3348 - Presidential Greatness: Who Were the Greatest Presidents and Why? (Adam Stone)
Course Description
Drawing on the academic fields of Political Science and History, we will explore presidential greatness. We will compare media and popular perceptions of the great presidents with how presidential greatness is approached with models and frameworks used by scholars who study the presidents and the presidency.
Bio:
Adam Stone was an Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Department Chair for Social Sciences at the Alpharetta Campus of Georgia State University’s Perimeter College. Adam was born in San Francisco, California, and he grew up in Los Gatos, California. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and earned a Master of Arts degree in Politics from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Professor Stone has followed politics since his childhood. His “first” election commentary and analysis were delivered in 1966, at the age of four. His areas of research and writing include the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the Electoral College, Presidential Greatness, Southern Politics, and Georgia Politics.