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LEE TREPANIER
Political Science Department
Samford University
800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham AL 35229
email: [email protected]
website: https://samford.academia.edu/LeeTrepanier
EDUCATION
1. Ph.D., Political Science, Louisiana State University, 2001
2. M.A., Political Science, Louisiana State University, 2000
3. B.A., Political Science and English, Marquette University, 1995
EMPLOYMENT
1. Professor of Political Science, Samford University, 2020-present
2. Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2018-19
3. Professor of Political Science, Saginaw Valley State University, 2013-20
4. Associate Professor of Political Science, Saginaw Valley State University, 2008-13
5. Assistant Professor of Political Science, Saginaw Valley State University, 2005-08
6. Assistant Professor of Political Science, Southern Utah University, 2001-05
7. Instructor of Political Science, Louisiana State University, 1998-2001
8. Research Assistant of Political Science, Louisiana State University, 1997-2001
9. Analyst, Anderson Consulting, Milwaukee, 1995-96
SCHOLARSHIP
Textbooks
1. Political Science: Concepts, Methods, and Topics (Kendall Hunt, 2016)
Monographs
1. LDS in the USA: Mormonism and the Making of American Culture, with Lynita K.
Newswander, co-author (Baylor University Press, 2012)
2. Political Symbols in Russian History: Church, State, and the Quest for Order and Justice,
(Lexington Books, 2007)
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Edited Collections
1. The College Lecture Today: An Interdisciplinary Defense for the Contemporary University
(Lexington Books, 2019)
2. Walk Away: When the Political Left Turns Right, with Grant N. Havers, co-editor (Lexington
Books, 2019)
3. Eric Voegelin Today: Voegelin’s Political Thought in the 21st Century, with Scott Robinson
and David Whitney, co-editors (Lexington Books, 2019)
4. Tradition vs. Rationalism: Voegelin, Oakeshott, Hayek, and Others, with Eugene Callahan,
co-editor (Lexington Books, 2018)
5. The Socratic Method Today: Student-Centered and Transformative Teaching in Political
Science (Routledge, 2017)
6. A Political Companion to Philip Roth, with Claudia Franziska Brühwiler, co-editor
(University Press of Kentucky, 2017)
7. Why the Humanities Matter Today: In Defense of Liberal Education (Lexington Books,
2017)
8. The Free Market and the Human Condition (Lexington Books, 2014)
9. A Political Companion to Saul Bellow, with Gloria L. Cronin, co-editor (University Press of
Kentucky, 2013)
10. Dostoevsky’s Political Thought, with Richard Avramenko, co-editor (Lexington Books,
2013)
11. Teaching in an Age of Ideology, with John von Heyking, co-editor (Lexington Books, 2012)
12. The Liberal Arts in America (Southern Utah University Press, 2012)
13. Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Globalization: Citizens without States, with Khalil M. Habib,
co-editor (University Press of Kentucky, 2011)
14. Eric Voegelin and the Continental Tradition, with Steven F. McGuire, co-editor (University
of Missouri Press, 2011)
15. Political Rhetoric and Leadership (Southern Utah University Press, 2011)
16. The Solidarity Movement and Perspectives on the Last Decade of the Cold War, with
Spasimir Domaradzki and Jaclyn Stanke, co-editors (Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow
University Press, 2010)
17. Comparative Perspectives on the Cold War, with Spasimir Domaradzki and Jaclyn Stanke,
co-editors (Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University Press, 2010)
18. The Democratic Discourse of Liberal Education (Southern Utah University Press, 2009)
19. Technology, Science, and Democracy (Southern Utah University Press, 2008)
20. Democracy, Pluralism, and Utah (Southern Utah University Press, 2007)
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Books Chapters
1. “The Lecture in Political Science” in The College Lecture Today: An Interdisciplinary
Defense for the Contemporary University (Lexington Books, 2019), 129-38.
2. “Mugged by Reality”: The Neoconservative Turn” in Walk Away: When the Political Left
Turns (Lexington Books, 2019), 35-65.
3. “The Comparative Politics of Eric Voegelin” in Eric Voegelin Today: Voegelin’s Political
Thought in the 21st Century (Lexington Books, 2019), 117-39.
4. “Why Students Don’t Suffer” in Suffering and the Intelligence of Love in the Teaching Life:
In Light and in Darkness (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), 159-82.
5. “The Relevance of Political Philosophy and Political Science” in Why the Humanities Matter
Today: In Defense of Liberal Education (Lexington Books, 2017), 127-44.
6. “Aristotelian Citizenship for a Multicultural World” in Citizenship and Multiculturalism in
Western Liberal Democracies (Lexington Books, 2017), 1-21.
7. “The Post-Modern Subject" in Subjectivity: Ancient and Modern (Lexington Books, 2016),
17-39.
8. “Mormonism” with Lynita K. Newswander and Chad B. Newswander in The Routledge
Companion to Religion and Popular Culture (Routledge, 2015), 501-18.
9. “Marriage and the Marketplace in Jane Austen’s Emma and Mansfield Park” in The Free
Market and the Human Condition (Lexington Books, 2014), 61-82.
10. “A Philosophy of Prudence and the Purpose of Higher Education Today” in The Relevance of
Higher Education (Lexington Books, 2013), 1-23.
11. “The Politics and Experience of Active Love in The Brothers Karamazov” in Dostoevsky’s
Political Thought (Lexington Books, 2013), 31-50.
12. “Statesmanship and Democracy in a Global and Comparative Context” with Gerson Moreno-
Riano and Phillip Hamilton, co-authors, in The Liberal Arts in America (Southern Utah
University Press, 2012), 128-48.
13. “Teaching the American Political Tradition in a Global Context” with Gerson Moreno-Riano
and Phillip Hamilton, co-authors, in The Liberal Arts in America (Southern Utah University
Press, 2012), 149-66.
14. “The Postmodern Condition of Cosmopolitanism” in Cosmopolitanism in an Age of
Globalization: Citizens without States (University Press of Kentucky, 2011), 211-30.
15. “The Paradoxes of Participatory Reality” in Eric Voegelin and the Continental Tradition
(University of Missouri Press, 2011), 240-59.
16. “Tocqueville, Weber, and Democracy: The Condition of Equality and the Possibility of
Charisma in America” in Political Rhetoric and Leadership in Democracy (Southern Utah
University Press, 2011), 22-48.
17. “The U.S. Foreign Policy Establishment’s Perception of Poland (1980-1981)” in The
Solidarity Movement and Perspectives on the Last Decade of the Cold War (Andrzej Frycz
Modrzewski Krakow University Press, 2010), 107-18.
18. “Enemy Image, Evidence, and Cognitive Dissonance: The Cold War as Recalled by
Michiganders” in Comparative Perspectives on the Cold War (Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski
Krakow University Press, 2010), 77-90.
19. “Culture and Education in Josef Pieper’s Thought” in The Democratic Discourse of Liberal
Education (Southern Utah University Press, 2009), 118-33.
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20. “The Recovery of Science in Eric Voegelin’s Thought” in Technology, Science, and
Democracy (Southern Utah University Press, 2008), 44-54.
21. “Liberal Democracy and Mormon Culture” in Democracy, Pluralism, and Utah (Southern
Utah University Press, 2007), 21-35.
