Tom currently serves as the McHugh Professor of American Institutions and Leadership at Colorado College. He earned his Ph.D. at Stanford University, served as a White House Fellow and on the staff of the Brookings Institution before teaching at several colleges and universities, including the University of North Carolina, Brandeis and Princeton. He is the author of over 150 scholarly or public affairs articles and the author, co-author, or editor of 10 books including The State of the Presidency; U.S. vs. Crime-in-the-Streets; Direct Democracy; Government By The People; Colorado Politics and Government; The Paradoxes of the American Presidency. He has served as Acting President of Colorado College in 1991 and President of Whitman College, 1993-2005. He has also served as President of the Western Political Science Association, President of the Presidency Research Group and President of CRC, Inc. He serves as a director or trustee on several boards including the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the Institute of American Universities, the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and Cascade Natural Gas Corporation.

Courses:

PS 101   What is Politics
PS 200   American Politics and Government
PS 213   Leadership in Theory and Practice (with emphasis on Writing)
PS 318   The American Presidency