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Expertise
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Work
Work
The American Road Trip and American Political Thought (Lexington Books, 2018)
ed., A Political Companion to James Baldwin (University Press of Kentucky, 2017)
ed., with John Seery, The Best Kind of College: An Insiders’ Guide to America's Small Liberal Arts Colleges (SUNY Press, 2015)
Traveling Back: Toward a Global Political Theory (Oxford University Press, 2014)
ed., with Patrick J. Deneen, The Democratic Soul: A Wilson Carey McWilliams Reader (University Press of Kentucky, 2011)
ed., with Patrick J. Deneen, Redeeming Democracy in America (University Press of Kansas, 2011)
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Education
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Awards & Honors
Awards & Honors
Pomona College: Wig Distinguished Professorship Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024
Quarry Farm Fellowship, Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies, 2017
National Endowment for the Humanities: Fellowship, 2016-2017
Arnold and Lois Graves Foundation: Graves Award in the Humanities, 2014
National Endowment for the Humanities: Summer Stipend, 2011
The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History: Annual Fellowship, 2008
Lehman American Studies Center: Curricular Development Grant, 2008
Princeton University: Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni University Teaching Award, 2004; Cotsen Junior Fellowship for Undergraduate Teaching, 2002-2003; James Madison Program Fellowship, 2001-2002; Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice Fellowship, 2000-2001
Amherst College: Amherst Memorial Fellowship in Politics, 2003-2005; Plimpton Graduate Fellowship, 2002-2003; Samuel Bowles Prize in Journalism, 1998