22. “Nationalism and Religion in Post-Soviet Russian Civil Society: An Inquiry into the 1997
Law ‘On Freedom of Conscience’” in Civil Society and the Search for Justice in Russia
(Lexington Books, 2002), 57-74.
Guest Editor of Journal Symposiums
1. “Russell Kirk: A Centennial Symposium,” Humanitas XXXII: 1 & 2 (2019).
2. “The Public Value of Higher Education,” Expositions 12:2 (2018).
3. “Thinking in Times of Trouble: Philosophy in Nazi Germany,” The Political Science (2018).
4. “Poetry and Philosophy,” Expositions 11:1 (2017).
5. “Continuity or Creation? American Conservatism in Paul Gottfried’s Conservatism in
America,” The Political Science Reviewer 40:1 (2016).
6. “Jews, Christians, and Commerce: A Symposium on The Merchant of Venice,” Perspectives
on Political Science 43:4 (2014).
7. “Civic Education in the Ancients and America,” Expositions 8:1 (2014).
8. “The Search for the Spiritual in Saul Bellow,” Expositions 6:1 (2012).
9. “Rémi Brague’s The Law of God,” The Political Science Reviewer 38:1 (2009).
Articles
1. “Reflections on Russell Kirk,” Humanitas XXXII: 1 & 2 (2019): 4-13.
2. “The Public Value of Higher Education,” Expositions 12:2 (2018): 121-31.
3. “The Character Model for the American University,” Expositions 12:2 (2018): 132-51.
4. “Thinking in Times of Trouble: Philosophy in Nazi Germany,” The Political Science
Reviewer 42:1 (2018): 62-71.
5. “Eric Voegelin on Race, Hitler, and National Socialism,” The Political Science Reviewer
42:1 (2018): 167-91.
6. “Eric Voegelin’s Contribution to Political Science,” Perspectives on Political Science. 47:3
(2018): 177-81.
7. “Culture and History in Eric Voegelin and Christopher Dawson,” The Political Science
Reviewer 41:2 (2017): 211-42.
8. “Poetry and Philosophy,” Expositions 11:1 (2017): 72-78.
9. “Socrates’ Homer in the Republic: Retaining the Poetic Past and Preparing for the
Philosophic Future,” Expositions 11:1 (2017): 79-100.
10. “SoTL as a Subfield for Political Science Graduate Programs,” Journal of Political Science
Education 13:2 (2017): 138-51.
11. “Continuity or Creation? American Conservatism in Paul Gottfried’s Conservatism in
America,” The Political Science Reviewer 40:1 (2016): 1-5.
12. “Jews, Christians, and Commerce: A Symposium on The Merchant of Venice,” Perspectives
on Political Science 43:4 (2014): 181-82.
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13. “Contract, Friendship, and Love in The Merchant of Venice,” Perspectives on Political
Science 43:4 (2014): 204-12.
14. “Civic Education in the Ancients and America,” Expositions 8:1 (2014): 96-99.
15. “Aristotelian Pluralism and Diversity: The Conditions of Civic Education and the Common
Good,” Expositions 8:1 (2014): 100-21.
16. “Fathers and Sons: The Principles of Love in Turgenev’s Liberalism,” Anamnesis 2:2
(2013): 117-43.
17. “The Search for the Spiritual in Saul Bellow,” Expositions 6:1 (2012): 41-42.
18. “The Search to be Human in Dangling Man,” Expositions 6:1 (2012): 52-58.
19. “The Problem of Stupidity in Chekhov’s Three Sisters,” Expositions 5: 1 (2011): 14-29.
20. “Consciousness, Memory, and History in Tolstoy’s War and Peace,” Perspectives on
Political Science 40:1 (2011): 35-43.
21. “The Protestant Revolution in Theology, Law, and Community,” The Political Science
Reviewer 39:1 (2010): 206-31.
22. “The Politics and Experience of Active Love in The Brothers Karamazov,” Perspectives on
Political Science 38:4 (2009): 197-205.
23. “Introductory Remarks on Rémi Brague’s The Law of God,” The Political Science Reviewer
38:1 (2009): 1-4.
24. “Nomos, Nature, and Modernity in Brague’s The Law of God,” The Political Science
Reviewer 38:1 (2009): 31-49.
25. “Robert Nisbet: War, Progress, and Sociology in the Age of Ideology” The Political Science
Reviewer 36:1 (2007): 311-43.
26. “The Need for Renewal: Nathaniel Hawthorne's Conservatism” Modern Age: A Quarterly
Review 45: 4 (2003): 315-23.
Essays
1. “I’m Awake, Are You?” VoegelinView, July 22, 2019.
2. “Technology as the Oracle of Today.” VoegelinView, June 25, 2019.
3. “Between Two Millstones: Interview with Daniel J. Mahoney,” VoegelinView, March 5,
2019.
4. “The Poland of Asia: Korea and the March 1st Movement,” VoegelinView, March 1, 2019.
5. “Let’s Save Liberal Education by Rethinking It,” Law and Liberty, December 13, 2018.
6. “Democracy and Industrial Society,” VoegelinView, November 3, 2018.
7. “Industrial Society in Search for Reason,” VoegelinView, November 2, 2018.
8. “Democracy in the New Europe,” VoegelinView, November 1, 2018.
9. “The Dystopian World,” VoegelinView, July 21, 2018.
10. “The Resentful Politics of Populism,” VoegelinView, July 20, 2018.
11. “The Wipe Out of the White Working Class,” VoegelinView, July 19, 2018.
12. “The Collapse of Christian America,” VoegelinView, July 18, 2018.
13. “What’s the Matter with the Left?” VoegelinView, July 17, 2018.
14. “Sorting Out Who We Are,” VoegelinView, July 16, 2018.
15. “Interview with George H. Nash,” VoegelinView, July 15, 2018.
16. “What Philip Roth Can Tell Us About Politics Today?” VoegelinView.
17. “For Love of Democracy: Eros, Reverence, and Ritual in Plato’s Laws,” VoegelinView.
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18. “How Mormonism Shaped America,” with Lynita K. Newswander, VoegelinView.
19. “An American Marriage: Mormons, Polygamy, and Federalism,” with Lynita K.
Newswander, co-author, VoegelinView, November 3, 2017.
20. “Mormons in the American Imagination,” with Lynita K. Newswander, co-author,
VoegelinView, November 2, 2017.
21. “After the Cold War: U.S.-Ukrainian Relations (19991-2000),” VoegleinView, March 24,
2017.
22. “The Russian Empire (1721-1917),” VoegelinView, February 27, 2017.
23. “The Russian Empire: The Amber Room,” VoegelinView, February 25, 2017.
24. “The Russian Empire: Major Accomplishments,” VoegelinView, February 24, 2017.
25. “The Russian Empire Timeline (1721-1917),” VoegelinView, January 6, 2017.
26. “The Challenges that Confront the United States,” VoegelinView, January 5, 2017.
27. “The Limits of Identity Politics,” VoegelinView, November 26, 2016.
28. “The American Political System: What We Can Be Thankful For,” VoegelinView, November
19, 2016.
