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George Thomas, Ph.D.

Burnet C. Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions

Department

Government

Areas of Expertise

American Constitutionalism
American Political Thought
Constitutional Law
Supreme Court
George.Thomas@ClaremontMcKenna.edu
(909) 607-2911
Kravis Center
332

Office Hours

Tuesday, 1:30 – 3:00 PM
Thursday, 1:30 – 3:00 PM
By Appointment

Education

B.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Assistant Professor, Williams College.

Awards and Affiliations

Huntington Library grant (2013)

National Endowment for the Humanities grant (2010)

American Political Science Association’s Alexander L. George Award (2006)

Research and Publications

The (Un)Written Constitution (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)

The Founders and the Idea of a National University: Constituting the American Mind (Cambridge University Press, 2015, paperback 2017).

The Madisonian Constitution (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008).

 “Religious Liberty, Same-Sex Marriage and Public Accommodations” Perspectives on Politics Vol. 16, No. 1 (March 2018): 58-72. 

"Reframing Constitutional Law: Liberalism, Public Justification and Same-Sex Marriage" Polity Vol. 49, No. 2 (April 2017): 301-323. 

"Madison and the Perils of Populism" National Affairs No. 29 (Fall 2016): 142-156.  

"Rethinking the Dartmouth College Case in American Political Development: Constituting Public and Private Educational Institutions" Studies in American Political Development, 29 (April 2015), 23-39

“Liberal Education and American Democracy” The American Interest, August 24, 2015