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Steering Committee
Robert Spitzer, President 
Michael Genovese,Veep 
Bruce Miroff, Sec/Treas
Joel Aberbach 
Lydia Andrade 
Andrew Barrett 
MaryAnne Borrelli 
Meena Bose 
James Campbell 
Jeffrey Cohen 
Victoria Farrar-Myers 
Lori Cox Han 
John Hart 
Diane Heith 
Nancy Kassop 
Janet Martin 
Dan Ponder 
Raymond Tatalovich 
Katie Dunn Tenpas 
Ex Officio 
Karen Hult 
Martha Kumar  
Tom Langston 
 
 
  
  
     APSA Centennial and   PRG Research Fellowships 
These fellowships provide support through the Centennial Center for those whose scholarly research brings them to Washington to examine the relationships, institutions, or environment that surrounds the Presidency.  
To obtain an application through the APSA Centennial Center, click 
here. [PDF]   
 
 
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        site updated: 9/01/2002. For information on the PRGNet Web team, click  here. 
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       Welcome to the Home Website of the Presidency Research Group 
        Mission 
 
The PRG is the premier association of scholars
devoted to the study of the presidency and executives.  To that end, it
welcomes diverse theoretical perspectives, analytical techniques, and data
sources as they contribute to the advancement of scholarship and teaching.
It also invites the contributions and perspectives of other disciplines.
        Sponsorship 
The PRG supports the development of professional research on the Presidency. Its members provide the basic analysis necessary to understand issues affecting presidential governance, including executive privilege, national and congressional leadership,  and White House operations.
        The Presidency Research Group also sponsors public understanding of the presidency by lending its professional judgment to issues of the day involving scholarship, the functioning of the National Archives and particularly its presidential library system, and the proper functioning of the Executive Branch. Its membership also assists in the  development funding for basic as well as applied research involving presidential governance, White House operations, and leadership. 
          
Membership Services 
        PRGNet is a service of the Presidency Research Group. It is intended to 
        speed the transfer of information about the presidency and to improve 
        the circulation of research materials on the presidency. Services include regular communications through out list service. 
 
PRG also provides information through its research newsletter (PRG Report), summarizing 
       research conferences on topics of concern to members, assessing topics of common interest, and
       announcing new research materials.  
Through its junior mentoring program, the PRG develops the professional futures of its members.   
    The PRG also co-sponsors public service projects designed to use the expertise of its members to better governance. For example, The White House 2001 Project, just completed with the Pew Charitable Trusts and a host of institutional partners, smoothed the way for the presidential transition in 2001 through a non-partisan effort involving previous White House staff, scholars, and the major party campaign staffs. These efforts helped the current administration make the smooth transition into governance as well as developed a base of information about White House operations that few understood or appreciated. Scholars interviewed White House staff and then developed extensive briefing materials on White House operations used by the incoming administration. In addition, scholars developed a new, in-depth understanding of the presidential appointments process while creating software to assist presidential appointees in navigating the appointments process. 
     
        
      Registration 
        Researchers on the presidency are welcomed and encouraged to register 
        with the PRG. Registration fees are $10.00 and entitle members to a subscription 
        to PRG Report the group's newsletter published at Tulane University.  
          
      Directory 
        For the working details of the PRG, go to the PRG 
        directory. It includes: 
       
        - PRG bylaws. 
 
           - PRG at Work - policy statements and service activities involving our profession. 
 
           - PRG library of online papers and research materials. [under construction]
      
  
      
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