Ashland's MA programs in American history and government feature the full-time faculty of our own Department of History and Political Science as well as additional faculty selected from universities around the nation.
Events
Jun
25
Join us for an address by Jennifer Keene, Professor of History at Chapman University, entitled American Patriotic Culture in World War I.
Jul
2
Join us for an address by Dr. Sarah Morgan Smith, Postgraduate Research Fellow at the James Madison Program at Princeton University, entitled Papists, Pacificsts, and Puritans: The 17th Century Religious Origins of American Independence.
Jul
9
Join us for an address by Dan Monroe, Associate Professor of History at Millikin University, entitled Understanding the Honor Culture of the Antebellum South.
Jul
16
Join us for an address by Lucas Morel, Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and Politics and Head of the Politics Department at Washington and Lee University, entitled Frederick Douglass on Race, Liberty, and the American Creed.
Our Faculty
Faculty & Staff
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William B. Allen Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 517.355.6590 allenwi@msu.edu |
Professor William B. Allen is emeritus dean and Professor of Political Philosophy in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University, and 2008-09 Visiting Senior Scholar in the Matthew J. Ryan Center for the Study of Free Institutions and the Public Good at Villanova University. He also served previously on the National Council for the Humanities and as Chairman and Member of the United States... Read More
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J. David Alvis Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 864.597.4588 alvisjd@wofford.edu |
David Alvis is Associate Professor of Political Science at Wofford College. He received his Ph.D. from Fordham University in New York in Political Science and his master's in American Studies from the University of Dallas. At Wofford, he teaches courses on American Politics including: The American Presidency, Constitutional Law, and Political Parties. His publications include articles on the Electoral College,... Read More
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William Atto Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 972.721.5340 atto@udallas.edu |
William Atto is Associate Professor of History at the University of Dallas. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. His specialties include United States history with an emphasis on nineteenth century America, as well as American political, military, and intellectual history.
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Jeremy Bailey Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 713.743.3934 jbailey2@uh.edu |
Jeremy D. Bailey, Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston, holds the Ross M. Lence Distinguished Teaching Chair and a dual appointment in Political Science and the university's Honors College. His research interests include executive power, constitutionalism, and American political thought and development. His current book project is The Idea of Presidential Representation: An Intellectual and... Read More
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Dennis K. Boman Adjunct Gradaute Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 419.289.5411 dkbhistory@yahoo.com |
Dennis K. Boman teaches history at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. He is currently working on a book about the 1858 Illinois campaign. Professor Boman is the author of Lincoln and Citizens’ Rights in Civil War Missouri: Balancing Freedom and Security (2011), for which he received the Missouri Humanity Council’s Distinguished Literary Achievement Award. Most recently he has published a biography of... Read More
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Christopher Burkett Associate Professor of Political Science, Co-Chair, Master of Arts in American History and Government 825, Ashbrook Center 419.289.5686 cburket1@ashland.edu |
Christopher Burkett is Associate Professor of Political Science at Ashland University, and teaches undergraduate courses on American political thought, the American Founding, and American foreign policy. He also serves as an Associate Director, Academic Advisor and instructor in the Master of American History and Government program at Ashland University, in which he teaches courses on the American Revolution, the... Read More
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Andrew E. Busch Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 909.607.3382 andrew.busch@cmc.edu |
Andrew E. Busch is Crown Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, where he teaches courses on American politics and government. He is the author or co-author of more than two dozen scholarly chapters and articles as well as thirteen books, including Horses in Midstream: U.S. Midterm Elections and Their Consequences, 1894-1998; Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Freedom; The... Read More
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Carrie Clever Administrative Coordinator, MAHG Program 801, Ashbrook Center 419.289.5430 cclever@ashland.edu |
Carrie Clever is the administrative coordinator of the Master of Arts program in American History and Government.
Before joining Ashland in April 2008, Carrie worked as an assistant to Congressman Michael G. Oxley in his Mansfield district office for seven years. She worked as a legal assistant and paralegal for 20 years prior to joining the congressman’s staff.
