https://www.vote16research.org/home-vote16-research-network daily 1.0 2024-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/79411254-92bd-4aa0-9ff6-70c0cf8667e3/voting+stickers.png Home - What promise does a younger voting age hold for the future of our democracy? https://www.vote16research.org/get-involved daily 0.75 2022-03-16 https://www.vote16research.org/about daily 0.75 2024-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1648753627835-IQBFMI708EOVAPPT2MTN/stockimage1.png About - An opportunity to make contributions to education research & political science High schools are a unique and understudied venue for voter mobilization, education, and socialization. The experience of high school students in Maryland, Vermont, New Jersey, and California municipalities that have implemented 16-year-old voting could give us groundbreaking insights about how we can use civic education in high schools to cultivate consistent lifelong voting habits even in places that have yet to adopt a lower voting age. https://www.vote16research.org/research-projects daily 0.75 2022-04-28 https://www.vote16research.org/network-directory-1 daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647294808378-5M7ATZ6ZQDMFMUEWSCDC/Luke%2BBullhorn_.jpg Network Directory - Lukas Brekke-Miesner Lukas (he/him/his) is a youth advocate, writer, & the Executive Director of Oakland Kids First, where he has spent the past 12 years centering the leadership of youth of color in fights for educational justice. A 4th-generation Oaklander, Lukas is a proud product of Oakland public schools, local youth organizations, and the University of California, Los Angeles. He brings a collaborative approach to organizational leadership, a commitment to intergenerational power-building, and over 15 years of experience in youth development & organizing. Contact: lukas@kidsfirstoakland.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647294133764-7EF4DDGP3UI8U0AXBAAN/paul_headshot.jpg Network Directory - Paul Brown Paul is an Associate Clinical Professor & Founding Director of the Civic Innovation Center (CivIC) at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. CiviC taps the research, teaching, & facilitation assets of SPP and UMD to promote better civic health & full participation in our self-governed democracy, in College Park and beyond. Paul is the parent of three children educated in Montgomery County Public Schools & especially values the importance of quality education & service learning to to their development into civically-minded young adults. Contact: pbrown15@umd.edu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647295480521-8GE3UDW3VKZIFIV9FWHV/headshot_2.jpg Network Directory - Bill Bystricky As Executive Director of the National Youth Rights Association, Bill Bystricky led the campaign that made Takoma Park, MD the 1st city in America whose 16-year-olds are voters. He later worked on the Vote16 campaigns in San Francisco, Hyattsville, Greenbelt, Brattleboro, & Washington, DC. Contact: bbgrowingdemocracy@gmail.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647294530965-RQF7WBQUBRECC1QLXGGD/Alyssa_headshot.jpg Network Directory - Alyssa Canty Alyssa is the national Director of Youth Programs at Common Cause. She joined Common Cause in May of 2015, working with the North Carolina HBCU program at Fayetteville State, NC Central, St. Augustine’s, and Shaw universities. She earned her Bachelor’s of Art degrees in Women Studies and Public Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & a Master’s of Public Administration from North Carolina Central University. Contact: acanty@commoncause.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1651251914801-3X6SI1XCBCG46DVGQIB5/LWVMAheadshotRChen%2B-%2BRobin%2BChen.jpg Network Directory - Robin Chen Robin Chen is a co-founder (with John Wall, Rutgers University Camden) of The Children's Voting Colloquium (www.childrenvoting.org), whose international scholarly and community members consider aspects of Vote16 while also situating under-18s voting (in)eligibility within various interdisciplinary frameworks (children's rights, international law, childism, and so forth). Robin is a mother of children born in the 2010's who has been accruing experiences while playing a primary role in their caretaking. She earned an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from The University of Otago, New Zealand, having transferred from Smith College, Massachusetts. She's based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Contact: rschanche@gmail.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647286724422-UH6FQR6G93P1ZV9R001N/Krystal%25252BDaniels_CivIC.jpg Network Directory - Krystal Daniel Krystal is a 2nd year MPA student from Upper Marlboro, MD,. She is a Vote16 Research Associate Intern with the University of Maryland’s Civic Innovation Center, & works primarily to expand membership for Vote16. Contact: krystalmdaniel@gmail.