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Joseph A. Pika James R. Soles Professor
Joseph A. Pika James R. Soles Professor

Contact
e-mail	jpika@udel.edu
phone	302-831-2355
fax	302-831-4452
office	468 Smith Hall
hours	by appointment

Recent Teaching

	POSC 466 Road to the Presidency, Fall 2008 POSC 807 The United States in the Global System, Spring 2008 POSC 407 The American Presidency, Fall 2007
Public Service
	Chair, De-Can Committee of the Delaware P-20 Council Member, Statewide Professional Development Plan Task Force
Campus Administration
	Director, Delaware Center for Secondary Teacher Education Director, Southern Delaware Professional Development Center
Recent Publications

Newest publication:
The Politics of the Presidency, ed. 7
(February 2008)

"The White House Office of Public Liaison," The White House Transition Project/Reports

"The Politics of the Presidency, 7^th ed." with John Maltese (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2008)

"Confrontation and Compromise: Presidential and Congressional Leadership, 2001-2006" with Jason Mycoff (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)

“President Bush and the 110^th Congress: Prospects for Compromise or Conflict?” (with Jason Mycoff) /White House Studies/ 7:1 (2007) 1-12.

“The 2002 Delaware Senate Race,” in David B. Magleby and J. Quin Monson, eds., _The Last Hurrah? Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Congressional Elections_ (Salt Lake City: Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, 2003) 327-333.