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W&L’s Strong Featured in Upcoming Documentary ‘Carterland’ Bob Strong will also participate in a panel discussion about the film and the Carter presidency on April 13 at 7 p.m.

Unknown-2-1140x760 W&L’s Strong Featured in Upcoming Documentary ‘Carterland’Robert Strong, William Lyne Wilson Professor in Political Economy at Washington and Lee University.

Robert A. Strong, William Lyne Wilson Professor in Political Economy at Washington and Lee University, is featured in an upcoming documentary titled “Carterland.” The documentary examines President Jimmy Carter’s tenure in the White House. “Carterland” will premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival that begins April 22.

Strong will also participate in a panel discussion about the film and the Carter presidency on April 13 at 7 p.m. with filmmakers Jim Pattiz and Will Pattiz, as well as author Jonathan Alter and Steve Hochman, an assistant to President Carter.

The online discussion and a movie preview are free and open to the public to view online at https://meet.google.com/exi-qyja-xev?authuser=0.

Strong is the author of three books, including “Decisions and Dilemmas: Case Studies in Presidential Foreign Policy Making” and “Working in the World: Jimmy Carter and the Making of America Foreign Policy.”

Among other professional activities, Strong has participated in oral history interviews about politics and foreign service with Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright, James Baker, Tony Blair, John Major, James Woolsey, Samuel Berger, Richard Haass, Hamilton Jordan, Jody Powell and other officials in the Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations.

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