American Participants in the Réseau Mercure forum on presidential politics

If you are a participant from the Université d'Orléans, please identify yourself as such when writing to one of the following participants. This will assure you of a response. We most certainly welcome your queries, and hope you will come to know us and our feelings about the US presidential election before our videoconference.


Name: Kristen Austin
Institution: University of Tennessee-Martin
e-mail: krisaust@utm.edu
Age: 21
Hometown: Memphis, TN
Major in Communications with emphasis on Public Relations
Issues: smaller government, character
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Name: Suzan Bowman
Institution: Austin Peay State University
e-mail: SSB1727@apsu01.apsu.edu
major: Foreign Languages
hometown: Raytown, Missouri
age: 33
Issues: values, constitutional basics, crime, welfare. government size, military mission
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Name: Kathryn Bresemann
Institution: Austin Peay State University
e-mail: EPBH86B@prodigy.com
Age: 44
Home for last six years: Clarksville, Tennessee. Previous residences: Montana, Nebraska, Iowa.
BA, French and Spanish, 1974, studying now to obtain a license to teach in Tennessee.
Party: Democrat.
Important Issues: Economy, Education, Equal rights, Equal opportunity, Gun Control. Abortion should be a medical issue, not a political issue!)
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Name: Heather Dinwiddie
Institution: University of Tennessee-Martin
e-mail address: heatdinw@mars.utm.edu
Age: 21
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Major in Elementary Education/French at UT-M
Issues: student financial aid, abortion
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Name: Lorie French
Institution: University of Tennessee-Martin
e-mail address: lorjfren@mars.edu.utm
Age: 40
Hometown: Martin, TN
Major in French for Teaching at UT-M
Issues: Christian moral values, fiscal conservatism
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Name: Nicole Gillon
Institution: Austin Peay State University
Email Address: NLG2841@apsu01.apsu.edu
major: Foreign Languages
hometown: Clarksville
age: 20
Issues: The American dream, crime/gun control, abortion, welfare reform
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Name: Shelley Hampton
Institution: University of Tennessee-Martin
e-mail address: sherhamp@utm.edu
Age: 22
Hometown: Huntingdon, TN
Major in Political Science at UT-M
Issues: activism and social change
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Name: Meg Hennon
Institution: University of Tennessee-Martin
e-mail address: janmhenn@mars.utm.edu
Age: 18
Memphis, TN
Major in Secondary History at UT-M
Issues: shrinking the role of government, pro business, political experience
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Name: Deana Hopper Institution: University of Tennessee-Martin
e-mail address: deabhopp@mars.utm.edu
Age: 19
Hometown: Gleason, TN
Major in Foreign Languages/World Business at UT-M
Issues: abortion, the environment, health care, and military defense spending
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Name: Cindy Janicek
Institution: Austin Peay State University
e-mail address: CAJ2415@APSU01.APSU.EDU
Issues: government spending, crime, drugs
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Name: Wendy Milligan
E-mail address: WCM9735@APSU01.APSU.EDU
Issues: Crime & Budget
I am a Republican.



Name: Ruth Sharf
Institution: University of Tennessee-Martin
e-mail address: rutshar@mars.utm.edu
Age: 17
Hometown: Memphis, TN
Major in Psychology at UT-M
Issues: government spending, abortion, and immigration of illegal aliens
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Name: Doud Thiaw
Institution: University of Tennessee-Martin
e-mail address: douthia@mars.utm.edu
Hometown: Dakar, Senegal
Major in Accounting at UT-M
Issues: campaign reform, leaderly demeanor, age
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Name: Rebecca R. Totty
Institution: University of Tennessee-Martin
e-mail address: rebrtott@mars.utm.edu
Age: 24
Hometown: Greenfield, TN
Major in French (minor in Spanish) at UT-M
Issues: education, welfare reform
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Name: Douglas W. Vinson
Institution: Austin Peay State University
e-mail: E-mail address: DWV9194@apsu01.apsu.edu
major: Foreign Languages
minor: Education
hometown: Milan, Tennessee
age: 25
Issues: crime, education and the environment
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