Brigid Callahan Harrison, Ph.D., is one of the most widely known political analysts in the state of New Jersey. She’s a political science and law professor at Montclair State University, but she isn’t holed up in an academic ivory tower. She’s engaged throughout the state, keeping an eye on issues pertaining to every level of government, making frequent appearances on television and providing her insights to many reporters covering New Jersey. Dr. Harrison talks plenty of politics in this episode, but she also covers where she comes from, what her family was like growing up and how she came to be one of New Jersey’s top opinion makers. She also explains how she wound up on the stage of an Atlantic City beauty pageant.
