EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION 2020 ELECTION TRUMP FLORIDA W/ DR. ROBERT P. WATSON LYNN UNIVERSITY.

Robert Watson is a professor, author, media commentator and community activist who joined the faculty of Lynn in 2007 after spending 15 years teaching at other universities around the country. He has published more than 40 books and hundreds of scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia/reference essays. Watson has co-convened a half-dozen national conferences on the American presidency, moderated political debates and forums and delivered more than one thousand keynote addresses, town hall programs and lectures to civic, professional and community groups. His work in the community also includes founding three non-profit think tanks dedicated to civic education, political reform, and fact-checking campaign lies.

A frequent media commentator, Watson has been interviewed thousands of times by local, national and international television, radio, print and online outlets including CNN, MSNBC, "Time," "USA Today," "The New York Times," the BBC and others, and has appeared on C-SPAN's "Book TV," "Hardball with Chris Matthews,"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," CNN's "Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff," Fox's "Special Report with Brit Hume" and more. Watson is also the editor of SUNY Press' popular book series on the American presidents and both edits and directs the multi-volume, multi-edition encyclopedia sets "American Presidents" and "American First Ladies" for Salem Press/Grey House Publishing.

Professionally, he serves or has served on the boards of several scholarly journals, academic associations and community foundations, as well as with the Harry Truman Foundation, the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation and the George McGovern Library and Center for Public Service. He is the founding editor of the journal "White House Studies" and both directs and edits the "Report to the First Lady," which is presented to the First Lady and White House every four years after the Inauguration. Watson also serves as the official political analyst for WPTV 5 (NBC), wrote a Sunday column for the Sun-Sentinel newspaper and is a regular guest on a number of other media programs, including "Issues" on WPBT 2 (PBS).