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| July Wed, 2020

Tommy Thompson Begins Term As UW System President

Rutgers University assistant research professor Kristoffer Shields said it's not altogether uncommon for ex-governors to make the move to higher education. Shields is a historian at the Eagleton Center on the American Governor, and points to states like Michigan, California and Maine as having former governors leading state universities and university systems.

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| June Fri, 2020

Beshears mark Father’s Day as first father-son duo to be governors of Kentucky

Kristofer Shields with the Eagleton Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University-New Brunswick in New Jersey defines the modern era as the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century.

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| May Mon, 2020

NJ Gov Murphy Approval Ratings Soar in Latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll

“Crises such as the current pandemic require governors to assure citizens that they have the situation under control and console those who are suffering,” said Kristoffer Shields, assistant research professor and historian at the Eagleton Center on the American Governor.

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| May Fri, 2020

Whitman: Elect More Women to Counteract Misogyny in NJ Politics

In an August 2012 interview for the Rutgers Center on the American Governor, Whitman described how when she was approached about running for Somerset County freeholder, her first elective position, it was to be the token female.

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| May Thu, 2020

Rutgers-Eagleton Poll: Murphy ratings skyrocket amid pandemic

“Governor Murphy has taken a number of bold steps during the coronavirus response, a show of leadership that has thus far garnered widespread support, including from some groups that are typically not in his corner," said Shields.

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| May Wed, 2020

Rutgers-Eagleton Poll Finds Murphy Ratings Soar Amid Pandemic

“Crises such as the current pandemic require governors to assure citizens that they have the situation under control and console those who are suffering,” said Kristoffer Shields, assistant research professor and historian at the Eagleton Center on the American Governor.

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| May Wed, 2020

Rutgers-Eagleton Poll: Murphy Ratings Soar Amid Pandemic

“Crises such as the current pandemic require governors to assure citizens that they have the situation under control and console those who are suffering,” said Kristoffer Shields, assistant research professor and historian at the Eagleton Center on the American Governor.

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| April Thu, 2020

States band together to take next step against coronavirus

“The effect of this pandemic is so much more widespread than any other calamity, or emergency, or crisis in anyone’s memory – and its path and duration are hard to predict,” says John Weingart, director of the Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University in New Jersey. “No one wants restrictions relaxed too soon, but what nobody knows is the definition of ‘too soon.’”

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| April Wed, 2020

Earth Day: Florio Addresses Green Issues, Kean on How DEP Came About

This article featuers a video from the Eagleton Center on the American Governor.

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| April Mon, 2020

Rest in Power: Ruth B. Mandel—Holocaust Survivor and Distinguished Feminist Activist

In addition to expanding and enhancing Eagleton’s pioneering Center for American Women and Politics and Center for Public Interest Polling, Mandel established innovative programs including: Center for Youth Political Participation, Center on the American Governor...

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