Ronald J. Pestritto
Contact: rpestritto@hillsdale.edu
Ronald J. Pestritto is a senior fellow with the Kirby Center, Shipley Chair in the American Constitution, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Hillsdale College. Pestritto earned his B.A. in government, magna cum laude, at Claremont McKenna College, and his M.A. in politics and Ph.D. in political science at the Claremont Graduate University. His fellowships and grants include a John M. Olin Faculty Fellowship (2001-2002); Earhart Foundation Fellowship Research Grants (1997, 2000, 2004); Visiting Scholar, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University (2005); and a research fellowship at the Claremont Institute (2003-present). Having written widely on Progressivism and the administrative state, Pestritto has written for the Wall Street Journal and appears on the Fox News Channel.
Books:
- American Progressivism
- Modern America and the Legacy of the Founding, editor, with Thomas G. West
- Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism
- Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings, editor
- Challenges to the American Founding
- The American Founding and the Social Compact, editor, with Thomas G. West
- Founding the Criminal Law
Articles:
Reviews:
- Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning, by Jonah Goldberg
The Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2008 - Politics and Administration: A Study in Government, by Frank J. Goodnow
The Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2006 - Woodrow Wilson, by H.W. Brands
The Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2004 - Constitutional Government in the United States, by Woodrow Wilson
The Claremont Review of Books, Winter 2002
