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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

Julian Zelizer, Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs

Frances Lee, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs

Zach Vertin

Zach Vertin, Director, Princeton SPIA in Washington DC; Lecturer of Public and International Affairs

Participating Princeton Faculty

Amaney Jamal

Amaney Jamal, Dean; Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics and Professor of Politics and International Affairs

Ben Bradlow

Benjamin Bradlow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs

Filiz Garip

Filiz Garip, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs

Heather Howard

Heather Howard, Professor of the Practice and Director, State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS)

Peter Henderson

Peter Henderson, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

G. John Ikenberry

G. John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs

Daniel Kurtzer

Daniel C. Kurtzer, Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies

Razia

Razia Iqbal, Lecturer of Public and International Affairs and Visiting Professor

Sayash Kapoor

Sayash Kapoor, Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy

Denise L. Mauzerall

Denise L. Mauzerall, William S. Tod Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Public and International Affairs

Tali Mendelberg

Tali Mendelberg, John Work Garrett Professor of Politics

Deborah Pearlstein

Deborah Pearlstein, Director, Program in Law and Public Policy and Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor in Law and Public Affairs

Cecilia Elena Rouse

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

Rory Truex, Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs

Hye Young You

Hye Young You, Associate Professor of Politics and Public Affairs