29. “Obama’s Paradoxical Legacy,” VoegelinView, November 4, 2016.
30. “A Brief Account of Liberalism,” VoegelinView, October 21, 2016.
31. “The Alcibiades of Our Time,” VoegelinView, September 16, 2016.
32. “Mob Rule and Moral Language,” VoegelinView, September 9, 2016.
33. “The Language of Politics Today: Donald Trump, Racism, and Sexism,” VoegelinView,
August 12, 2016.
34. “From the Multiversity Cave: Conclusion” Front Porch Republic, July 25, 2016.
35. “From the Multiversity Cave: The Students and the State,” Front Porch Republic, April 27,
2016.
36. "The Midwest: The Region That Made America," VoegelinView, April 25, 2016.
37. "From the Multiversity Cave: General Education,” Front Porch Republic, December 8, 2015.
38. "Putin's Russia: Power and Postmodernity," VoegelinView, October 25, 2015.
39. "A Possible Paradigm for the Humanities in the University Today," VoegelinView, October
10, 2015.
40. "The Place of the Humanities in the University Today," VoegelinView, September 30, 2015.
41. “From the Multiversity Cave: The Universal Sciences,” Front Porch Republic, August 24,
2015.
42. “From the Multiversity Cave: Three Reformations,” Front Porch Republic, August 10, 2015.
43. “From the Multiversity Cave: The New Paradigm,” Front Porch Republic, July 31, 2015.
44. “Eric Voegelin’s Contribution to American Political Science,” VoegelinView, May 18, 2015
45. “From the Multiversity Cave: Aquinas and Synthesis,” Front Porch Republic, April 7, 2015.
46. “Citizens Without States,” The University Bookman, March 16, 2015.
47. “From the Multiversity Cave: Augustine and Amare,” Front Porch Republic, March 16,
2015.
48. “From the Multiversity Cave: Aristotle and Phronesis,” Front Porch Republic, February 16,
2015.
49. "Plato’s Pupil: James M. Rhodes (February 24, 1940-January 23, 2015)," VoegelinView,
February 11, 2015.
50. “From the Multiversity Cave: Plato,” Front Porch Republic, January 12, 2015.
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51. “The Paradoxes of the Body in Everyman, Nemesis, and The Humbling,” Anamnesis, August
8, 2014.
52. “Teaching in an Age of Ideology,” The University Bookman, July 6, 2014.
53. “Science and Scientism in Eric Voegelin’s Thought,” Anamnesis, November 8, 2013.
54. "Voegelin: Modernity and Gnosticism," The Imaginative Conservative, October 14, 2013.
55. "Fathers and Sons: Saul Bellow's Politics and Political Thought," The Imaginative
Conservative, September 8, 2013.
56. “What You Need to Know about Anton Pavlovich Chekhov,” Front Porch Republic, August
29, 2013.
57. "Cosmopolitanism: Citizens without States," The Imaginative Conservative, August 28,
2013.
58. "Teaching in an Age of Ideology: Concluding Thoughts," The Imaginative Conservative,
August 9, 2013.
59. "Teaching in an Age of Ideology: Stanley Rosen," The Imaginative Conservative, June 8,
2013.
60. "Teaching in an Age of Ideology: Harvey Mansfield," The Imaginative Conservative, May
17, 2013.
61. "Teaching in an Age of Ideology: Leo Strauss," The Imaginative Conservative, April 3, 2013.
62. "Teaching in an Age of Ideology: John H. Hallowell," The Imaginative Conservative, March
23, 2013.
63. "Teaching in an Age of Ideology: Gerhart Niemeyer," The Imaginative Conservative,
February 13, 2013.
64. "Teaching in an Age of Ideology: Ellis Sandoz," The Imaginative Conservative, January 24,
2013.
65. "Teaching in an Age of Ideology: Eric Voegelin," The Imaginative Conservative, January 6,
2013.
66. "Teaching in an Age of Ideology," The Imaginative Conservative, December 22, 2012.
67. “Statesmanship, Leadership, and Civil Society in the Age of Mass Democracy,” Anamnesis,
September 1, 2012.
68. “Leisure, Philosophy, and Liberal Education in Josef Pieper’s Thought,” Anamnesis, July 6,
2012.
69. “Derrida’s Hope and Despair for Globalization,” Anamnesis, April 27, 2012.
70. “American Civil Religion, Religious Liberty, Interposition, and the Mormons,” with Lynita
K. Newswander, co-author, Anamnesis, March 13, 2012.
71. “Derrida and the Paradoxes of Participatory Reality,” VoegelinView, February 11, 2012.
72. “Hawthorne’s Counterfeiting History in The Scarlet Letter,” Anamnesis, January 23, 2012.
73. “If Music Be the Food for Citizenship,” Anamnesis, October 25, 2011.
74. “Teaching American Politics in the Modern University,” The Canon, Fall 2009, 42-44.
75. “Eric Voegelin on the Law and the True Substantive Order,” First Principles, November 30,
2009.
76. “Poetry Over Positivism: Owen Barfield on the Rational and the Representative in the
World,” First Principles, August 4, 2009.
77. “Transformative Love and the Recovery of Tradition in Mr. Sammler’s Planet,” First
Principles, March 30, 2009.
78. “A Critique of Eric Voegelin’s Christianity,” First Principles, December 8, 2008.
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Encyclopedia Entries
1. “Ideology,” in The New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13: Ethics and Philosophy
(Gale Publishers, 2013), 431-33.
2. “Egalitarianism,” in The New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13: Ethics and
Philosophy (Gale Publishers, 2013), 736-38.
3. “Cicero,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice (Springer Publishing, 2011), 129-30.
4. “Seneca,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice (Springer Publishing, 2011), 993-94.
5. “Ivan Illich,” in International Encyclopedia of Political Science (CQ Press, 2011), 762-63.
6. “Natural Law,” in International Encyclopedia of Political Science (CQ Press, 2011), 1092-
93.
7. “Special Relationship – U.S.-Russia,” in Global Perspectives on the United States (Berkshire
Publishing Group, 2007), 348-51.
8. “Patrick Joseph Buchanan, Jr.,” in Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics (Greenwood
Press, 2006), 82-83.
9. “Martin E. Marty,” in Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics (Greenwood Press, 2006),
359-60.
10. “Norman Mattoon Thomas,” in Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics (Greenwood
Press, 2006), 554-55.
11. “Cornel West,” in Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics (Greenwood Press, 2006), 591-
92.
12. “Gnosticism,” in American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia (ISI Books, 2006), 348-51.
Book Reviews
1. Alessandro Duranti’s The Anthropology of Intentions: Language in a World of Others.
VoegelinView, September 6, 2019.
2. Bryan Caplan’s The Case Against Education: Why the Education System is a Waste of Time
and Money. VoegelinView, August 29, 2019.
3. Sean R. Gallagher’s The Future of University Credentials: New Developments at the
Intersection of Higher Education and Learning. VoegelinView, August 28, 2019.
4. Robert Zemsky’s, Gregory R. Wegnar’s, and Ann J. Duffield’s Making Sense of the College
Curriculum: Faculty Stories of Change, Conflict, and Accommodation. VoegelinView,
August 27, 2019.
