I just want to thank the American Political Science Association and cspan for providing a broader environment for what is clearly a very important and relevant topic in 2019. That being this roundtable on the topic of the Trump White House and the White House Press core. My name is dave cohen. Im an actual professor of Political Science at the university of akron. I went back in time. Im an assistant director of the applied politics and a board member of the Akron Press Club and have been for over a decade and a member of the white house transition project which for those of you who dont know what the project is, its a nonpartisan effort by scholars to provide information on president ial transactions and white house operations to those transitioning into the white house. Its very important organization. And it happened to be one of the founders of that organization is martha kumar who i am happy to introduce right now. Shes an emeritus professor at Towson University and director and c
University of akron. [laughter] time. Back in im an assistant director of applied politics. Im also a board member of the Akron Press Club and have been over a decade. And im a member of the white house transition project, which for those who dont know, it is a nonpartisan effort by presidency scholars to provide information on president ial transitions and white house operations to those who are transitioning into the white house. Its a very Important Organization that happened to be one of the founders of that organization is martha kumar, who i am happy to introduce right now. She is an emeritus professor at Towson University and director and creator of the white house transition project. She is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles, including before the oath how george w. Bush and barack obama managed the transfer of power. Shes also the winner of the apsa 2008 best book award. Editor of other books, influential books in the area. In addition to her scholarly work, sh
Looking at the relationship to between the press and the Trump Administration. Hosted by the american Political Science association. Live coverage on cspan. An actual im professor of Political Science at the university of akron. Im an assistant director of applied politics. Im also a board member of the acting press club over a decade. Im a member of the white house transition project, which for those who dont know, it is a nonpartisan effort to provide information on president ial transitions and white house operations to those who are transitioning into the white house. Its a very Important Organization that happened to be one of the founders of that organization is martha kumar, who ai am happy to introduce. She is an emeritus professor at Towson University and director and creator of the white house transition project. She is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles howuding before the oath george w. Bush and barack obama managed to transfer of power. Shes also the winne
Title and for a wonderful, fascinating conversation. Thank you very much. Thank you, paul thank you all. Good afternoon, everyone. Im david brigham. Im the librarian and ceo here at the Historical Society of pennsylvania. It is a great pleasure to have you here for our inaugural program in our refreshed patterson room. This is literally the first event in this newly renovated space. So welcome and thank you for coming by with us this afternoon. Were absolutely delighted to be collaborating with the Philadelphia Club and appreciate the promotional support from the Library Company of philadelphia and the American Philosophical Society. Our topic today is the underground railroad and one of our colleagues has described William Still. Els journal si as the most extensive, most important document of the underground railroad that survives. So we are thrilled to be able to share that with you under the plexiglass over there, youll be able to see it again at the end of the program. But were go