Interviews & Appearances
News Media
NPR: All Things Considered featured Dr. Bartoloni-Tuazon in a special Presidents’ Day story on presidential titles, February 15, 2016.
Listen to the story and read a transcript
The National Interest: “Has the U.S. Presidency Become an Elective Kingship?” OpEd by Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon, July 9, 2024
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Dr. Bartoloni-Tuazon referenced in, The Conversation: “Regime Change Might Be 2026’s Nonfiction Bestseller. Here’s Why It’s Essential, Chilling Reading,” by Matthew Ricketson, July 29, 2026.
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Dr. Bartoloni-Tuazon reference in, The Contrarian, “Words & Phrases We Can Do Without: ‘Mr. President’? Not For This Brute,” by Jennifer Rubin, November 25, 2025
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NPR: Edgar Herwick of WGBH Boston’s “The Curiosity Desk” interviewed Dr. Bartoloni-Tuazon for a story on the presidential power to pardon.
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C-SPAN: Watch Dr. Bartoloni-Tuazon on the AHA/National History Center panel on the First Federal Congress, moderated by Cokie Roberts.
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C-SPAN: The Presidency–The 1789 Debate over the Chief Executive Title, with Dr. Bartoloni-Tuazon.
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Ben Franklin’s World Podcast: Liz Covart interviews Dr. Bartoloni-Tuazon. Episode 40. https://benfranklinsworld.com/040/
The Economist: Letter to the Editor by Dr. Bartoloni-Tuazon, September 6, 2018; offers historical context on the concept of a president as an “elective king.”
Read the Letter to the Editor
Boston Globe: Essay on presidential titles by Dr. Bartoloni-Tuazon/September 21, 2014, in the “Ideas” section of the Boston Globe.
Read the Essay
Lectures & Panels
Northern Neck 250 Signature Speaker Series 2026, “George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789,” Northern Neck Planning District Commission, George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Colonial Beach, VA, June 14 2026.
Mount Vernon Ford Evening Book Talk with Dr. Bartoloni-Tuazon. Click “watch again” below.
Mount Vernon announcement
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GW Today: “Alumna’s Book Charts Path to ‘Mr. President.'” Article on Dr. Bartoloni-Tuazon, her book, and includes a great photo of her and the George Washington statue on the GWU campus.
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GW Today: “How a 1789 Congressional Dispute Helped Shape the Presidency,”
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OAH Conference on Leadership in Providence, Rhode Island, April 7-10, 2016: Panel Paper: “George Washington and the First Principles of Presidential Leadership.”
Society for U. S. Intellectual History Conference, Washington, D.C., October 16, 2015. Panel Paper: “Titling the President: Negotiating Executive Power in the Early American Republic”
Gunston Hall Liberty Lecture Series: Dr. Bartoloni-Tuazon is the featured speaker, February 22, 2015, at Mason Neck, VA.