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1648748773107-6HV79GLAAZM62ZOBSFYB/Red+Framed+Minimalist+Sports+Logo+%28500+%C3%97+281+px%29+%281%29.png Network Directory - Nathan Dietz Nathan Dietz is an Associate Research Scholar at the University of Maryland, Senior Researcher at the Do Good Institute, and Research Director of CivIC. Contact: ndietz@umd.edu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647286654912-Y2X0SID52DS0UHGUCJPT/Emily%252BDimond_CivIC.jpg Network Directory - Emily Dimond Emily is a 3rd year Public Policy major with a minor in Nonprofit Leadership & Social Innovation, and is an Associate Communications Intern for UMD’s Civic Innovation Center. Contact: edimond@terpmail.umd.edu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1648752122304-2R3IAL5GO88T7Q52MZ7Q/Red+Framed+Minimalist+Sports+Logo+%28500+%C3%97+281+px%29+%281%29.png Network Directory - Jen Domagal-Goldman Jen Domagal-Goldman is Executive Director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge at Civic Nation and a member of the City of Takoma Park Board of Elections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1656703537311-47AQZJFZ48MJ4SV0PH4G/douglas-uk-law-picture.jpeg Network Directory - Joshua Douglas Professor Joshua Douglas of the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law is the Ashland-Spears, Inc. Distinguished Research Professor of Law. He teaches & researches election law & voting rights, civil procedure, constitutional law, and judicial decision making. He is the author of Vote for US: How to Take Back our Elections and Change the Future of Voting, a popular press book that provides hope and inspiration for a positive path forward on voting rights. His most recent legal scholarship focuses on the constitutional right to vote, with an emphasis on state constitutions, as well as the various laws, rules, & judicial decisions impacting election administration. He has also written extensively on election law procedure. Contact: joshuadouglas@uky.edu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647295606471-28XTOW4HKWJS4YMZDLMF/hamner_headshot.jpg Network Directory - Mike Hamner Dr. Michael Hanmer is a Professor in the Department of Government and Politics & Research Director for the Center for Democracy & Civic Engagement at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on political participation, public opinion, and political methodology. Hanmer is the author of Discount Voting: Voter Registration Laws & Their Effects and co-author of Voting Technology: The Not-So-Simple Act of Casting a Ballot. Contact: mhanmer@umd.edu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1650992762102-T9V9CD8TCD9KE473RYSF/AKiesa_Headshotsmall%252B-%252BAbby%252BKiesa.jpg Network Directory - Abby Kiesa Abby serves as Deputy Director of CIRCLE, an applied research center and think tank at Tufts University's Tisch College of Civic Life working with communities and young leaders to impact systemic supports so that all youth have opportunities for meaningful democratic participation. CIRCLE has 20 years of experience conducting and supporting practice-oriented research to expand the youth electorate. CIRCLE believes that lowering the voting age to 16, with robust and equitable implementation, can help to expand the youth electorate and put voting on the civic pathways for a wider diversity of young people in the US. Abby is a UMD graduate and proud to live in Maryland in one of the handful of towns to allow all residents over 16 to vote in local elections. Contact: Abby.kiesa@tufts.edu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1648752126456-N1QMYU4RF5KETUAPJXE2/Red+Framed+Minimalist+Sports+Logo+%28500+%C3%97+281+px%29+%281%29.png Network Directory - Brandon Klugman Brandon Klugman is the Associate Director of Campaigns at Generation Citizen and leads the Vote16USA initiative. Contact: bklugman@generationcitizen.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647296521408-Z04URY0496D4FR2ZTRDO/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-03-14%2Bat%2B6.20.44%2BPM.jpg Network Directory - Jared McDonald Jared is a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Political Psychology Group at Stanford University. Starting in Fall 2022, and will be an Assistant Professor with the Department of Political Science & International Affairs at the University of Mary Washington. His research interests include vote choice & civic engagement. Contact: jaredmcd@stanford.edu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647286667330-9GBTXFCOR9KCOUD970HU/Catelyn%252BMiddlebrooks_CivIC.jpg Network Directory - Catelyn Middlebrooks Catelyn is a 1st year MPP student, and an Administrative Associate Intern for UMD’s Civic Innovation Center. She acts as CivIC liaison with the Maryland Student Voting Network to support civic innovation on campuses across MD, as well as conducts administrative & research activities associated with creating a Big10 Program on Democracy in the 21st Century. Contact: catelynmiddlebrooks@gmail.