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Andrew J. Polsky

Andrew J. Polsky

Ruth and Harold Newman Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences

Andrew Polsky oversees all aspects of Hunter’s largest school, with a particular focus on faculty affairs and encouraging faculty research, creative activity and student success.

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Andrew Polsky has served as the Ruth and Harold Newman Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences since 2013, and has been a member of the Hunter College faculty since 1984. He is the author of The Rise of the Therapeutic State (Princeton University Press, 1991) and Elusive Victories: The American Presidency at War (Oxford University Press, 2012), as well as numerous scholarly articles, and editor of The Eisenhower Presidency: Lessons for the Twenty-First Century (Lexington Books, 2015).

From 2005 to 2010, he edited the political science journal Polity. Elusive Victories was a main selection of the History Book Club and the Military Book Club; his article, “Partisan Regimes in American Politics,” won the 2013 Polity best article prize. He has served twice as chair of Hunter's Department of Political Science. At Hunter and the CUNY Graduate Center, he has taught courses at every level, including the introductory American government course to more than 6,000 Hunter students. Dean Polsky earned his PhD in Politics from Princeton University.

Publications

The Eisenhower Presidency book jacket
The Eisenhower Presidency: Lessons for the Twenty-First Century
Lexington Books, 2015
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Elusive Victories book jacket
Elusive Victories: The American Presidency at War

Oxford University Press, 2012
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The Rise of the Therapeutic State
The Rise of the Therapeutic State
Princeton University Press, 1991
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  • Office of the Dean

Contact Details

Andrew J. Polsky

School of Arts & Sciences
68th Street East 812
212-772-5121
apolsky@hunter.cuny.edu

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