Dr. G. Terry Madonna

At Franklin and Marshall College, Dr. Madonna is Director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs, Professor of Public Affairs, and Director of the Franklin and Marshall Keystone Poll. For more than 30 years, Madonna has taught and written about his two academic specialties: the American presidency, and American political parties and political behavior. As a pollster in recent years, he has written extensively about voters and voting behavior. He holds a Ph.D. in political history from the University of Delaware.

Before joining the faculty at Franklin and Marshall, Madonna was professor and chair of the Government Department and headed the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Millersville University.

Madonna founded the Keystone Poll in 1992. In this capacity, he is the pollster for the Philadelphia Daily News, CN8, the Comcast Network, The Harrisburg Patriot News, WGAL-TV (Lancaster), The Pittsburgh Tribune Review, and WTAE-TV (Pittsburgh)–media clients for the Keystone Poll. He also has polled for KYW-TV (Philadelphia), Fox 29-TV (Philadelphia), WITF-TV, public television (Harrisburg), and The Lancaster New Era.

He also is the host of Pennsylvania Newsmakers, a weekly statewide news and commentary program. He is a reguler panelist on WPVI’s weekly show, Inside Story. He writes (with Michael Young) a bi-weekly political commentary column, “Politically Uncorrected,” for Politicspa.com, a politics website. His columns have appeared in many newspapers, newsletters, and websites.

He is a regular analyst for WGAL-TV, Lancaster. He’s a substitute host for Gary Sutton’s talk radio program, WSBA-South Central Pennsylvania. He also has provided election coverage for WHYY-TV, public television in Philadelphia, WPVI-TV (Philadelphia), and WITF-TV, public television in central Pennsylvania. Madonna is the author of numerous publications in the fields of American history, American government, and American politics.

Madonna has served on numerous governmental boards and commissions, including: Governor Edward Rendell’s Higher Education Advisory Board, the Benjamin Franklin Partnership Board (appointed by former Governor Dick Thornburgh), and the Board of Embreeville State Hospital (appointed by former Governor Milton Shapp). He served in the 1970′s as a Lancaster County Commissioner.

During the 1994 and 2002 Pennsylvania governor’s campaign, he moderated a series of gubernatorial forums for various organizations. Madonna was a regular panelist on The Peoples Business, a weekly news and commentary show broadcast throughout Pennsylvania on public television, 1993-94.

Madonna has received numerous awards and honors. He is the recipient of a Distinguished Professor award by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the President’s Medallion at Millersville University, and a special commendation for scholarship and leadership from the Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education.

Additionally, he has been named an “Outstanding Speaker of the Year” by the Speech Communication Society of Pennsylvania, has been appointed a Commonwealth Speaker by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, and was given the Daniel Roselle Award by the Middle States Council for the Social Studies.

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