DEBATING THE DEBATES:
A PANEL OF LEADING PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS

Robert P. Watson

DESCRIPTION: Dr. Watson will moderate a panel of three noted presidential scholars. The discussion will primarily be about the October 22 presidential debate held at Lynn University in Boca Raton (as well as other debates), the strategies for the final days of the 2012 campaign, and the forthcoming presidential and congressional elections in November.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Dr. Robert P. Watson is Professor and Coordinator of American Studies at Lynn University and a Fellow at the Florida Joint Center for Citizenship. He has published 34 books and hundreds of articles, chapters and essays on topics in American politics and history; co-convened a half-dozen national conferences on the presidency; and serves on the boards of several scholarly journals, presidential foundations, and community and professional associations. A frequent media commentator, he has given thousands of media interviews to local, national and international print, radio and television outlets, including CNN, BBC, USA Today, and others. He writes a Sunday column for the Sun- Sentinel newspaper, and is the political analyst for WPTV 5 NBC in South Florida. He has won several Distinguished Professor awards, including Teacher of the Year award at FAU and Lynn Universities.