David Foster

David Foster, associate professor of political science and Chair of the Department of History and Political Science, joined Ashland University in 1998. He teaches courses in political philosophy and international relations and, in the Masters of American History and Government program, courses on Alexis de Tocqueville, the political thought of Mark Twain, and the Federalist Papers. He has published on John Locke, liberal education, and Mark Twain. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from McMaster University and a Master of Arts and a PhD in political science from the University of Toronto.

Courses Taught:

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

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 Patriarchal Fatherhood." The Review of Politics, Fall 1994