Robert J. Spitzer is Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York, College at Cortland, where he has taught for nearly forty years. He has also been a visiting professor at Cornell University for almost thirty years. Spitzer is Series Editor for the book series "American Constitutionalism" for SUNY Press, and for the "Presidential Briefing Book" Series for Transaction/Taylor and Francis. He's received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship, and served as President of the Presidency Research Group, an international association of presidency scholars (affiliated with the American Political Science Association). He has testified before Congress on several occasions, and is often quoted and interviewed by American and international news outlets, and contributes regularly to newspapers and other media outlets. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University.