Gary Wasserman Papers

Scholar Gary Wasserman received a Bachelor of Science from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1966. The next year, he obtained a Master of Arts in political science from Columbia University. Then, in 1973, he received a Ph.D. from Columbia University, where he was named a Fulbright Scholar. Gary Wasserman has had wide-ranging experiences in academia and public service. He worked as professor at Columbia University and Medgar Evers College from 1973 to 1978, national issues coordinator for the presidential campaign of Senator Fred Harris from 1975 to 1976, legislative assistant to Congressman Dave Obey from 1976 to 1977, special assistant for evaluation for the State Department Agency for International Development from 1979 to 1981, publisher and editor of "Mole Magazine" from 1982 to 1984, partner for Bob Beckel & Associates from 1985 to 1992, senior vice president of Bozell Sawyer Miller from 1992 to 1995, director of Wasserman & Associates from 1995 to 2004, professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University from 2004 to 2005, visiting professor of government at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar, and adjunct professor for several years at Georgetown University. Gary Wasserman has published a number of books, including "Politics of Decolonization: Kenya Europeans and the Land Issue, 1960-1965" (1976), "America's Government" (1990), "The Founding Family" (2002), "The Basics of American Politics" (2006), and "Politics in Action: Cases in Modern American Government" (2006), Gary Wasserman lives in Washington, D.C.

[Source: Information provided by Gary Wasserman.]