5. Gary W. Jenkins’s and Jonathan Yonan’s Liberal Learning and the Great Christian
Tradition. VoegelinView, August 25, 2019.
6. Scott C. Beardsley’s Higher Calling: The Rise of Nontraditional Leaders in Academia.
VoegelinView, August 24, 2019.
7. Christopher de Hamel’s Meeting with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the
Medieval World. VoegelinView, June 30, 2019.
8. The Multigraph Collective's Interacting with Print: Elements of Reading in the Era of Print
Saturation. VoegelinView, June 29, 2019.
9. Martin Shuster’s New Television: The Aesthetics and Politics of a Genre. VoegelinView, June
28, 2019.
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10. Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business.
VoegelinView, June 27, 2019.
11. B.J. Mendelson’s Privacy and How to Get It Back. VoegelinView. June 26, 2019.
12. Gary Saul Morson’s and Morton Schapiro’s Cents and Sensibility: What Economics Can
Learn from the Humanities. VoegelinView. June 1, 2019.
13. Jonathan Foltz's book, "The Novel After Film: Modernism and the Decline of Autonomy.”
VoegelinView. May 31, 2019.
14. Clayton Childress’ Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel.
VoegelinView. May 30, 2019.
15. Guido Mazzoni’s Theory of the Novel. VoegelinView. May 29, 2019.
16. Alison Gerber’s The Work of Art: Value in Creative Careers. VoegelinView. May 28, 2019.
17. William Desmond’s The Intimate Universal: The Hidden Porosity Among Religion, Art,
Philosophy, and Politics. VoegelinView. May 27, 2019.
18. Gloria Origgi’s Reputation: What it is and Why it Matters. VoegelinView. May 2, 2019.
19. Saulius Geniusas's and Dmitri Nikulin's Productive Imagination. VoegelinView. May 1,
2019.
20. Justin C. Mueller’s The Temporality of Political Obligation. VoegelinView. April 27, 2019.
21. Rémi Brague’s The Kingdom of Man: Genesis and the Failure of the Modern Project. Law
and Liberty. April 8, 2019.
22. Arthur M. Melzer's, Jerry Weinberger's, and M. Richard Zinman's The Public Intellectual:
Between Philosophy and Politics. VoegelinView. April 2, 2019.
23. D. C. Schindler’s Love and the Postmodern Predicament: Rediscovering the Real in Beauty,
Goodness, and Truth. VoegelinView. March 24, 2019.
24. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Between Two Milestones. Book I. Sketches of Exile, 1974-1978.
VoegelinView. March 4, 2019.
25. Ross King's Seoul: Memory Reinvention and the Korean Wave. VoegelinView, February 28,
2019.
26. Ji-Young Lee’s China Hegemony: Four Hundred Years of East Asian Domination.
VoegelinView, February 27, 2019.
27. Jeremy Menchik's Islam and Democracy in Indonesia: Tolerance Without Liberalism.
VoegelinView, February 26, 2019.
28. Kurt A. Raaflaub’s The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works. VoegelinView,
January 27, 2019.
29. Plutarch’s The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives. VoegelinView, January 26, 2019.
30. Benjamin Straumann’s Crisis and Constitutionalism: Roman Political Thought from the Fall
of the Republic to the Age of Revolution. VoegelinView, January 25, 2019.
31. John M. Cooper’s Pursuits of Wisdom: Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates
to Plotinus. VoegelinView, January 18, 2019.
32. Mary Carruthers’s The Craft of Thought: Meditation, Rhetoric, and the Making of Images,
400-1200. VoegelinView, January 17, 2019.
33. Mary Carruthers’s and Jan M. Ziolkowski’s, The Medieval Craft of Memory: An Anthology
of Texts and Pictures. VoegelinView, January 16, 2019.
34. Clifford Angell Bates Jr.’s The Centrality of the Regime for Political Science. VoegelinView,
January 12, 2019.
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35. Jeffrey L. Buller’s The Essential College Professor: A Practical Guide to an Academic
Career. VoegelinView, August 4, 2018.
36. Martin J. Finkelstein’s, Valerie Martin Conley’s, and Jack H. Schuster’s The Faculty Factor:
Reassessing the American Academy in a Turbulent Era. VoegelinView, August 3, 2018.
37. Rens Bod’s A New History of the Humanities: The Search for Principles and Patterns from
Antiquity to the Present. VoegelinView, August 2, 2018.
38. Sean Steel's Teacher Education and the Pursuit of Wisdom: A Practical Guide for Education
Philosophy Course. VoegelinView, August 1, 2018.
39. Abigail L. Rosenthal’s A Good Look at Evil. VoegelinView, July 28, 2018.
40. Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft's Thinking in Public: Strauss, Levinas, and Arendt. VoegelinView,
July 27, 2018.
41. Bonnie Honig’s Democracy in Disrepair. VoegelinView, July 26, 2018.
42. Ganesh Sitaraman’s The Crisis of Middle-Class Constitutionalism. VoegelinView, July 25,
2018.
43. Leslie G. Rubin’s America, Aristotle, and the Politics of a Middle Class. VoegelinView, July
24, 2018.
44. Matthew Simonton’s Classical Greek Oligarchy: A Political History. VoegelinView, July 23,
2018.
45. Ostar Kushnir’s Ukraine and Russian Neo-Imperialism: The Divergent Break. VoegelinView,
July 22, 2018.
46. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s March 1917: The Red Wheel. VoegelinView, March 29, 2018.
47. Jessica Hooten Wilson’s Walker Percy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and the Search for Influence.
VoegelinView, March 24, 2018.
48. James V. Schall’s Docilitas. On Teaching and Being Taught, VoegelinView, December 16,
2017.
49. James V. Schall’s Another Sort of Learning, VoegelinView, December 15, 2017.
50. Ellis Sandoz’s Give Me Liberty: Studies in Constitutionalism and Philosophy, VoegelinView,
September 7, 2017.
51. Patrick J. Deneen’s Conserving America? Essays on Present Discontents, VoegelinView,
August 24, 2017.
52. David W. Livingstone’s Liberal Education, Civic Education, and the Canadian Regime: Past
Principles, Present Challenges. Perspectives on Political Science 46:1 (2017): 79-81.
53. Katherine J. Crammer’s The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and
the Rise of Scott Walker. VoegelinView, August 19, 2016.
54. Bradley J. Birzer's Russell Kirk: American Conservative. The Independent Review Vol. 1,
No. 1 (2016): 153-55.
55. Jon Lauck’s The Lost Region: Toward a Revival of Midwestern History, VoegelinView, April
25, 2016.
56. Andrew Scott Bibby's Montesquieu's Political Economy. VoegelinView, March 13, 2016.
57. Sean Steel's The Pursuit of Wisdom and Happiness in Education: Historical Sources and
Contemplative Practices. VoegelinView, February 14, 2016.
58. Josef Pieper's What Does Academic Mean? Two Essays on the Chance of the University.
VoegelinView, January 18, 2016.
59. David D. Corey's The Sophists in Plato's Dialogues. VoegelinView, January 5, 2016.
60. R.J. Snell's Acedia and its Discontents. VoegelinView, November 9, 2015.
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61. Albert Camus’ Christian Metaphysics and NeoPlatonism, trans. Ron Srigley. VoegelinView,
April 22, 2015.
