of business in society, the role of media in society

Preston Mitchum

Areas of expertise: LGBT issues, relationship recognition and marriage equality, race and ethnicity, LGBT health

Aisha C. Moodie-Mills

Areas of expertise: LGBT issues, relationship recognition and marriage equality, race and ethnicity

Jonathan D. Moreno

Areas of expertise: Bioethics, medical ethics, stem cell research, end of life ethics, science policy, neuroethics, bioterrorism

Joy Moses

Areas of expertise: Poverty

John Norris

Areas of expertise: Foreign policy, international development, global conflict, human rights, United Nations

Ann O'Leary

Areas of expertise: Employment, poverty, welfare, women's rights and health

Glenda L. Partee

Areas of expertise: Teacher quality, youth policy, high school reform, career and college readiness

John Prendergast

Areas of expertise: National security, terrorism

Janneke Ratcliffe

Areas of expertise: Housing policy, financing, and preservation, banking and finance

Bishop Gene Robinson

Areas of expertise: LGBT issues, religion

Shira Saperstein

Areas of expertise: Women's rights

Louis Soares

Areas of expertise: Higher education reform, post-secondary education, economic development policy

Topher Spiro

Areas of expertise: Health care

Sally Steenland

Areas of expertise: Religion in the public sphere, religion and LGBT equality, women and religion, religion and science

Erik Stegman

Areas of expertise: Poverty, education, criminal justice, American Indian/Alaska Native issues, LGBT issues

Will Straw

Areas of expertise: Globalization, trade, economics

Peter Swire

Areas of expertise: Housing, financial regulation, privacy, cyberspace law

Neera Tanden

Areas of expertise: Health care, domestic policy

Ruy Teixeira

Areas of expertise: Public opinion, political demography

Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite

Areas of expertise: Religion

Joe Valenti

Areas of expertise: Poverty, consumer finance, wealth, income inequality

Caroline Wadhams

Areas of expertise: U.S. national security, Afghanistan, Pakistan, terrorism

Karla Walter

Areas of expertise: Employment, labor

Daniel J. Weiss

Areas of expertise: Energy and environment

Christian E. Weller

Areas of expertise: Private pensions, social security, U.S. economy and the labor market, the Federal Reserve, international finance, consumer credit and finance

Michael Werz

Areas of expertise: Transatlantic foreign policy, including Turkey, climate migration, and national security, immigration and integration in Europe, anti-Americanism

Heidi Williamson

Areas of expertise: Women’s rights; reproductive health, rights, and justice; race and ethnicity

Philip E. Wolgin

Areas of expertise: Immigration, American history