Diana J. Schaub (born 1959) is professor of

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. Schaub received both her M.A. and Ph.D. from the

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. She teaches and writes on a wide range of issues in political philosophy and American political thought. Schaub was also a member of

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Career

After graduating summa cum laude from

Kenyon College Kenyon College ( ) is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1824 by Episcopal Bishop Philander Chase. It is the oldest private instituti ...

, Schaub began her career as an assistant managing editor for the conservative magazine, ''

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'' in 1985. She then served as a professor of political science at the

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. In 2003–2005, while serving as a professor at Loyola College, Schaub taught at a series of lectures and seminars designed for high school teachers, held at

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. The conference was titled, “Race and Rights in American History” and was funded by a Teaching American History grant from the U.S. Department of Education. From 2001–2007 Schaub served as the chair of the political science department at Loyola College, which became

, where she is now a professor.

Publications

Schaub has co-edited or written three books: ''What So Proudly We Hail: America’s Soul in Story, Speech, and Song'', ''Erotic Liberalism: Women and Revolution in Montesquieu’s "Persian Letters"'', and ''His Greatest Speeches: How Lincoln Moved the Nation''. Schaub has contributed chapters to several books, including “From Hearth-Fires to Hell-Fires: Hawthorne and the Cartesian Project,” in the book, ''Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver: Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass'' and “Captain Kirk and the Art of Rule,” in the book ''Faith, Reason, and Political Life Today'' . Schaub has also been published in many academic journals and newspapers including ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. * Kass, Amy A., Leon Kass, and Diana Schaub (eds.) (2011). ''What So Proudly We Hail: America’s Soul in Story, Speech, and Song''.

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* Schaub, Diana J. (1995). ''Erotic Liberalism: Women and Revolution in Montesquieu's "Persian Letters"''. Rowman & Littlefield * Schaub, Diana J. (2021). ''His Greatest Speeches: How Lincoln Moved the Nation''. St. Martin's Press

Honors and awards

Schaub has received numerous awards and fellowships throughout her career. Schaub was awarded the Richard M. Weaver Prize for Scholarly Letters in 2001, and received a research grant from the Earhart Foundation in 1995. She was also appointed to the

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’s Task Force on the Virtues of a Free Society in 2007.

References

External links

What So Proudly We Hail’s official website

“America at the Bat” article from National Affairs

Diana Schaub on Lincoln and Douglass, Washington & Lee University
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schaub, Diana American philosophers 20th-century American philosophers Kenyon College alumni University of Chicago alumni Living people Fellows of the Earhart Foundation 1959 births

Career

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