Charles R. Kesler (born 1956) is an American political scientist. He is a professor of government at

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and

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. He is editor of the ''

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'', and the author of several books. He also serves on the Board of Trustees at

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Early life and education

Kesler was born and raised in West Virginia, where he served as a reporter for the ''

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'', then the state's largest newspaper. He graduated from

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

, where he earned a

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degree in

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(1978), followed by a Ph.D in government (1985).

Career

Kesler is a professor of government at

and the graduate faculty at

. He is a senior fellow of

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, and teaches at their Publius Fellows Program, a summer institute for promising young conservatives. Additionally, he is the editor of the ''

,'' a quarterly conservative magazine. He was the director of Henry Salvatori Center at Claremont McKenna College from 1989 to 2008. In 2023, he was appointed by

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to the

Board of Trustees. 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."

Published works

*''Saving the Revolution: The Federalist Papers and the American Founding'' (Free Press, 1987) *''Keeping the Tablets: Readings in American Conservatism'' (HarperCollins, 1988) *''The Federalist Papers'' (Signet Classics, 2003) *''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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kesler, Charles 1956 births Living people Harvard University alumni Claremont McKenna College faculty American book editors American political writers American male non-fiction writers