Charles R. Kesler | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 (age 67–68) West Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA, PhD) |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Employer(s) | Claremont McKenna College, Claremont Graduate University |
| Known for | Editor of the Claremont Review of Books |
| Spouse | Sally Pipes[1] |
Charles R. Kesler (born 1956) is professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University. He is editor of the Claremont Review of Books, and the author of several books. He also serves on the Board of Trustees at New College of Florida.[2]
Early life and education
Kesler was born and raised in West Virginia, where he served as a reporter for the Charleston Daily Mail, then the state's largest newspaper.[3] He graduated from Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in Social studies (1978), followed by a Ph.D in Government (1985).[4]
Career
Kesler is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and the graduate faculty at Claremont Graduate University.[4] He is a senior fellow of the right-wing Claremont Institute, and teaches at their Publius Fellows Program, a summer institute for promising young conservatives. Additionally, he is the editor of the Claremont Review of Books, a quarterly conservative magazine. He was the director of Henry Salvatori Center at Claremont McKenna College from 1989 to 2008.[4] In 2023, he was appointed by Ron DeSantis to the New College of Florida Board of Trustees.[2]
Kesler was a member of the Trump administration's 18-member 1776 Commission, which released a report on 18 January 2021 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) that called for "patriotic education."[5]
Published works
- Saving the Revolution:The Federalist Papers and the American Founding (Free Press, 1987)(Editor only)
- Keeping the Tablets: Readings in American Conservatism (HarperCollins, 1988) (Served as Editor along with William F. Buckley, Jr.).
- The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics, 2003) (wrote the Introduction)
- I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism (Broadside, 2012)
- Crisis of the Two Constitutions: The Rise, Decline, and Recovery of American Greatness (Encounter Books, 2021)
References
- ↑ "President and CEO". Pacific Research Institute. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- 1 2 "Board of Trustees". New College of Florida. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ↑ "American higher education cannot go on as it has". The Claremont Review of Books. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Charles R. Kesler". The Claremont Review of Books. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ↑ Crowley, Michael; Schuessler, Jennifer (19 January 2021). "Trump's 1776 Commission Critiques Liberalism in Report Derided by Historians". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 January 2021.