David J. Bobb
Contact: dbobb@hillsdale.edu
David J. Bobb is director of the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship. He also serves as Lecturer in Political Science at Hillsdale College, where from Washington, D.C., he teaches courses in American politics to students participating in the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program. Bobb also is the founding director of the Charles R. and Kathleen K. Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence at Hillsdale College, a national civic education program launched in 2001.
A 1996 graduate of Hillsdale College (B.A., summa cum laude), he earned a Ph.D. in the department of political science at Boston College, where he received Earhart and Bradley Foundation fellowships. The recipient of a Weaver Fellowship from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and a Publius Fellowship from the Claremont Institute, Bobb formerly was a research associate at the Boston-based Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research. He has authored Pioneer Institute white papers on economic development and urban policy, and reviews and articles in the Washington Times, Boston Herald, American Spectator, Modern Age, Perspectives on Political Science, the Claremont Review of Books, and other publications.
Course Syllabi:
The United States Constitution (PDF) (DOC)
Christianity and Politics (PDF) (DOC)
Public Policy (PDF) (DOC)
Western Writers and Politics (PDF) (DOC)
Articles:
- "New or Enduring Foundation?"
Washington Times
October18, 2009 - "Federalism and Fiscal Responsibility: An Essential Civics Lesson"
The Heritage Foundation
August 3, 2005
Book Reviews:
- Civic Education and Culture
Claremont Review of Books, March 2007 - A People's History of the Civil War, by David Williams
Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2006 - Augustine: A New Biography, by James J. O'Donnell
Claremont Review of Books, Winter 2005/2006 - A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn; Founding Myths: Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past, by Ray Raphael; and A Patriot's History of the United States, by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen
Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2005 - Freedom: A History of US, by Joy Hakim (11-volume history textbook series, and 16-part PBS video series)
Claremont Review of Books on-line, January 2005
