David Foster Associate Professor of Political Science 122 Andrews Hall Ashland University 401 College Avenue Ashland, Ohio  44805 (419) 289-5626 dfoster2@ashland.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., M.A., University of Toronto
• B.A., McMaster University

Courses Taught:

• HIST 112 Western Civilization (Syllabus)
• HIST 113 Western Civilization (Syllabus)
• POLSC 205 Comparative Politics (Syllabus)
• POLSC 231 International Relations (Syllabus)
• POLSC 343 Western Political Thought I: Ancient (Syllabus)
• POLSC 345 Western Political Thought III: Early Modern (Syllabus)
• POLSC 346 Western Political Thought IV: Late Modern
• AHG 510 Great American Texts: The Federalist Papers (Syllabus)
• AHG 510 Great American Texts: Mark Twain (Syllabus)

Publications:

• "Mark Twain on the American Character," History of American Political Thought (Lexington Press, 2003)
• "Gambling on Virtue", www.ashbrook.org, May 2003
• "Israel's Quest for Security", On Principle, Vol. X, No. 1, February 2002
• "Civic Education", Encyclopedia of Democracy
• "It's a Buyers' Market: 'Disposable Professors,' Grade Inflation, and Other Problems," Academe, January 1998 with Edith Foster
• "On the Goal of Liberal Education," The Hiram College Advance, Spring 1997
• "The Bible and Natural Freedom in John Locke's Political Thought," Piety and Humanity, 1997
• "Taming the Father: John Locke's Critique of Patriarchial Fatherhood." The Review of Politics, Fall 1994