Dartmouth College Expert Available To Comment On State Of The Union Address

1/29/2002

From: Dartmouth College Office of Public Affairs, 603-646-3661

News Advisory:

Linda Fowler, professor of government and director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College, is available to comment on President Bush's first State of the Union address this evening. She is an expert on legislative politics, with particular interest in presidential and congressional elections. Her research also includes interest groups, citizen activism, term limits and campaign finance reform, a topic on which she has testified before Congress. She recently completed a paper on the effects of retail politics on the New Hampshire primary. During the presidential primary season, she conducts the Rockefeller Center's public opinion polls on the candidates.

Reporters can reach Fowler directly until 10:30 p.m. EST tonight at 603-643-1321.

For follow-up stories or future interviews, Fowler can be reached through Dartmouth Public Affairs, 603-646-3661, or at her office number, 603-646-3874. She can also be reached via e-mail at linda.fowler@dartmouth.edu.