Lori Cox Han is Professor of Political Science at Chapman University. She is the author of several books, including Presidents and the American Presidency; A Presidency Upstaged: The Public Leadership of George H.W. Bush; Women and U.S. Politics: The Spectrum of Leadership, 2nd ed.; and Governing From Center Stage: White House Communication Strategies During the Television Age of Politics. She is also editor of New Directions in the American Presidency; and co-editor of Rethinking Madam President: Are We Ready for a Woman in the White House?; The Presidency and the Challenge of Democracy; and In the Public Domain: Presidents and the Challenge of Public Leadership. She is past president of the Presidency Research Group, an organized section of the American Political Science Association devoted to the study of the presidency. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Southern California.
