Charles R. Kesler

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Charles R. Kesler
Born1956 (age 69–70)
West Virginia, U.S.
Education Harvard University (BA, PhD)
OccupationAcademic
Employer(s) Claremont McKenna College, Claremont Graduate University
Known forEditor of the Claremont Review of Books
SpouseSally Pipes [1]

Charles R. Kesler (born 1956) is an American political scientist. He is a 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]

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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 in 1978, followed by a Ph.D in government in 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 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

References

  1. ↑ "President and CEO". Pacific Research Institute. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Board of Trustees". New College of Florida. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "American higher education cannot go on as it has". The Claremont Review of Books. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Charles R. Kesler". The Claremont Review of Books. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. ↑ 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.
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