John J. Pitney#Books
{{short description|American political scientist}}
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Claremont McKenna College
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John Jack Pitney, Jr. (born June 18, 1955) is an American political scientist. He is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Politics at Claremont McKenna College.{{cite web |title=John J. Pitney, Jr., Ph.D. |url=https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/john-pitney-jr |publisher=Claremont McKenna College |access-date=18 January 2021}}
Early life and education
Pitney was born in 1955,{{cn|date=January 2021}} the son of a milkman and a homemaker.{{cite web |last1=Pitney |first1=John J. |title=Learning from My Father |url=https://www1.cmc.edu/pages/faculty/JPitney/Father.htm |website=John J. Pitney, Jr. |access-date=19 January 2021 |date=March 7, 1987}}{{cite news |last1=Krieger |first1=Diane |title=Jack Pitney: Counting his 'great blessings' |url=https://www.cmc.edu/news/jack-pitney-counting-his-great-blessings |access-date=13 April 2022 |publisher=Claremont McKenna College |date=August 27, 2021}} He grew up on the west side of Saratoga Springs, New York, where his grandfather told him stories of local political corruption and he volunteered for Richard Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign. He attended Union College, graduating in 1977 as co-valedictorian.{{cite web |title=John J. Pitney, Jr. |url=https://www.cmc.edu/sites/default/files/media/academic/faculty/profile/cv-biog.htm |website=John J. Pitney, Jr. |access-date=19 January 2021}} He received his doctorate in political science from Yale University in 1985; his dissertation focused on government handling of toxic waste.
Career
From 1978 to 1984, Pitney worked as a legislative assistant for three Republicans: New York state senator John R. Dunne, Alfonse D'Amato ({{USpolabbr|R|NY}}), and future vice president Dick Cheney (then {{USpolabbr|R|WY|AL}}).
In 1984, he joined the U.S. House Republican Research Committee as a senior domestic policy analyst. In 1986, he joined the faculty of the government department at Claremont McKenna College (CMC). From 1989 to 1991, he took a leave to serve as the deputy director and then acting director of the Republican National Committee's research department.
Pitney is a frequently quoted and interviewed in the political media.{{cite news |last1=Ding |first1=Jaimie |title=From Commentary To Classroom: CMC Professor Pitney Discusses His Political Party Shift |url=https://tsl.news/life-style7473/ |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=The Student Life |date=30 March 2018}}
He is also an expert on the politics of autism and wrote a book on the subject.
Pitney was a loud critic of former president Donald Trump and renounced his membership in the Republican Party the night he was elected.{{cite news |last1=Pitney |first1=John J. Jr. |title=I was a Republican until Donald Trump hijacked my party |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2017/05/23/why-i-am-no-longer-republican-pitney-column/101808152/ |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=USA Today |date=May 23, 2017}}
Books
- {{cite book |last1=Connelly |first1=William F. |last2=Pitney |first2=John J. Jr. |title=Congress' Permanent Minority?: Republicans in the U.S. House |date=1994 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-0-8226-3032-6}}
- {{cite book |title=The Art of Political Warfare |date=September 2001 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-3382-9}}
- {{cite book |last1=Ceaser |first1=James W. |last2=Busch |first2=Andrew E. |last3=Pitney |first3=John J. Jr. |author2-link=Andrew E. Busch |title=Epic Journey: The 2008 Elections and American Politics |date=2009 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-1-4422-1144-5}}
- {{cite book |last1=Bessette |first1=Joseph M. |last2=Pitney |first2=John J. |title=American Government and Politics: Deliberation, Democracy and Citizenship |date=2011 |publisher=Wadsworth |location=Belmont, Massachusetts |isbn=978-1-133-58789-7 |edition=2nd}}
- {{cite book |last1=Ceaser |first1=James W. |last2=Busch |first2=Andrew E. |last3=Pitney |first3=John J. Jr. |author2-link=Andrew E. Busch |title=After Hope and Change The 2012 Elections and American Politics |date=2013 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-1-4422-4745-1}}
- {{cite book |last1=Pitney |first1=John J. Jr. |last2=Levin |first2=John-Clark |title=Private Anti-Piracy Navies How Warships for Hire are Changing Maritime Security |date=November 2013 |publisher=Lexington Books |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-0-7391-7332-9}}
- {{cite book |title=The Politics of Autism: Navigating The Contested Spectrum |date=August 2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-1-4422-4960-8}}
- {{cite book |title=Un-American: The Fake Patriotism of Donald J. Trump |date=April 2020 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-1-5381-2925-8}}
Personal life
Pitney is married and has two children. His wife works for Disney.
References
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External links
- {{Official|https://www1.cmc.edu/pages/faculty/JPitney}}
- [https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/john-pitney-jr Claremont McKenna College faculty page]
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Category:American political scientists
Category:Union College (New York) alumni
Category:Yale University alumni