Research: Public Law; U.S. Presidency; Politics and the Media
Teaching: Graduate and undergraduate classes in Constitutional Law; freshman Introduction to American Government. Recipient of the "Josiah Meigs Excellence in Teaching Award," the University of Georgia's highest teaching award, and named "Georgia Professor of the Year" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in 2004.
Education:
| 1989 |
Ph.D. |
Political Science |
Johns Hopkins University |
| 1986 |
M.A. |
Political Science |
Johns Hopkins University |
| 1982 |
B.S. |
Political Science |
Duke University |
Statement of Interests:
Maltese's current research focuses on the jurisprudence of Supreme Court Justice David Souter. He also continues to study the federal judicial appointment process. Much of his work has focused on the development of institutional structures and the effect that those structures have had on processes like presidential-press relations and judicial appointments. He is also co-author of the leading textbook, The Politics of the Presidency, currently in its 6th edition. He directs "SPIA at Oxford," a study abroad program at the University of Oxford www.uga.edu/spiaatoxford and was named "Study Abroad Director of the Year" by the University of Georgia's Office of International Education in 2003. He also writes extensively about classical music and won a 1996 Grammy Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Selected Publications/Presentations:
Maltese, John Anthony. The Selling of Supreme Court Nominees. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995 (updated paperback edition, 1998)(winner of the "C. Herman Pritchett Award" for best book on judicial politics from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association).
Maltese, John Anthony. Spin Control: The White House Office of Communications and the Management of Presidential News. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992 (2nd revised edition, 1994)(winner of the second place "Frank Luther Mott Award for Best Research on the Media" from Kappa Tau Alpha, the National Journalism Scholarship Society).
Pika, Joseph A. and John Anthony Maltese. The Politics of the Presidency, 6th ed. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2004.
Maltese, John Anthony. "Confirmation Gridlock: The Federal Judicial Appointments Process under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush." 5 Journal of Appellate Practice and Process (Spring 2003), pp. 1-28.
Maltese, John Anthony. "Freedom of the Press: The Pentagon Papers Case." In Creating Constitutional Change, ed. Gregg Ivers and Kevin McGuire. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2004, pp. 228-47.
Maltese, John Anthony. "The Media and the Presidency." In An Introduction to Media and Politics, ed. Mark J. Rozell. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003, pp. 1-24. |
