Clark University will host political historian David Greenberg, who will present History of White House Spin: From the Bully Pulpit to the Age of Trump on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 4:30 p.m., at the Higgins Lounge of Dana Commons. Greenberg is a professor at Rutgers University, where he teaches history, journalism, and media studies. He is also the author of prize-winning novels Nixon’s Shadow: The History of an Image and the Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency. Greenberg also has regular contributions on publications such as Politico, The New York Times and Washington Post.

The Patron-Cohen Fund of the History and Political Science departments at Clark University will sponsor the event.