Carrie is the proud mother of three grown children... Read More
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Mickey Craig Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center mcraig@hillsdale.edu |
Mickey Craig is the William and Berniece Grewcock Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, where he has taught since 1986. Dr. Craig was selected Hillsdale College Professor of the Year in 1995. Dr. Craig also serves as the Chair of the Department of Politics and as the Faculty Athletic Representative to the NCAA and Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Dr. Craig also serves as the Chair of the... Read More
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John Dinan Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 336.758.3495 dinanjj@wfu.edu |
John Dinan is Professor of Politics at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His research focuses on state constitutionalism, federalism, and American political development. He is the author of several books, including The American State Constitutional Tradition and Keeping the People’s Liberties: Legislators, Citizens, and Judges as Guardians of Rights, and he writes an annual entry on state... Read More
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Joshua Dunn Honored Visiting Professor 801, Ashbrook Center 719.255.3941 jdunn@uccs.edu |
Josuha Dunn is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Government and the Individual at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. He has research and teaching interests in public law, education policy, and political theory. His books include Complex Justice: The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins, From Schoolhouse to Courthouse: The Judiciary's Role in... Read More
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Todd Estes Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 248.370.3534 estes@oakland.edu |
Todd Estes is Professor of History at Oakland University. His teaching specialty is early American history from the American Revolution through the Jacksonian era and his research concentrates on early U.S. political history and political culture. Estes is the author of the book The Jay Treaty Debate, Public Opinion, and the Evolution of Early American Political Culture (2006) in addition to the many articles and... Read More
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Christopher Flannery Louaine S. Taylor Professor, Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 626.815.6000 cflannery@apu.edu |
Christopher Flannery is Louaine S. Taylor Professor of American History and Government at Ashland University and a Professor in the Honors College at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California. He has been a member of the board of directors of the The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy since 1981 and is currently the senior editor of The Claremont Review of Books. He is... Read More
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Joseph R. Fornieri Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 585.475.5889 jrfgsm@rit.edu |
Joseph R. Fornieri is Professor of Political Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the author of Abraham Lincoln’s Political Faith (2005), an acclaimed scholarly work that explores Lincoln’s religion and politics. He is also the author or editor of three other books on Abraham Lincoln’s political thought and statesmanship: The Language of Liberty: The Political Speeches and Writings of Abraham... Read More
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David Foster Chair, Department of History and Political Science, Professor of Political Science 122, Andrews Hall 419.289.5626 dfoster2@ashland.edu |
David Foster is Professor of Political Science and chair of the Department of History and Political Science at Ashland University. He teaches undergraduate courses in political philosophy and international relations and graduate 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.
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Jay D. Green Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 706.419.1654 jay.green@covenant.edu |
Jay D. Green is Professor of History at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where he has been on the faculty since 1998.
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Lauren Hall Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 585.475.6827 lxhgpt@rit.edu |
Lauren Hall is Associate Professor of Political Science at Rochester Institute of Technology. Her recent book, Family and the Politics of Moderation, was published by Baylor University Press in April 2014. She has also edited a volume on the political philosophy of French political thinker, Chantal Delsol. She has written extensively on the classical liberal tradition, including articles on Edmund Burke, Adam Smith... Read More
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Emily Hess Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Academic Advisor, MAHG & MASTAHG Programs 123, Andrews Hall 419.289.5338 ehess@ashland.edu |
Emily Hess joined Ashland University in 2007. She teaches American history with fields of expertise in 19th and 20th century African-American history, specifically the Reconstruction era and the Civil Rights movement. She was selected as Ashland's Outstanding Female Faculty Member of the Year for 2014 and received Ashland University's Mentor Award in January 2012 and 2015. She received her B.A. in American history... Read More
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Jason Jividen Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 724.805.2825 jason.jividen@stvincent.edu |
Dr. Jividen is Associate Professor of Politics in the McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he also serves as Fellow in Civic and Constitutional Affairs for the Center for Political and Economic Thought, and Director of the Aurelius Scholars Program in Western Civilization. Since coming to SVC in 2010, Dr. Jividen has taught several courses in... Read More
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Jennifer D. Keene Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty 801, Ashbrook Center 714.744.2102 keene@chapman.edu |
Jennifer D. Keene is Professor of History and chair of the History Department at Chapman University. She received her Ph.D. in History from Carnegie-Mellon University and is a specialist in American military experience during World War I. She received the Wang-Franklin Professorship for 2007-09, the highest faculty award given by Chapman University. Dr. Keene has published three books on the American involvement in... Read More
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