Richard Pious is a professor of political science and Adolph S. and Effie Ochs Chair in History and American Studies at Columbia University. He also joined the Barnard faculty in 1973. Professor Pious has been an adviser to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Mission to the United Nations, and he regularly consults for the Foreign Ministry of Japan. He is the author of several books, including The American Presidency: The President, Congress, and the Constitution.