September 17, 2024
By Robert C. Rowland Donald Trump shattered norms about how presidential candidates and presidents govern and talk. In my book The Rhetoric of Donald Trump: Nationalist Populism and American Democracy,… READ MORE
August 23, 2024
By Rylie Oswald Christopher J. Devine, coauthor of Do Running Mates Matter? with Kyle C. Kopko, speaks about the impact vice presidential candidates have on elections. Devine also discusses the… READ MORE
August 16, 2024
By Rylie Oswald Al-Awhad Welcome to the University Press of Kansas’s third week of Election Season with UPK. This week’s post features UPK’s reading essentials for books about the presidency… READ MORE
August 8, 2024
Rylie Oswald Al-Awhad The University Press of Kansas has put together a reading list from our collection about political parties and movements. Join us as we count down the weeks… READ MORE
August 1, 2024
By Rylie Oswald John Kenneth White, author of Grand Old Unraveling, talks about combating political conspiracy theories during election season in a digital age. White also tackles the history of… READ MORE
August 25, 2021
John Robert Greene, author of The Presidency of George W. Bush. Until recently there has been an unwritten arrangement among the members of “The Club”—that exclusive group of, to this… READ MORE
May 13, 2021
by Robert C. Rowland, professor of communication studies, University of Kansas and author of The Rhetoric of Donald Trump: Nationalist Populism and American Democracy Presidential elections often lead to a… READ MORE
August 25, 2020
Reagan’s sunny, inclusive vision and principles are the antithesis of what Trump preaches By Marcus M. Witcher, Ph.D. author of Getting Right with Reagan; The Struggle for True Conservatism, 1980-2016… READ MORE
August 10, 2020
Authors Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko have focused their careers on studying the Vice Presidency, and have published the first detailed study on what, if any, impact a… READ MORE
May 5, 2020
As the global battle against COVID-19 stretches from weeks into months, many people are bound to their couches to binge-watch another show. The staff here at UPK is no different…. READ MORE
