Fed Event: Feb. 15th, 12:15-1:30PM, 1203 VMH

Tuesday Policy Forum Feature Martha Joynt Kumar

Feb. 15th, 12:15-1:30PM, 1203 VMH

Please join us for the Tuesday Policy Forum on February 15, featuring Martha Joynt Kumar speaking on the topic "Continuity and Change in Presidential Communications: Four Presidents Meet the Press." The Forum will be held in Room 1203 Van Munching Hall, 12:15-1:30 PM.

Dr. Martha Joynt Kumar is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Towson University. As a scholar with a research focus on the White House, she is interested in presidential – press relations, White House communications operations, and presidential transitions. Her most recent book, Managing the President’s Message was published in April 2010 in a paperback edition with a postscript comparison of the communications operations of Presidents Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Previous publications include Managing the President’s Message: The White House Communication Operation, which won a 2008 Richard E. Neustadt Award from the presidency section of the American Political Science Association; White House World: Transitions, Organization, and Office Operations and Portraying the President: The White House and the News Media with Michael Grossman; and “The 2008-2009 Transition Through the Voices of the Participants,” which appeared in the December 2009 issue of Presidential Studies Quarterly.