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ALBANY, N.Y. (Jan. 16, 2025) — President-elect Donald Trump will move back into the White House on Monday, officially becoming the second United States president to serve non-consecutive terms, after Grover Cleveland.

Inauguration Day will include a formal swearing-in ceremony as well as musical performances and a celebratory parade. Vice President-elect JD Vance will also take the oath of office, joining Trump on stage to begin their new administration.

Trump is expected to expand upon policies implemented during his first term in office, while also targeting Biden administration policies on economics, the environment, immigration, foreign affairs and more. 

University at Albany experts available to discuss what to expect from Trump’s upcoming presidency include:

• , associate professor in UAlbany’s Department of History. His areas of expertise include historical and contemporary U.S. politics and public policy, the history of refugees and immigrants in the U.S., and the history of U.S. foreign policy.
• , associate professor in UAlbany’s Department of Public Administration & Policy. Her research focuses on health politics and health policy and their effects on health outcomes. She has written on issues of vaccine availability and vaccine hesitancy; trust in public health institutions; the impact of media consumption on COVID-19 attitudes and behaviors; and Medicaid policy and maternal health outcomes.
• , research associate at UAlbany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center. His areas of expertise include renewable energy, boundary layer meteorology and climate change. He has been involved in offshore wind energy research since the early 2000s and runs an environmental law consulting firm. Freedman can discuss how environmental and energy policies may shift under the incoming Trump administration and what it means for global climate efforts.
• is an associate professor of international relations in UAlbany’s Department of Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of international organizations, climate change and human rights. He is available to comment on topics that include the U.S. government’s obligations under the NATO treaty, its complicated relationship with the International Criminal Court, and the Paris Agreement on climate change.
• , Distinguished Professor in UAlbany’s Department of Economics. He can discuss how Trump’s plans for trade, immigration, manufacturing and tax policy could potentially impact the U.S. economy.
• , professor of political science and dean of UAlbany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy. Her areas of expertise include the Supreme Court, U.S. political development, public law and the intersection of law and race and gender. Novkov has written articles on the Roberts Court and its relationship to President Trump and has edited a source book on SCOTUS and the presidency: “The Supreme Court and the Presidency.”
• , associate professor in UAlbany’s Department of Educational Policy and Leadership. Her research focuses on Pre-K-12 education reform politics and policy, including charter schools, federalism, state policy and comparative analysis of education governance and policy. She can discuss federal education politics and policy under the incoming Trump administration, including questions about the president-elect's pledge to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, the history and role of the Department, and whether its elimination is likely.

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