Join us for this exciting collaborative program with the Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice at the University of Cincinnati Law School.

Subject matter experts will talk about the history of voting rights and gerrymandering in Ohio, and what it means for voters in the upcoming general November 2026 election.

Speakers

David Niven, PhD, is a political science professor at the University of Cincinnati and an Andrew Carnegie Fellow. David's current research focuses on the voting experience and obstacles to participation nationwide. David's peer-reviewed work on gerrymandering has appeared in leading academic journals including Social Science Quarterly and Election Law Journal. David's commentary on Ohio and national elections has been quoted by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, NPR, CNN and numerous other outlets. David has testified as an expert in gerrymandering litigation and has authored several friend of the court briefs on redistricting, ballot questions, and political representation.

Josh Rultenberg is an award-winning journalist, the co-author of Draw the Line in Ohio, and a former congressional communications director. His work focuses on Congress, democracy, elections, redistricting, and the ways political decisions affect people's lives. During a 15-year journalism career, Josh reported from communities across the country before covering the Ohio Statehouse, where he closely followed the state's contentious redistricting process. That reporting became the foundation for Draw the Line in Ohio, a four-year project with co-author Rory Riley Topping examining what Ohio's experience reveals about representation, political power, and the limits of reform. Josh later became a Washington correspondent, reporting from the White House, Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the campaign trail. He
subsequently served as communications director for a member of Congress, giving him the unusual experience of both covering the institution and working inside it. A Temple University alumnus, Josh now writes, speaks, and provides political analysis, helping audiences better understand how government works and why it matters in their daily lives.