Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
M.A. University of Wisconsin
B.A. University of Wisconsin

Biography
James P. Pfiffner is Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. His major areas of expertise are the Presidency, American National Government, and Public management. He has lectured on these topics at universities in Europe and throughout the United States as well as at the Federal Executive Institute, the National War College, the U.S. Military Academy, and at the State, Justice, and Defense Departments. He has written or edited ten books on the presidency and American National Government, including The Strategic Presidency: Hitting the Ground Running (2nd edition, 1996). He has also published many articles on the presidency and public management in professional journals, reference works, and the popular press and has been interviewed regularly by print and electronic media.

He has been a panel member or on project staffs of the Volcker Commission, the National Academy of Public Administration (of which he is an elected member), the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the National Academy of Sciences. His professional experience includes service in the Director's Office of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (1980-81), and he has been a member of the faculty at the University of California, Riverside and California State University, Fullerton. In 1990 he received the Distinguished Faculty Award at George Mason University, and while serving with the 25th Infantry Division (1/8 Artillery) in 1970 he received the Army Commendation of Medal for Valor in Vietnam and Cambodia. He is listed in Who's Who In America.

Areas of Expertise
American government
Public administration
Presidency