Media Day with Princeton Faculty: Policy Priorities & the New Administration Washington DC, Jan 31, 2025
Media Day with Princeton Faculty: Policy Priorities & the New Administration
Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) invites national and international journalists and editors for a day of dialogues with Princeton faculty at its venue in Washington D.C. A broad range of faculty experts will offer insights, academic research, comparative analysis, and historical perspective on a range of issues that proved both important to voters in 2024 and will shape the Trump presidency—from immigration and healthcare to climate change and China. This one day event will be informal, interactive, and off-the-record. Full agenda below; please note space is limited
*Princeton SPIA Communications team will also assist in arranging individual on-the-record interviews with faculty members.
Date & Time
January 31, 2025
8:45 AM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM Rooftop Reception
Location
Princeton SPIA DC Center
1333 New Hampshire Ave, NW, Rooftop Lounge
Washington, D.C.
In-person attendance only. Space is limited.
Agenda
8:45am - 9:15am__Welcome & Breakfast
9:15am - 10:30am__Session I: Domestic Policy
- Relations with the new Congress
- Economic policy
- Healthcare and Reproductive Rights
- Immigration
Princeton Faculty
Moderator
10:35am - 11:40am__Session II: Climate, Energy, & Industrial Policy
- Climate agenda
- Energy policy
- Industrial Policy
Princeton Faculty
Moderator
11:40am - 11:55am__Coffee Break
11:55am - 1:15pm__Session III: Foreign Policy: Trends, Risks, Opportunities
- China & the Indo-Pacific
- Russia/Ukraine
- Middle East: Israel/Gaza, Syria, Iran
- Immigration/Migration
- Global Order
Princeton Faculty
Moderator
1:15pm - 2:35pm__Lunch Roundtables
- White House/Congressional Relations
- Climate & Energy
- Artificial Intelligence
- Foreign Policy
2:35pm - 3:50pm__Session IV: American Democracy, Governance, & Elections 2024
- Constitutional Questions
- Democratic Institutions & Norms
- Party Platforms & Identities
- Campaign Finance
- Voting Access, Rights, and Risks
- Media
Princeton Faculty
Moderator
3:50pm - 5:00pm__Session V: Artificial Intelligence & Policymaking 2025
Princeton Faculty
Moderator
5:00pm - 6:30pm__Reception, Drinks & Appetizers: Penthouse Lounge & Rooftop
Co-Conveners
Julian Zelizer, Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs
Frances Lee, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs
Zach Vertin, Director, Princeton SPIA in Washington DC; Lecturer of Public and International Affairs
Participating Princeton Faculty
Amaney Jamal, Dean; Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics and Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Benjamin Bradlow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs
Filiz Garip, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs
Heather Howard, Professor of the Practice and Director, State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS)
Peter Henderson, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
G. John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Daniel C. Kurtzer, Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies
Razia Iqbal, Lecturer of Public and International Affairs and Visiting Professor
Sayash Kapoor, Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy
Denise L. Mauzerall, William S. Tod Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Public and International Affairs
Tali Mendelberg, John Work Garrett Professor of Politics
Deborah Pearlstein, Director, Program in Law and Public Policy and Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor in Law and Public Affairs
Cecilia Elena Rouse, President, Brookings Institution; Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education; Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
Rory Truex, Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Hye Young You, Associate Professor of Politics and Public Affairs