Andrew E. Busch is Crown Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, where he teaches courses on American politics and government. He has authored, co-authored, or edited nearly two dozen books, most recently The Elephant in the Room: Donald J. Trump and the Future of the Republican Party edited with William G. Mayer (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022). He received his B.A. from the University of Colorado-Boulder and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Government from the University of Virginia. Busch lives with his wife, Melinda, in Rialto, California, and has three grown children and two grandchildren.
