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Fred I. Greenstein

Department/Program(s):

Politics

Position: Emeritus Faculty

Title: Professor of Politics, Emeritus.

Area(s):

American Politics

Field: Political Psychology, Presidential Decision-Making and Leadership

Email: fig@princeton.edu

Homepage: http://www.princeton.edu/~fig/

Fred Irwin Greenstein, (born September 1, 1930) is best known for his contributions to the systematic study of political psychology and for its application to presidential decision-making and leadership. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1960 and did postdoctoral study at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute (1961-62). After an initial appointment at Yale (1959-62), he taught at Wesleyan University (1962-73). Greenstein settled in Princeton University in 1973 and was the director of its Program in Leadership Studies at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He has held several visiting professorships. He has served as secretary of the American Political Science Association and is a fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

PhD, Yale University