62. Peter Augustine Lawler’s Allergic to Crazy: Quick Thoughts on Politics, Education, and
Culture, Rightly Understood. VoegelinView, April 19, 2015.
63. Adriel M. Trott’s Aristotle on the Nature of Community. Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
November 18, 2014.
64. Daniel J. Mahoney’s The Other Solzhenitsyn: Telling the Truth about a Misunderstood
Writer and Thinker. VoegelinView, October 6, 2014.
65. Mogens Herman Hansen’s Reflection on Aristotle’s Politics. Bryn Mawr Classical Review,
March 10, 2014.
66. Thomas Heilke’s and John von Heyking’s Hunting and Weaving: Empiricism and Political
Philosophy, The Imaginative Conservative, November 1, 2013.
67. John von Heyking’s and Thomas Heilke’s The Primacy of Persons in Politics: Empiricism &
Political Philosophy, The Imaginative Conservative, October 24, 2013.
68. J.B. Kennedy’s The Musical Structure of Plato’s Dialogues, Bryn Mawr Classical Review,
May 21, 2012.
69. Jonathan Lear’s The Case for Irony. The University Bookman, May 2, 2012.
70. Roger Scruton’s Understanding Music, Philosophy, and Interpretation. VoegelinView,
February 6, 2012.
71. Danielle S. Allen’s Why Plato Wrote. Polis 28: 2 (2011): 353-55.
72. Raymond Barfield’s The Ancient Quarrel Between Philosophy and Poetry. Bryn Mawr
Classical Review, December 12, 2011.
73. Michael Allen Gillespie’s The Theological Origins of Modernity. The University Bookman,
December 4, 2011.
74. Glenn Hughes’ A More Beautiful Question: The Spiritual in Poetry and Art. VoegelinView,
October 31, 2011.
75. Charles R. Embry’s Voegelinian Readings of Modern Literature. VoegelinView, September
16, 2011.
76. Christopher W. Tindale’s Reason's Dark Champions: Constructive Strategies of Sophistic
Argument. Bryn Mawr Classical Review, May 15, 2011.
77. Mark D. Steinberg’s and Catherine Wanner’s Religion, Morality, and Community in Post-
Soviet Societies. Politics and Religion 3: 2 (2010): 408-10.
78. Francis A. Grabowski III’s Plato, Metaphysics, and the Forms. Bryn Mawr Classical Review,
May 13, 2009.
79. R. E. Allen’s The Republic. Ancient Philosophy 29 (2009): 200-03.
80. David Bentley’s Hart’s Beauty of the Infinite. University Bookman 46: 2 (2008): 42-46.
81. Dominic Scott’s Plato’s Meno. Review of Metaphysics 60: 4 (2007): 883-84.
82. Andrea Tschemplik’s The Republic: The Comprehensive Student Edition. Bryn Mawr
Classical Review, March 11, 2007.
83. Eric Voegelin’s and Leo Strauss’ Faith and Political Philosophy the Correspondence
between Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin, 1934-1964 and Peter Petrakis’ and Cecil Eubanks’
Eric Voegelin’s Dialogues with the Postmoderns Searching for Foundations. Journal of
Politics 68: 2 (2006): 485-87.
84. Peter Baldwin’s Disease and Democracy: The Industrialized World Faces AIDS. Review of
Politics 67 (2005): 150-52.
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85. Randall Baldwin Clark’s The Law Most Beautiful and Best: Medical Arguments and Magical
Rhetoric in Plato's Laws. Political Theory 33: 5 (2005): 742-45.
86. Karen S. Cook's (ed.) Trust in Society. The Social Science Journal 41: 2 (2004): 309-11.
87. Sergei I. Zhuk's Russia's Lost Reformation. Religion and Politics Newsletter XXI: 1 (2004).
88. Zdravko Planinc's Politics, Philosophy, Writing: Plato's Caring for Souls. Bryn Mawr
Classical Review, April 15, 2004.
89. Lloyd P. Gerson's Knowing Persons: A Study in Plato. Bryn Mawr Classical Review,
November 30, 2003.
90. James M. Rhodes' Eros, Wisdom, and Silence: Plato's Erotic Dialogues. Bryn Mawr
Classical Review, October 3, 2003.
Conference Papers
1. “A Comparative Approach to a Political Science Program.” American Political Science
Conference: Rethinking the Undergraduate Major, University of North Texas. Denton, TX. May
31-June 2, 2019.
2. “Medieval Dignity, Modern Education.” Human Dignity, Education, and Political Society
Conference, St. Mary’s University. San Antonio, TX, May 9-11, 2019.
3. “The Comparative Politics of Eric Voegelin.” Southern Political Science Conference, Austin,
TX, January 17-19, 2019.
4. “A Witness and Prophet for History: Solzhenitsyn’s March 1917.” American Political Science
Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 31-September 3, 2017.
5. “Pedagogy as a Subfield." American Political Science Teaching and Learning Conference,
Portland, OR, February 12-14, 2016.
6. “Eric Voegelin’s Contribution to American Political Science.” Order and Liberty Conference.
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, May 1-2, 2015.
7. “The Balance and Betrayal of the Body in Philip Roth: Everyman, Nemesis, and The Humbling.”
Philip Roth: Across Cultures, Across Disciplines Conference. St. Gallen University, St. Gallen,
Switzerland, June 13-14, 2014.
8. “A Philosophy of Prudence and the Purpose of Higher Education Today.” The Relevance of
Higher Education Today Conference. Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, April 27-28,
2012.
9. “After the Cold War: U.S.-Ukrainian Relations,” The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the
International Approaches on the End of the Cold War Conference. Zaporizhzhya National
University, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, November 1-4, 2011.
10. “An American Marriage: Mormons, Polygamy, and Federalism,” with Lynita K.
Newswander, co-author.” Symposium on Religion and Public Life. Calvin College, Grand
Rapids, MI, April 28-30, 2011.
11. “The Love in Liberalism in Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons.” The Midwest Political Science
Conference, Chicago, IL, March 31-April 3, 2011.
12. “Statesmanship and Democracy in a Global and Comparative Context,” with Gerson
Moreno-Riano and Phillip Hamilton, co-authors. American Political Science Teaching and
Learning Conference, Albuquerque, NM, February 11-13, 2011.
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13. “Statesmanship and Democracy,” with Gerson Moreno-Riano and Phillip Hamilton, co-
authors. American Political Science Association Conference’s Short Course Seminar,
Washington DC, September 1, 2010.
14. “Advising Solidarity and Postwar Boundaries: Polish-U.S. Relations during the Cold War.”
Reflections on the Solidarity Movement Conference. University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland,
March 14-17, 2010.
15. “Teaching the American Political Tradition in a Global Context,” with Gerson Moreno-Riano
and Phillip Hamilton, co-authors. American Political Science Teaching and Learning
Conference, Philadelphia, PA, February 5-7, 2010.
16. “Brutality, Vulgarity, and Evil in Chekhov’s Three Sisters.” American Political Science
Association Conference, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6, 2009.
