The Washington Post featured Dr. Joseph Crespino, Jimmy Carter Professor of History and Department Chair, in an article on the legacies of the Trump presidency. White House reporter David Nakamura wrote the piece, titled “As Trump’s presidency recedes into history, scholars seek to understand his reign — and what it says about American democracy.” Crespino is an expert in the political and cultural history of the twentieth century United States and of the history of the American South since Reconstruction. His most recent book is Atticus Finch: The Biography—Harper Lee, Her Father, and the Making of an American Icon (Basic Books, 2018). Read an excerpt from the article below along with the full piece here.

“I wonder if there will be the same documentation of Trump’s own decision-making and processes that we have with other presidents,” said Joseph Crespino, a history professor at Emory University in Atlanta. “He’s not a reader or a note-taker or a memo writer. That will be a challenge.”