ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan experts are available to discuss President Obama’s State of the Union address, which will be delivered Tuesday. They include:EconomySheldon Danziger, the H. J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of public policy, is a scholar of poverty, income inequality, social welfare programs and policy. He directs the National Poverty Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. He can be reached at (734) 615-8321 or sheldond@umich.edu. More information on Danziger: http://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/Sheldon_DanzigerDonald Grimes, senior research associate and economist, Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy, specializes in economic forecasting and regional economic development, especially in Michigan and the Midwest. He can be reached at (734) 730-3214 or dgrimes@umich.edu. For more information on Grimes, visit: http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/public/experts/ExpDisplay.php?ExpID=319EnvironmentBarry Rabe, professor of public policy in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a professor at the School of Natural Resources and Environment, is an expert on environmental issues on the state and federal levels. He can be reached at (734) 615-9596 or brabe@umich.edu. For more information about Rabe: http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/public/experts/ExpDisplay.php?ExpID=902Health careThomas Buchmueller, the Waldo O. Hildebrand Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at the Ross School of Business, is an expert on the economics of employer-sponsored insurance and health insurance competition, regulation and reform. He can be reached at (734) 764-5933 or tbuch@umich.edu. For more information about Buchmueller: http://www.bus.umich.edu/facultybios/FacultyBio.asp?id=000805493Marianne Udow-Phillips, is a lecturer at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and School of Public Health, is director of the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation (CHRT), a non-profit partnership of the U-M and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) with a mission to improve population health and to expand access to care. She can be reached at (734) 998-7555 or mudow@umich.edu. For additional information about Udow-Phillips, visit: http://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/Marianne_Udow-PhillipsImmigrationJohn Garcia, a research professor at the Institute for Social Research, can discuss immigration policy, including Arizona’s immigration issues. He is also an expert Latino politics and political mobilization and participation. He can be reached at (734) 615-0183 or johngarc@umich.edu. For more information about Garcia, visit: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/shared/ICPSR/staff/garciaPoliticsMichael Traugott, professor of communication studies and senior research scientist, ISR Center for Political Studies, is an authority on political communication, public opinion, media polling and campaign surveys. He can be reached at (734) 647-0421 or mtrau@umich.edu. For more information about Traugott, visit: http://www.isr.umich.edu/cps/people/traugott/Science policyJames Duderstadt, a professor of science and engineering and co-director of the U-M Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, could discuss research funding and science and energy policy. A former U-M president, he is actively involved in federal science policy debates and currently serves as chair of the National Research Council’s Policy and Global Affairs Division, among other positions. He can be reached at (734) 647-7300 or jjd@umich.edu. For more information about Duderstadt, visit: http://milproj.dc.umich.edu/home/biography.html.