Donald Thomas Critchlow (born May 18, 1948) serves as Director for the Center for American Institutions at Arizona State University, where he is a professor in History. The Center for American Institutions, established in Fall 2023, states as its mission to strengthen and renew American institutions, political, economic, and social. He has appeared on

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, and many talk radio programs. He has written for ''

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'', and has lectured in

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, and

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. He serves also as the

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of the '' Journal of Policy History'' published by

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Biography

Early life

Donald Thomas Critchlow was born on May 18, 1948, in

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/ref> He was educated at Maryville High School in

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. He graduated from

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in 1968 and received his M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1978) from the

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Career

He was an associate professor of history at the

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, before moving to

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, as a professor of history. In the fall of 2010, he accepted a professorship in history at Arizona State University and in 2016 he was named Katzin Family Professor. He serves as lead for the undergraduate certificate Program in Political History and Leadership at Arizona State University. He is founding president on the Institute for Political History, a non-profit education foundation that sponsors the Policy History Conference, graduate travel awards, and other academic and historical projects. He has also been a visiting professor at

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(1997–98) and

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(1988–89). In addition he has been a guest scholar at the

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, a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and a fellow at the Center for Philosophy and Politics. He has lectured throughout Europe and China as a State Department distinguished lecturer and as a

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. His most recent books include "Revolutionary Monsters: How Five Men Turned Liberation to Tyranny," (Regnery Publishers, 2021)"In Defense of Populism" (University of Pennsylvania Pr., 2020) “Republican Character: From Nixon to Reagan” (University of Pennsylvania Pr, 2018), “Future Right: The Forging of a New Republican Majority''(St. Martin's Press, 2016), ''American Political History: A Very Short Introduction'' (Oxford University Press, 2015) "When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Starts, Movie Moguls and Big Business Remade American Politics" Cambridge University Press, 2013) ''The Conservative Ascendancy" (Harvard University Press, 2007; "Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism" (Princeton University Press, 2005), and "Intended Consequences: Birth Control, Abortion and the Federal Government in Modern America" (Oxford University Press, 1999). He is co-editor with Paula Baker of ''The Oxford handbook of American Political History,'' co-authored a textbook on American history with Paula Baker and W. J. Rorabaugh, and edited a five-volume history of the United States published in Warsaw, Poland. In 1987, he co-founded the quarterly interdisciplinary '' Journal of Policy History''. Published by

, the Journal has published a number of prize winning essays and sponsors an interdisciplinary conference.

Personal life

He is married to Patricia Powers Critchlow, and they have two daughters, Agnieszka Critchlow and Magda Critchlow, and three grandchildren, Andrew, Alexander, and Joshua.

Bibliography

* ''The Brookings Institution: 1916-1952: Expertise in a Democratic Society'' (DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois Press, 1984) * ''Studebaker: The Life and Death of an American Corporation'' (Bloomington, Indiana:

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, 1996) * ''Intended Consequences: Birth Control, Abortion, and the Federal Government in Modern America'' (New York:

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, 1999) * ''Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade'' (Princeton, New Jersey:

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, 2005) * ''The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Political History'' (Cambridge, Massachusetts:

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, 2007; Expanded and Revised edition, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2011) * ''Debating the Conservative Movement: 1945 to the Present'' (co-authored with Nancy MacLean) (Lantham, Maryland: Rowman and Littfield Publishers, 2009) * ''When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Changed American Politics'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013) *''American Political History: A Very Short Introduction'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015) *''Future Right: Forging a New Republican Majority'' (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2016) *"''Republican Character: From Reagan to Nixon''" (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) *"''In Defense of Populism: Protest and American Democracy"'' (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020) * "Revolutionary Monsters: Five Men Who Turned Liberation into Tyranny" (Regnery, 2021)

References

External links

Donald Critchlow
s webpage at Saint Louis University
''Journal of Policy History''
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Critchlow, Donald T. 1948 births Living people Historians of the United States San Francisco State University alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni University of Notre Dame faculty Arizona State University faculty Saint Louis University faculty Writers from Pasadena, California