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1649700543563-HBVU6M8IJ7IMMP1UQDMD/Leena_.jpg Network Directory - Lena Morreale Scott Lena has spent 35+ years in civic education as a classroom teacher, author and curriculum designer, professional development leader, and advocate for social justice and meaningful and equitable civic education opportunities for young people. In her current role, Lena co-coordinates the University of Maryland College of Education MCERT program to prepare future Social Studies educators and she serves as the director of the Dean’s Civic Education and Engagement Initiative. Lena is a co-founder and steering committee member of the Maryland Civic Education Coalition and she represents Maryland on the State Policy Task Force of the CivXNow Coalition. Email: LScott12@umd.edu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647295823990-KNKWJKLB136VX4K3CWSS/headshot_3.jpg Network Directory - Franecia Moore fmoore@commoncause.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647286691740-NYLMP6G244IR19NPOGTB/Sydney%252BNeal_CivIC.jpg Network Directory - Sydney Neal Sydney is a 2nd year undergraduate SPP student minoring in Black Women’s Studies with a concentration in Race & Gender Studies. She is also a Research Associate Intern for UMD’s Civic Innovation Center. She serves as CivIC Liaison with the MD Student Voting Network. Contact: sydneymneal@gmail.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1648752132881-44XHE44PFNE3PA9TKUBI/Red+Framed+Minimalist+Sports+Logo+%28500+%C3%97+281+px%29+%281%29.png Network Directory - Sam Novey Sam Novey is a Consulting Community Scholar at the University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement. Contact: snovey@umd.edu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1649700645542-WXC0WIEBUBCJYCYVV4IZ/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-04-11%2Bat%2B2.09.10%2BPM.jpg Network Directory - Jahnavi Rao Jahnavi is a senior at Harvard College, studying Government and Music. As a 17 year old, Jahnavi founded New Voters, a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to empowering high school students to engage in the democratic process. For the 2020 election, New Voters registered 50,000 students to vote, and has run a nationwide vaccine hesitancy campaign and registered 30,000 more high school students since. Jahnavi was also part of the founding team for the Harvard Votes Challenge (HVC) at the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics, and established HVC's High School Engagement team. Email: president@new-voters.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1649700802375-207HR50G65HYL98OR4AN/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-04-11%2Bat%2B2.11.38%2BPM.jpg Network Directory - Laura Reams Laura is the City Clerk & Director of Communications and Legislative Services for the City of Hyattsville. Laura has worked as the City's Election Administrator for nine years and directed the implementation of the City's youth voting program as well as voting rights for non-US citizens in City municipal elections. Ms. Reams is passionate about the importance of local government and finding new ways to expand civic engagement. Email: lreams@hyattsville.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647286714032-OWYT16MA22Q82LHSDMKO/Michael%252BShull_CivIC.jpg Network Directory - Michael Shull Michael is a senior Public Policy major, and a Vote16 Research Associate Intern for UMD’s Civic Innovation Center. Michael works to conduct investigative research for the Vote16 Research Network & provides backup for Big10 Civic Innovation endeavors. Contact: mchlshull@gmail.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1648752138073-Q0LGUG0UYKSS5T1T1RFI/Red+Framed+Minimalist+Sports+Logo+%28500+%C3%97+281+px%29+%281%29.png Network Directory - Kate Stewart Kate Stewart is the Mayor of Takoma Park, Maryland. Takoma Park is the first city in the US to implement 16- and 17-year-old voting for local elections. Contact: KateS@takomaparkmd.gov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f448326a6522268a13848b/1647296181079-9K38MTK4YHIVFEIN1SIO/Mario%2525252BSto.%2525252BDomingo_CivIC.jpg Network Directory - Mario Sto. Domingo Mario is a 2nd year MPP student specializing in Environmental Policy from Catonsville, MD, and is a Research Associate Intern for the University of Maryland’s Civic Innovation Center. 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