Charles R. Kesler
Charles R. Kesler | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 (age 68–69) West Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA, PhD) |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Employer(s) | Claremont McKenna College, Claremont Graduate University |
| Known for | Editor of the Claremont Review of Books |
| Spouse | Sally Pipes[1] |
Charles R. Kesler (born 1956) is an American political scientist. He is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University. He is editor of the Claremont Review of Books , and the author of several books. He also serves on the Board of Trustees at New College of Florida.[2]
Early life and education
[edit ]Kesler was born and raised in West Virginia, where he served as a reporter for the Charleston Daily Mail , then the state's largest newspaper.[3] He graduated from Harvard University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies (1978), followed by a Ph.D in government (1985).[4]
Career
[edit ]Kesler is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and the graduate faculty at Claremont Graduate University.[4] He is a senior fellow of Claremont Institute, and teaches at their Publius Fellows Program, a summer institute for promising young conservatives. Additionally, he is the editor of the Claremont Review of Books, a quarterly conservative magazine. He was the director of Henry Salvatori Center at Claremont McKenna College from 1989 to 2008.[4] In 2023, he was appointed by Ron DeSantis to the New College of Florida Board of Trustees.[2]
Kesler was a member of the Trump administration's 18-member 1776 Commission, which released a report on 18 January 2021 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) that called for "patriotic education."[5]
Published works
[edit ]- Saving the Revolution: The Federalist Papers and the American Founding (Free Press, 1987)(Editor only)
- Keeping the Tablets: Readings in American Conservatism (HarperCollins, 1988) (Served as Editor along with William F. Buckley, Jr.).
- The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics, 2003) (wrote the Introduction)
- I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism (Broadside, 2012)
- Crisis of the Two Constitutions: The Rise, Decline, and Recovery of American Greatness (Encounter Books, 2021)
References
[edit ]- ^ "President and CEO". Pacific Research Institute. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Board of Trustees". New College of Florida. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "American higher education cannot go on as it has". The Claremont Review of Books. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "Charles R. Kesler". The Claremont Review of Books. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Crowley, Michael; Schuessler, Jennifer (19 January 2021). "Trump's 1776 Commission Critiques Liberalism in Report Derided by Historians". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 19 January 2021.