About the Author

Justin S. Vaughn is an assistant professor of political science at Boise State University, USA. He is the coeditor of Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics.

Jennifer R. Mercieca is associate department head and associate professor in the department of communication at Texas A&M University, USA. She is the author of Founding Fictions.

Reviews

"Overall, The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations has notable strengths and can be appreciated by multiple audiences. It could easily be useful in undergraduate seminars on the presidency, whether in history, political science, or communication. It would also have something to teach veterans, researchers and would even benefit those of us who too often end up stuck in our academic silos and who, thus, miss alternative approaches for studying the presidency and for learning about the contributions of other disciplines to that topic." -- Presidential Studies Quarterly-- (12/20/2014)