American Politics

Phillip Atiba Goff, Co-Founder and President, Center for Policing Equity, is a psychologist known for researching the relationship between race and policing in the United States. He is an expert in contemporary forms of racial bias and discrimination. In a "A New Language of Justice," Dr. Goff outlines an updated, research-based framework for discussing issues of community and race relations as they pertain to law enforcement policies, one that emphasizes outcomes rather than intentions. Series: "DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31654]

Messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio, author of “Don’t Buy It: The Trouble with Talking Nonsense About the Economy,” describes how to best influence public opinion. Citing her research on causes such as abortion rights and gay marriage, she argues that the most effective way to change minds is not through the traditional “anger, hope, action” model, but instead to establish shared values with political opponents and then to present the problems that threaten those values along with potential solutions. Shenker-Osorio engages in this fascinating discussion with civil rights attorney Jonathan Stein, a fellow alum of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "The Goldman School - Berkeley Public Policy" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31825]

Messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio argues that the most effective way to change minds is not through the traditional “anger, hope, action” model, but instead to establish shared values with political opponents and then to present the problems that threaten those values along with potential solutions. Series: "The UC Public Policy Channel" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31987]

Henri Migala, director of the International House at UC San Diego, expresses his concern for the future of Education Abroad programs in the Trump era. Series: "What's Next for Washington?" [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 31747]

Robert Jones, Director of the Public Religion Research Institute in Washington, D.C., is a well-known commentator on religion and politics. He discusses the upcoming presidential election. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31622]

Holly Harvey’s passion for her work is infectious as she describes how she and her colleagues at the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimate the expense of legislative proposals so that lawmakers will understand just how much their ideas will cost American taxpayers. Harvey’s conversation with Henry E. Brady, Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, is the third of three in “The Budget Series,” featuring UC GSPP alumni who are fiscal policy experts in Washington. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31725]

Dorothy Robyn, now an independent analyst, shares tales of her time in government overseeing energy and environmental budget issues on military bases, participating in a public/private partnership with Ivanka Trump that converted Washington’s Old Post Office Pavilion into a hotel, and preventing a life-saving satellite system from being destroyed, a feat most recently recounted "Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story." Robyn’s conversation with Henry E. Brady, Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, is the second of three in “The Budget Series,” featuring UC GSPP alumni who are fiscal policy experts in Washington.

Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 31726]

Marquee faculty of UC San Diego assess the stunning result of the 2016 presidential election and look ahead to what a Trump Administration will mean for US relations with China, Korea, Canada, Latin America, Israel and Iran; and how Trump’s policies will affect domestic politics and international students who want to study in the United States. Series: "What's Next for Washington?" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31655]

Stan Collender, author and professional commentator on the federal budget, brings his sense of humor to explain Washington’s dysfunction on the budget process and speculates how this might change under a Trump administration. Collender’s conversation with Henry E. Brady, Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, is the first of three in “The Budget Series,” featuring UC GSPP alumni who are fiscal policy experts in Washington. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 31724]

Jamal Khokhar, former Canadian Ambassador to Brazil and now President of the Institute of the Americas, assesses Canada's reaction to the election of Donald Trump. Series: "What's Next for Washington?" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31743]