17. “Enemy Image, Evidence, and Cognitive Dissonance: The Cold War as Recalled by
Michiganders.” Comparative Perspectives on the Cold War Conference. Radboud University,
Nijmegen, Netherlands. March 22-26, 2009.
18. “Derrida’s Escape from Language and Metaphysics.” American Political Science
Conference, Boston, MA, August 28-31, 2008.
19. “Tolstoy’s Spiritualized Cosmopolitanism.” International Studies Association–West
Conference, San Francisco, CA, September 27-29, 2007.
20. “Nietzsche’s and Voegelin’s Response to Cartesian Subjectivity and the Rationalization of
Politics.” American Political Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 31-September 3,
2006.
21. “Tocqueville, Weber, and Democracy: The Condition of Equality and the Possibility of
Charisma in America.” Midwest Political Science Conference, Chicago, IL, April 20-23,
2006.
22. “God, History, and War in Tolstoy’s War and Peace.” American Political Science
Conference, Washington D.C., August 31-September 4, 2005.
23. “History, Consciousness, and Method in Voegelin and Foucault.” American Political Science
Conference, Chicago, IL, September 2-5, 2004.
24. “Totalitarianism and Christian Communitarianism in The Brothers Karamazov.” Western
Slavic Association Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, April 21-24, 2004.
25. “Voegelin, Derrida, and Foucault on Language, Consciousness, and Political Symbols.”
American Political Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 27-31, 2003.
26. “Puritanism, Transcendentalism, and Democratic Citizenship in Nathaniel Hawthorne.”
American Political Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 27-31, 2003.
27. “Eric Voegelin: Experience, Language and Modernity.” Western Political Science
Conference, Denver, CO, March 26-30, 2003.
28. “The Aristotelian Multi-Cultural Society and the Common Good.” Midwest Political Science
Conference, Chicago, IL, April 25-28, 2002.
29. “The New Gnosticism: Eric Voegelin’s Political Theory of National Identity.” Western
Political Science Conference, Long Beach, CA, March 22-24, 2002.
30. “The Platonic ‘Reconstruction’ of Homer.” American Political Science Conference, San
Francisco, CA, August 29-September 1, 2001.
31. “The Politics of Censorship: Platonic and Aristotelian Theories of Theater.” Midwest
Political Science Conference, Chicago, IL, April 19-22, 2001.
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32. “Nationalism and Religion in Post-Soviet Russian Civil Society: An Inquiry into the 1997
‘On Freedom of Conscience Law.’” Politics and Religion in Russia Symposium. Baylor
University, Waco, TX, February 1-3, 2001.
33. “The Limits of Rationality in Politics in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex.” American Political
Science Conference, Washington D.C., August 31-September 3, 2000.
34. “A Comparative Analysis of the Relationship between Church and State in Post-Soviet
Russia and the Ukraine.” Midwest Political Science Conference, Chicago, IL, April 27-30,
2000.
35. “The Search for Identity in Post-Soviet Russia: Civil Society and the Russian Orthodox
Church.” The Association for the Study of Nationalities Conference. New York, NY, April
13-15, 2000.
36. “Dostoevsky: The Relationship Between Church and State.” American Political Science
Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 2-5, 1999.
37. “The Platonic Response to the Erosion of Community in Liberal Democracy.” Midwest
Political Science Conference, Chicago, IL, April 15-17, 1999.
Conference Participation
1. Co-Organizer with Glenn Moots and Moderator, “Democracy in America and Civil
Society.” Northwood University, October 19, 2019.
2. Director, “In Search of Meaning in History: Politics and Religion in Eric Voegelin’s
Thought.” Abigail Adams Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, September 27-28,
2019.
3. Chair, “Music and Politics in the Ancient World.” American Political Science Conference,
Washington D.C., August 29-September 1, 2019.
4. Chair, “What is Political Theory? Methods, Schools, and Disciplines.” American Political
Science Conference, Washington D.C., August 29-September 1, 2019.
5. Co-Organizer with Glenn Moots and Moderator, “New Perspectives on Political Problems,”
Northwood University, Midland, MI, March 30, 2019.
6. Co-Organizer with Thomas Bunting and Moderator, “Democracy in America and Civil
Society,” Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, OH, March 22, 2019.
7. Discussant, “The Comparative Politics of Eric Voegelin.” Southern Political Science
Conference, Austin, TX, January 17-19, 2019.
8. Co-Chair with Amber Knight, American Political Science Centennial Center Teaching &
Learning Symposium for Political Theory, Washington D.C., November 1-4, 2018.
9. Co-Organizer with Glenn Moots and Moderator, “Public Choice and Government Failure
Symposium,” Northwood University, Midland, MI, October 27, 2018.
10. Panel Organizer and Chair, “A Centennial Celebration of Russell Kirk.” American Political
Science Conference, Boston, MA, August 30-September 2, 2018.
11. Discussant, “The Dystopian Imagination.” American Political Science Conference, Boston,
MA, August 30-September 2, 2018.
12. Discussant, “Why Voegelin Matters Today.” American Political Science Conference,
Boston, MA, August 30-September 2, 2018.
13. Co-Organizer with Glenn Moots and Moderator, “Tolerance in a Free Society Symposium.”
Northwood University, Midland, MI, March 24, 2018.
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14. Co-Chair with Elizabeth Matto, American Political Science Teaching & Learning
Conference, Baltimore, MD, February 2-4, 2018.
15. Co-Organizer with Glenn Moots and Moderator, “The Morality of Capitalism Symposium.”
Northwood University, Midland, MI, November 18, 2017.
16. Moderator, “Is Islam Compatible with a Free Society Symposium.” Northwood University,
Midland, MI, October 24, 2017
17. Panel Organizer and Chair, “Does the Public University Matter Today?” American Political
Science Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 31-September 3, 2017.
18. Track Organizer and Moderator, “The Socratic Method.” American Political Science Teaching
and Learning Conference, Long Beach, CA, February 10-12, 2017.
19. Co-Organizer with Glenn Moots and Moderator, “Tocqueville and Liberty Symposium.”
Northwood University, Midland, MI, September 17, 2016.
20. Panel Organizer and Chair, "Statesmanship and Friendship in an Age of Transformation."
American Political Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 1-4, 2016.
21. Panel Organizer and Chair, “Statesmanship, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism: Ancient and
Modern.” American Political Science Conference, San Francisco, CA, September 3-6, 2015.
22. Discussant, “Subjectivity and Metaphysics in Eric Voegelin’s Reading of Aristotle.”
Subjectivity: Ancient and Modern Conference. Eastern University, Philadelphia, PA, September
19-21, 2014.
23. Panel Organizer and Chair, “The Artist as Public Intellectual and Political Leader: The Intersection
Between Politics and Literature.” American Political Science Conference, Washington D.C,
August 28-31, 2014.
24. Chair, “Philosophic Readings of Roth.” Philip Roth: Across Cultures, Across Disciplines
Conference. St. Gallen University, St. Gallen, Switzerland, June 13-14, 2014.
25. Co-Director with Kirk Fitzpatrick, “Democracy and Economics Symposium.” Southern Utah
University, Cedar City, UT, October 16-18, 2013.
26. Panel Organizer and Chair, “Political Leadership and Civic Education.” American Political
Science Conference, Chicago, IL August 29-September 1, 2013.
