Midterms Elections Preview 2022: Prospects and Perils for the November Midterms From California to D.C.

DR. DAVID MCCUAN, Professor of Political Science (promotion to Full Professor effective Fall 2012), joined the faculty of Sonoma State University during the historic California Recall election period in Fall 2003. His scholarly expertise rests in two broad areas - American politics and International Relations. His doctorate was granted from the University of California – Riverside in 2002. He continues in service with his second term as Chair, Political Science.

His teaching responsibilities include courses in both international and national politics, international security and terrorism, state and local politics, campaigns and elections, and political behavior. In the area of elections, Dr. McCuan’s research focuses on the general impact of ballot measures - direct democracy - in the state of California and across the nation. He has served as an expert witness in cases concerning direct legislation in both California and the state of Washington where he has presented his research. Professor McCuan also focuses on terrorism and political violence, working and studying in this area from venues as diverse as California, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Israel, the West Bank, and Europe.

He held a position as a joint faculty member with the U.C. Davis-Sonoma State Joint Doctorate Capital Area North Doctorate in Educational Leadership, Ed.D Program (CANDEL) teaching an “Educational Policy and Politics” course (see http://education.ucdavis.edu/edd-doctorateeducational leadership). He has extensive overseas experience that includes teaching and research in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Dr. McCuan was a Fulbright Teaching Scholar for the 2009- 2010 Year, working in the Department of International Relations and European Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. He taught “Campaigns and Elections” at Jeju National University (Korea) in 2012. He also served as a Shusterman Fellow, 2014-2015, Summer Program in Israel Studies, Brandeis University / Shusterman Institute Israel Studies (SIIS) Center. In 2019, Dr. McCuan, was invited to give a series of lectures for the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institute (DAI) throughout Germany and was one of only eight CSU Faculty selected for a CSU Faculty Partnership Seminar Honors Fellowship in Tubingen, Germany (2020-2022).

Professor McCuan does extensive commentary and has had multiple media appearances providing analysis of campaign dynamics and election results to international, national, regional, and local media outlets. These outlets include television, print, and internet-based media such as The New York Times,