Idaho Politics Bloggers

JASPER LICALZI

JLiCalzi@collegeofidaho.edu
Dr. Jasper LiCalzi is a professor in the Department of Political Economy for The College of Idaho. He specializes in American government, state and local politics and public policy. Dr. LiCalzi also teaches in the College's Environmental Studies program. He is the adviser for the College Republicans and Young Democrats on campus and is a political analyst for KIVI Today’s 6.

GARY MONCRIEF

gmoncri@boisestate.edu
Gary Moncrief (Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1977) is Professor of Political Science and a University Foundation Research Scholar at Boise State University. He has published three books and over 60 book chapters and articles on U.S. state politics, as well on provincial politics in Canada. He has just completed work on a new co-authored book, "Under the Domes: State Legislative Politics Today" for Prentice Hall Publishers and is currently co-authoring a book entitled "Why States Matter, and Why They Should" for Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Moncrief is western regional editor of the Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions (CQ Press, 2009). Moncrief is a frequent speaker at national meetings of groups such as the Council of State Governments and the National Conference of State Legislatures. For the past 10 years he has been a faculty member of the Western Legislative Academy, which offers leadership training to state legislators from 13 western states in Colorado Springs, Colo.

STEPHEN K. SHAW

skshaw@nnu.edu
Steve Shaw is professor of political science at Northwest Nazarene University, and director of the University Honors Program. He has taught at NNU for almost 30 years, and has received various awards on campus for teaching and research. Steve has published various works as a political scientist, including works in American politics, constitutional law, and state and local politics. He is a past member of the board of the Idaho Humanities Council, is also an adjunct professor of Political Science at Boise State University, and is interviewed frequently by local, regional and national media. Steve is also a member of the board of the Frank Church Institute at BSU. He currently is doing research on late Idaho U.S. Senator Frank Church, and the Idaho-based Supreme Court decision of Reed v. Reed, and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.

DON HOLLEY

dholley@boisestate.edu
Don Holley is chair of the Department of Economics at Boise State University. He grew up in Seattle and eastern Oregon and has lived in Boise since 1973. He has a bachelor's degree in economics from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in economics from University of California, Riverside. He has taught at Northwestern Louisiana State College, UC Riverside, Riverside City College, Idaho State University and Boise State University. He worked for 17 years as a forecaster/analyst at Ore-Ida Foods until 1999. He's also worked for the INL, the dairy industry, the wine industry, the city of Soda Springs, the Department of Health and Welfare and the Idaho Hospital Association. He is part of a team of three university economists that annually presents a forecast of general fund revenues to the Idaho Legislature.

DAVID ADLER

lincolns@isu.edu
David Adler is professor of political ccience at Idaho State University, where he teaches courses on the Constitution and the presidency. A prize-winning author and teacher, Adler has lectured nationally and internationally on the Constitution and presidential power. His books include: “American Constituional Law,” “ The Termination of Treaties,” “The Constitution and the Conduct of American Foreign Policy,” “The President and the Law: The Clinton Legacy,” and the forthcoming book, “Presidential Power and the Steel Seizure Case.” Adler has written more than 100 scholarly articles, book chapters and essays that have appeared in leading journals in the fields of political science and law. His work has been referenced by major media, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, the Washington Times, NPR and the BBC, and some of his lectures have appeared on C-Span.