27. Co-Director with James Harrison, “Great Teachers and Texts Symposium.” Southern Utah
University, Cedar City, UT, August 9-10, 2012.
28. Co-Director with Glenn Moots and Moderator, “What We So Proudly We Hail: The American
Soul in Story, Speech, and Song Symposium.” Harvard University, Boston, MA, November 5,
2011.
29. Co-Director with Glenn Moots and Moderator, “Liberalism and Liberty Symposium.” Brown
University, Providence, RI, October 29, 2011.
30. Co-Director with James Harrison, “Teaching the Liberal Arts Today Symposium.” Southern
Utah University, UT, October 19-21, 2011.
31. Co-Director with Glenn Moots and Moderator, “The Rhetoric of Democracy Symposium.”
Yale University, New Haven, September 24, 2011.
32. Chair, “Women's Rights: Abortion, Identity, and Abroad.” American Political Science
Association Conference, Seattle, WA, September 1-4, 2011.
33. Co-Director with James Harrison, “Great Teachers and Texts Symposium.” Southern
Utah University, Cedar City, UT, August 10-12, 2011.
34. Evaluator and Moderator, “The American Studies Center’s Summer Institute.” Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ, June 13-25, 2011.
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35. Chair and Discussant, “Princes, Philosophers, and Literary Critics: From Machiavelli and
Shakespeare to Edmund Wilson and Lionel Trilling.” Midwest Political Science Conference,
Chicago, IL, March 31-April 3, 2011.
36. Co-Director with Glenn Moots and Moderator, “Teaching American Citizenship Symposium.”
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, October 30, 2010.
37. Co-Director with Glenn Moots and Moderator, “Teaching Leadership, Statesmanship, and the
Constitution Symposium.” Amherst College, Amherst, MA, October 29, 2010.
38. Co-Director with James Harrison, “The Liberal Arts in America Symposium.” Southern Utah
University, Cedar City, UT, October 20-22, 2010.
39. Co-Director with Glenn Moots and Moderator, “Teaching the American Founding
Symposium.” Yale University, New Haven, CT, October 9, 2010.
40. Chair and Discussant, “Political Philosophy and Theatre.” American Political Science
Association Conference, Washington DC, September 2-5, 2010.
41. Chair and Discussant, “Ancient Greek Political Philosophy.” American Political Science
Association Conference, Washington DC, September 2-5, 2010.
42. Co-Director with Gerson Moreno-Riano, “Democracy and Exceptional Leadership Working
Group.” American Political Science Association Conference, Washington DC, September 2-5,
2010.
43. Evaluator and Moderator, “The Summer Institute in American Ideals and Institutions.”
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, June 14-26, 2010.
44. Co-Director with James Harrison, “Language, Rhetoric, and Democracy Symposium.”
Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT, January 21-22, 2010.
45. Chair and Discussant, “They’ve All Gone to Look for America.” American Political Science
Association Conference, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6, 2009.
46. Co-Director with Gerson Moreno-Riano and Phillip Hamilton, “Creating and Teaching
American Politics Course in a Globalized Context and Curriculum.” American Political
Science Association Conference’s Short Course Seminar, Toronto, Canada, September 2,
2009.
47. Evaluator and Moderator, “The Summer Institute in American Ideals and Institutions.”
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, June 15-27, 2009.
48. Co-Director with James Harrison, “Liberal Education and Democracy Symposium.”
Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT, January 22-23, 2009.
49. Panel Organizer, “Derrida’s Escape from Language and Metaphysics.” American Political
Science Conference, Boston, MA, August 28-31, 2008.
50. Discussant, “Political Theory in the East Asian Context: Ancient and Modern Perspective.”
American Political Science Conference, Boston, MA, August 28-31, 2008.
51. Discussant, “Justice, Vengeance, and Conciliation in Ancient and Modern Perspective.”
American Political Science Conference, Boston, MA, August 28-31, 2008.
52. Co-Director with James Harrison, “Technology and Democracy Symposium.” Southern Utah
University, Cedar City, UT, January 17-18, 2008.
53. Co-Director with James Harrison, “Art and Democracy Symposium.” Southern Utah
University, Cedar City, UT, January 18-19, 2007.
54. Panel Organizer, “Nietzsche’s and Voegelin’s Response to Cartesian Subjectivity and the
Rationalization of Politics.” American Political Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA,
August 31-September 3, 2006.
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55. Co-Director with James Harrison, “Pluralism and Democracy Symposium.” Southern Utah
University, Cedar City, UT, January 19-20, 2006.
56. Discussant, “Dimensions of Voegelin’s Philosophy and Its Reception.” American Political
Science Conference, Washington D.C., August 31-September 4, 2005.
57. Panel Organizer, “History, Consciousness, and Method in Voegelin and Foucault.”
American Political Science Conference, Chicago, IL, September 2-5, 2004.
58. Discussant, “The Mark of Totalitarianism Panel.” American Political Science Conference,
Chicago, IL, September 2-5, 2004.
59. Discussant, “Pan-Slavism: 19th to the 20th Century Panel.” American Association of the
Advancement of Slavic Studies Conference, Toronto, Canada, November 20-23, 2003.
60. Discussant, “Conflict, History, and Political Theory Panel.” American Political Science
Conference, Boston, MA, August 29-September 1, 2002.
61. Discussant, “Framing the Political Panel.” Southern Political Science Conference, Atlanta,
GA, October 29-31, 1998.
62. Discussant, “Voegelin and the Diversity of Politics Panel.” American Political
Science Conference, Boston, MA, September 3-6, 1998.
Invited Presentations
1. “The Value of the Humanities,” Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT March 1, 2018.
2. “Wealth and Virtue in Tocqueville’s Democracy in America,” Northwood University,
Midland, MI, April 8, 2017.
3. “Democracy and the Administrative State: Weber, Tocqueville, and Today.” Northwood
University, Midland, MI, November 14, 2013.
4. “Contract, Friendship, and Love in The Merchant of Venice.” University of Wisconsin at
Madison, May 3, 2013.
5. “Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Globalization.” Northwood University, Midland, MI,
February 26, 2013.
6. “Plato’s Symposium.” Greater Teachers and Texts Symposium. Southern Utah University and
Grace A. Tanner Center, Cedar City, UT, August 9-10, 2012.
7. “Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.” Great Teachers and Texts Symposium. Southern Utah
University and Grace A. Tanner Center, Cedar City, UT, August 10-12, 2011.
8. “The Scholarly Life: Tenure, Promotion, and Professional Leadership.” The American Studies
Center’s Summer Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, June 21, 2011.
9. “The Academic Life and Profession.” McNair Program, Marquette University, Milwaukee,
WI, July 29, 2010.
10. “Choosing Core Texts.” The Summer Institute in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ, June 22, 2010.
11. Invited Panelist, “Post-Cold War European Geopolitical Relations Video Teleconference.”
U.S. Consulate in Krakow with U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, March 17, 2010.
12. “Professional Association Conferences and Publishing in Peer-Reviewed Journals.” The
Summer Institute in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
June 23, 2009.
