Lori Cox Han - Professor of Political Science
2005 - present

Roosevelt Hall 107, Chapman University, 1 University Dr., Orange, CA 92866
(714) 744-7614
lhan@chapman.edu
Curriculum Vita

B.A., University of California, Davis; M.A., California State University; M.A., University of Southern California; Ph.D., University of Southern California

Dr. Han joined the Chapman faculty in 2005 as Professor of Political Science.  Previously, she was a faculty member at Austin College in Sherman, Texas.  Dr. Han's major area of expertise is American government, with research and teaching interests in the presidency, women and politics, media and politics, and political leadership.  She is the author of A Presidency Upstaged: The Public Leadership of George H.W. Bush (Texas A&M University Press, 2011); Women and U.S. Politics: The Spectrum of Leadership, 2nd ed. (Lynne Rienner , 2010); and Governing From Center Stage: White House Communication Strategies During the Television Age of Politics (Hampton Press, 2001).  She is also editor of New Directions in the American Presidency (Routledge, 2011); and co-editor of Rethinking Madam President: Are We Ready for a Woman in the White House? (Lynne Rienner, 2007), The Presidency and the Challenge of Democracy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), In the Public Domain: Presidents and the Challenge of Public Leadership (SUNY Press, 2005), Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics (Facts on File, 2008), and Leadership and Politics, Vol. 2 of Leadership at the Crossroads (Praeger, 2008).  Her research has also appeared in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Congress and the Presidency, and White House Studies.  In addition, Dr. Han is past president of the Presidency Research Group, an organized section of the American Political Science Association devoted to the study of the presidency, and she also served as a member of the national executive board of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national Political Science honor society. Additional information at www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/poliSci/faculty/han.asp.