John Anthony Maltese University of Georgia, USA
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.