Christopher C. Burkett
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Brief
vitae
Assistant Professor of Political Science,
Ashland University
Associate Director/Instructor, Master of American History and Government Graduate Program, Ashland University
Co-Instructor, Congressional Academy for American History and Civics, Washington, D.C.
Co-Instructor, Presidential
Academy for American History and Civics, Washington, D.C.
Awards and Nominations
Selected as Outstanding Male Faculty of the Year (2008 Leadership and Service Awards)
Selected as Outstanding Greek Advisor of the Year (2010 Annual Greek
Awards)
Nominated for the Dr. Don Rhinehart Honor and Integrity Award (2008, 2009, 2010 Leadership and Service Awards)
Nominated for Outstanding Male Faculty Member of the Year (2007, 2009, 2010 Leadership and Service Awards)
Faculty Appointments
AU Faculty Senate (2007-09 and 2009-11 terms)
AU College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee (2007-09 and 2009-2011 terms)
AU College of Arts and Sciences Governance Review Committee (2006-08 and 2008-10 terms)
Faculty Advisor to Ashland University Student Senate (2006-present)
Faculty Advisor to Phi Kappa Psi (2010-present)
Department Assessment Coordinator (2007-present)
Works Authored
Online lesson plans for high school History, Government and Civics teachers, as part of the
National Endowment for the Humanities’ EDSITEment program:
o Unit title: The Constitutional Convention of 1787
§ Lesson 1: The Road to the Constitutional Convention
§ Lesson 2: The Question of Representation at the 1787 Convention
§ Lesson 3: Creating the Office of the Presidency
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Lesson title:
“Retouching the Canvas”: The Creation of the Bill of Rights
o
Lesson title: The
“Inconsistency Not to Be Excused”: Slavery and the American Founding
o Unit
title: “Forming
a More Perfect Union”: The Federalist and Antifederalist Debates on the
Constitution
§ Lesson: “A Complete Consolidation”: The Anti-federalist Argument against the Extended Republic
§ Lesson: “Extending the Sphere”: The Federalist Defense of the Proposed Constitution
A chapter titled “The American Founding and
Conservative Foreign Policy Today,” in the book Modern
America and the Legacy of the Founding, edited by Ronald J. Pestritto and Thomas G. West
(Lexington Books, September 2006).
Book review of Freedom Reclaimed: Rediscovering the American Vision, by John E. Schwarz
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005), in Political Science Quarterly (Winter 2005-2006)
Education
Ph.D. with Honors Distinction, Politics, University of Dallas, Institute of Philosophic Studies (March 2010)
§ Dissertation: To Secure These Rights: Foreign Policy and the Principles of the American Founding
o Awards and Fellowships:
- Hatton W. Sumners Foundation Fellowship (2002-2004)
- Earhart Foundation Fellowship (2004-2005)
- Hatton W. Sumners Foundation Fellowship (2005-2006)
M.A. Politics, University of Dallas (December 2004)
B.A. with double major, History and Fine Arts, 1996, Ashland University
- Class of 1996-97 Valedictorian, summa cum laude
- Political Science/History Academic Honors Senior Award (1996-97)
- Outstanding History Student Award (1995-96 and 1996-97)
- Academic Hall of Fame, School of Arts and Humanities (1996-97)
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