Joseph A Pika

Joseph A. Pika is the James R. Soles professor emeritus of political science and international

relations at the University of Delaware. He holds a PhD from the University

of Wisconsin and taught previously at SUY at Buffalo. He is coauthor with Jason D.

Mycoff of Conflict & Compromise: Presidential and Congressional Leadership, 2001-

2006 and coauthor with John Anthony Maltese and H. Phillips Shively of American

Democracy in Context. He served for seven years on the Delaware State Board of

Education, four years as president.