Sidney M. Milkis is professor of politics at UVA and the Miller Center’s White Burkett Miller Professor of Governance and Foreign Affairs. His research focuses on the American presidency, political parties and elections, social movements, and American political development. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate students, he regularly gives public lectures on American politics and participates in programs for international scholars and high school teachers that probe the deep historical roots of contemporary developments in the United States. His many books include the upcoming Subverting the Republic: Donald J. Trump and the Perils of Presidentialism and What Happened to the Vital Center?: Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America. He holds a BA from Muhlenberg College and a PhD in political science from the University of Pennsylvania.