Andrew E. Busch is Associate Director and Professor at the Institute of American Civics in the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His teaching and research focus on American political institutions, elections, and public policy. He has authored, co-authored, or edited more than two dozen books on these topics, most recently The Comeback: The 2024 Elections and American Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025), Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers (University Press of Kansas, 2024), and The Elephant in the Room: Donald Trump and the Future of the Republican Party (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022). Previously, he taught at the University of Denver and at Claremont McKenna College, where he served as associate dean of the faculty and director of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government. Busch received his B.A. from the University of Colorado and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.