James P. Pfiffner

James Price Pfiffner (born 1946) is an American political scientist and professor at George Mason University.

Born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, in 1946, Pfiffner attended the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point for two years before attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1966 to 1968, graduating with a B.A. degree in political science. From 1969 to 1970, Pfiffner served in Vietnam and Cambodia with the 25th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, earning an Army Commendation Medal with a "V" device. He returned to university in 1971 and received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in political science in 1972 and 1975, respectively.

Pfiffner later worked as a faculty member of the University of California, Riverside, and California State University, Fullerton, before becoming an associate professor in George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government in 1984. In 2019, he gave a testimony to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding presidential pardon powers. Pfiffner became University Professor, emeritus, at George Mason University in 2020.

Books Only books for which academic or scholarly reviews could be found are listed. Publication details are as per Pfiffner's curriculum vitae.