About the Author

John Anthony Maltese is the Albert B. Saye professor of political science and associate

dean of the University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs and was

named a University professor in 2023 in recognition of significant impact on the university

beyond normal academic responsibilities. He holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins

University. He is the author of The Selling of Supreme Court Nominees and Spin Control:

The White House Office of Communications and the Management of Presidential News,

and coauthor with Joseph A. Pika and H. Phillips Shively of American Democracy in

Context. He is a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and was named the

2004 Georgia Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for

Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Professor Maltese also writes about

classical music, for which he won a Grammy Award from the National Academy of

Recording Arts and Sciences.



Joseph A. Pika is the James R. Soles professor emeritus of political science and international

relations at the University of Delaware. He holds a PhD from the University

of Wisconsin and taught previously at SUNY at Buffalo. He is coauthor with Jason D.

Mycoff of Conflict & Compromise: Presidential and Congressional Leadership, 2001-

2006 and coauthor with John Anthony Maltese and H. Phillips Shively of American

Democracy in Context. He served for seven years on the Delaware State Board of

Education, four years as president.

W. Phillips Shively is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Minnesota and has also served on the faculties of Yale University, the University of Oregon, and Oslo University, Norway. He has served as editor of the American Journal of Political Science, as program chair for the national meetings of the American Political Science Association, and as principal investigator and chair of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems project (CSES). At the University of Minnesota, he has been inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers for his work with students. His research centers on the comparative study of elections and statistical methods of research. Besides political science, Professor Shively's other main loves are natural history and classical music.