The Obama Effect 4-12-11 Hour 2

Three college professors – Heather Harris, Kimberly Moffitt, Catherine Squires – joined in editing a book of essays reflecting on the candidacy and presidential election of Barack Obama in 2008. They talk about the essays and their own contributions to The Obama Effect (SUNY Press) during a panel discussion recorded at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Heather Harris is associate professor of business communication at Stevenson University; Kimberly Moffitt is assistant professor of American studies at UMBC; and Catherine Squires is the John and Elizabeth Bates Cowles Professor of journalism, diversity and equality at the University of Minnesota.