John Anthony Maltese

John Anthony Maltese is the Albert B. Saye professor of political science and associatedean of the University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs and wasnamed a University professor in 2023 in recognition of significant impact on the universitybeyond normal academic responsibilities. He holds a PhD from Johns HopkinsUniversity. 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 inContext. He is a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and was named the2004 Georgia Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council forAdvancement and Support of Education (CASE). Professor Maltese also writes aboutclassical music, for which he won a Grammy Award from the National Academy ofRecording Arts and Sciences.