Grant Reeher
Host, The Campbell ConversationsGrant Reeher is a Political Science Professor and Senior Research Associate at the the Campbell Public Affairs Institute and a professor of political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship. He is also creator, host and program director of “The Campbell Conversations” on WRVO, a weekly regional public affairs program featuring extended in-depth interviews with regional and national writers, politicians, activists, public officials, and business professionals.
Grant’s research and teaching interests are primarily in American politics and political theory, with an emphasis on legislative politics, democratic representation, and active citizenship. Among other books, he is the author of “First Person Political: Legislative Life and the Meaning of Public Service,” “Narratives of Justice: Legislators’ Beliefs about Distributive Fairness,” co-author of “Click on Democracy: The Internet's Power to Change Political Apathy into Civic Action,” and co-editor of “The Trusted Leader: Building the Relationships that Make Government Work.” His academic journal publications include pieces in Health Affairs; Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law; The Responsive Community; Polity; and PS: Political Science and Politics. He has also published many editorial essays on various political topics, including pieces in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Ottawa Citizen, Newsday, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and pieces that have been distributed through Knight-Ridder.
At various points he has been a regular columnist for The Syracuse Post-Standard. He has also been quoted in many newspaper stories, including pieces appearing in The New York Times, USA Today, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News, Salon, Newsday, and Roll Call. Grant is a 1982 graduate of Dartmouth College, and earned his Ph.D. in 1992 from Yale University.
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Christopher White, associate director for strategic initiatives and senior fellow of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University talks about his book, "Pope Leo XIV: Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy". -
Chris Berdik talks about his book, “Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World and How We Can Take It Back.” -
Nancy Rosenblum talks about her new book, "Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos.” -
Alan Dershowitz talks about his new book, “The Preventive State: The Challenge of Preventing Serious Harms while Preserving Essential Liberties”. -
Congressman John Mannion, who represents New York's 22nd District, talks about his first six months in office. -
Dr. Mary Jumbelic, a forensic pathologist and the former chief medical examiner of Onondaga County talks about her new book, “Speak Her Name: Stories from A Life from True Crime”. -
Oneya Fennell Okuwobi, professor of sociology at the University of Cincinnati talks about her book, "Who Pays for Diversity?: Why Programs Fail at Racial Equity and What to Do about It". -
David Lay Williams, professor of political science at DePaul University, talks about his book, "The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx." -
John Sanbonmatsu talks about his new book, "The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves". -
Author June Hersh talks about her book, “The Flavor of Upstate New York: Iconic Dishes, Delicious History and Reinvented Recipes”.