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Media Appearances
1. Podcast Interview with Zachary Vega, “Aristotle for Planners.” Welcome To, April 27, 2020.
2. Television Panelist, “The Follow-Up,” Delta College, University Center, MI, 2017-21.
3. Podcast Interview with Lilly Goren, “Why the Humanities Matter: In Defense of Liberal
Education.” New Books Network, May 26, 2017.
4. Television Panelist, “Frontpage,” Midland, MI, January 21, 2009 & August 13, 2014.
5. Television Panelist, “Currently Speaking,” Delta College, University Center, MI, 2007-16.
Grants
1. $12,855, Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good, 2016
2. $10,200, Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good, 2015
3. $7,000, Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good, 2014
4. $12,700, Education Reviewer Foundation, 2013
5. $5,955, Education Reviewer Foundation, 2012
6. $4,000, Education Reviewer Foundation, 2011
7. $104,500, Saginaw Valley State University Foundation Grant, 2006
8. $12,500, Saginaw Valley State University Foundation Grant, 2006
9. $4,900, Utah System of Higher Education Grant, 2003
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1. American Civil Rights and Liberties
2. American Constitutional Law*
3. American Political Thought
4. American National Government
5. American National Government Online*
6. American Presidency
7. Bioethics and Politics*
8. Classical Political Thought*
9. Contemporary Political Thought
10. Democracy: Origins and Challenges*
11. Education and Democracy*
12. European Politics*
13. Exploring the Legal Profession
14. Feminist Political Thought
15. First-Year Honors Course
16. Great Political Thinkers*
17. History of Political Thought
18. Independent Study
19. Individual Autonomy and the Public Good*
20. Introduction to Comparative Politics
21. Introduction to Political Science
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22. Introduction to Political Thought
23. Introduction to World Politics
24. Law, Politics, and Society*
25. London Study Abroad Program*
26. Love, Friendship, and Politics*
27. Modern Political Thought*
28. Politics and Gender*
29. Politics, Literature, and Film*
30. Political Ideologies
31. Religion and Politics*
32. Research Design Seminar
33. Russian and Eastern European Politics*
34. State and Local Government Online*
*created these courses
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Publishing
1. Editor, Lexington Politics, Literature, and Film book series, 2013-present
Available at https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/LEX/LEXPLF
40 books published
2. Editor, VoegelinView, 2016-present
Available at https://voegelinview.com/.
Publishes daily
3. Editorial Board Member, The Political Science Reviewer Journal, 2010-present
Available at http://politicalsciencereviewer.wisc.edu/.
4. Editorial Board Member, Anthem Press’ The Politics and Literature of Global Rights and
Freedom book series, 2018-present
Available at http://www.anthempress.com/anthem-series-on-the-politics-and-literature-of-global-
rights-and-freedom
Discipline
American Political Science Association
1. Co-Chair of Centennial Center of Teaching Political Theory Conference 2018
2. Co-Chair of 2018 Teaching and Learning Conference 2017-18
3. Track Organizer and Moderator at Teaching and Learning Conference 2017
4. Member of Michael Brintall Teaching & Learning Award Committee 2016-17
5. Member of CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation Committee 2016-17
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6. Member of Teaching and Learning Conference Programming Committee 2016-17
7. Member of Teaching and Learning in Political Science Committee 2015-17
8. Member of Minority Fellowship Program Selection Committee 2014-15
9. Member of Status of Asian Pacific Americans in the Profession Committee 2012-15
10. Section and Program Chair of Politics, Literature, and Film 2010-11
11. Co-Director of Statesmanship and Democracy Short Course 2010
12. Co-Director of Democracy and Exceptional Leadership Working Group 2010
13. Member of Politics, Literature, and Film’s Executive Council 2008-14
14. Panel Organizer for American Political Science Conference 2004-18
Conferences
Grace A. Tanner Center
1. Co-Director of Democracy and Economics Symposium 2013
2. Co-Director of Great Teacher and Texts Symposium 2012
3. Co-Director of Teaching the Liberal Arts Symposium 2011
4. Co-Director of Great Teacher and Texts Symposium 2011
5. Co-Director of The Liberal Arts in America Symposium 2010
6. Co-Director of Language, Rhetoric, and Democracy Symposium 2010
7. Co-Director of Liberal Education and Democracy Symposium 2009
8. Co-Director of Technology and Democracy Symposium 2008
9. Co-Director of Art and Democracy Symposium 2007
10. Co-Director of Pluralism and Democracy Symposium 2006
Institute for Humane Studies
1. Co-Director of Democracy in America and Civil Society Symposium 2019
2. Co-Director of Tocqueville, America, and Civil Society Symposium 2019
3. Co-Director of New Perspectives on Political Problems Symposium 2019
4. Co-Director of Public Choice and Government Failure Symposium 2018
5. Co-Director of Tolerance in a Free Society Symposium 2018
6. Co-Director of The Morality of Capitalism Symposium 2017
7. Co-Director of Tocqueville and Liberty Symposium 2016
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
1. Co-Director of What We So Proudly We Hail Symposium 2011
2. Co-Director of Liberalism and Liberty Symposium 2011
3. Co-Director of The Rhetoric of Democracy Symposium 2011
4. Co-Director of Teaching American Citizenship Symposium 2010
5. Co-Director of Teaching Leadership, Statesmanship, and the Constitution 2010
6. Co-Director of Teaching the American Founding Symposium 2010
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Saginaw Valley State University
1. Director of Teaching in American Higher Education Symposiums 2018
2. Director of Teaching in American Higher Education Symposiums 2017
3. Director of Science vs. Tradition at the American Founding Symposium 2008
4. Director of Politics and Religion Symposium 2006
American Studies Center’s Summer Institute
1. Evaluator of American Studies Center’s Summer Institute Program 2009-11
2. Moderator at of American Studies Center’s Summer Institute Program 2009-11
Abigail Adams Institute
1. Director of Politics and Religion in Eric Voegelin’s Thought Symposium 2019
Referee
1. Presses: Anthem, Bloomsbury Academic, CQ, Notre Dame, Oxford, Palgrave Macmillan,
Pearson, Peter Lang, Routledge, Rowman & Littlefield, State University of New York Press,
University of Toronto Press
2. Journals: American Political Science Review, Anamnesis, Expositions, Intellectual History
Review, Journal of Church and Politics, Journal of History of Ideas, Journal of Moral Education,
Journal of Political Science Education, Journal of Politics, Journal of the Scientific Study of
Religion, Perspectives on Political Science, Political Science Reviewer, Polity, PS: Political
Science & Politics; Review of Politics, Studies in the Novel, VoegelinView
3. Grant Agencies: Agora Institute, Fulbright Program, National Endowment for the Humanities,
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for Canada
4. External Reviewer for Applications for Tenure and Promotion: Nicholls State University,
Sacred Heart University, University of South Dakota
University
1. Political Science Department Chair, Samford University 2020-present
2. Political Science Department Chair, Saginaw Valley State University 2017-19
3. Pre-Law Advisor, Saginaw Valley State University 2016-20
4. Director of London Study Abroad Program 2003-07
5. Committee Memberships: University President’s Strategic Task Force, 2001-20
Faculty Association Executive Board, Faculty Association Contract & Review,
Department Policies & Assessment, Department Faculty Evaluation,
Department Faculty Search
