His presentation precedes the Electoral College convention by one week
Dr Gary L. Gregg, one of the nation’s leading experts on the electoral college, will speak to the Jefferson Rotary Club via Zoom on Monday, Dec. 7. Just one week later, on Dec. 14, the Electoral College will meet to select the next President of the United States. In a presidential election unlike any other, Gregg will offer valuable insight into the functioning of the Electoral College and its place in American democracy.
Gregg currently directs the McConnell Center, a nonpartisan program at the University of Louisville that attracts the best and brightest students from around Kentucky and grooms them for careers in effective leadership.
An award-winning political science professor and expert on the U.S. presidency, Gregg has written or edited nearly a dozen books, including Securing Democracy: Why We Have an Electoral College. That book was reviewed in publications such as the National Journal and Washington Post and has led to Gregg being identified as one of the nation’s experts on the Electoral College.
He has discussed the Electoral College on dozens of national and international television and radio programs, including MSNBC and Fox News, and has been quoted in publications across the world, including The New York Times. He has also written or edited books on the American Founding, George Washington and U.S. politics.
A Pennsylvania native, Gregg earned his bachelor’s degree from Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia and received his master’s and doctoral degrees in political science from Miami University in Oxford, OH.
Before joining the University of Louisville, Gregg was national director of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that seeks to convey to college youth a better understanding of values and institutions that sustain a free society. Anyone interested in watching a recording of the lecture may email Jefferson Rotary president Jonathan Law at jonlaw@netins.net.
