Charles R. Kesler

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Charles R. Kesler
Born1956 (age 6768)
Alma mater 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 (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]

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  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.