UCSB Chancellor's Community Breakfast Will Focus on the 2012 Elections

John Woolley, co-director of UC Santa Barbara's American Presidency Project and professor of political science, will discuss the 2012 elections at the Chancellor's Community Breakfast on Friday, Jan. 27.

The UCSB Affiliates event will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Santa Barbara Club, 1105 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, where parking is available.

The cost is $20.

Reservations are requested by calling (805) 893-2877.

Checks should be made payable to the UC Regents and mailed to the Office of Public Events, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106.

The American Presidency Project has become the definitive online source for presidential documents.

Among the items posted on the site are public papers, inaugural addresses, proclamations, signing statements, executive orders, convention speeches, radio addresses, televised speeches, news conferences, and debates.

It also provides information on presidential selection, the presidents' relations with Congress, their popularity, public appearance, and growth of the executive branch.

Woolley's research focuses on change over time in the presidency and presidential use of unilateral action, and financial regulatory reform.

With Gerhard Peters, he developed the award-winning Web site, www.presidency.ucsb.edu, widely used by scholars and others interested in the presidency and American political history.