The Politics Guys are Michael Baranowski, Jay Carson, Trey Orndorff, Ken Katkin, and May Mailman
Michael Baranowski is a political scientist with a Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. His focus is American political institutions, public policy, and media. He spends most of his time indoctrinating students at Northern Kentucky University.
Jay Carson is an attorney specializing in commercial litigation. He’s served as a legislative aide in the Ohio House of Representatives, a judicial staff attorney and magistrate in the Medina County Common Please Court, and a law clerk to the Honorable Alice M. Batchelder on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Harold “Trey” Orndorff is an associate professor of political science at Oklahoma Christian University. His research interests are presidential politics, communication and social media. In addition to his disciplinary research Trey also writes on teaching in higher education, specifically the impact of technologies on student outcomes. You can read more about him and his research here.
Ken Katkin is a professor of law at Northern Kentucky University’s Chase Law School.He teaches and writes in the areas of Constitutional Law, Communications Law, Legislation, Federal Jurisdiction, and Entertainment Law.
Before coming to Chase, he litigated constitutional and telecommunications law cases with the Washington D.C. firm Wiley, Rein & Fielding. Before entering private practice, Ken clerked for the Hon. David M. Ebel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, in Denver, Colorado.
May Mailman served as Deputy Assistant to the President in the Trump administration, working in the Office of White House Counsel and advising on a with range of issues. Following her time in the White House, May served as Deputy Solicitor General of Ohio. She’s currently Vice President at Restoring Integrity & Trust in Elections (RITE) and Senior Fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum Law Center.
Before working in politics, May practiced litigation in Denver with Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell, a trial defense firm. She graduated from Harvard Law School and served as President of the Harvard Federalist Society.