Dr. Christopher Burkett received his M.A. and Ph.D. in politics from the University of Dallas. He is editor of the Ashbrook Center’s book, 50 Core American Documents: Required Reading for Students, Teachers, and Citizens (2013), and author of several articles and chapters, including “Remaking the World: Progressivism and American Foreign Policy” (Heritage Foundation, 2013), “James Madison and the Grand Convention: The Great Difficulty of Representation” (in A Blackwell Companion to James Madison and James Monroe, 2012), and “The American Founding and Conservative Foreign Policy Today” (in Modern America and the Legacy of the Founding, 2006). Dr. Burkett was the 2011 recipient of the Edward and Louaine Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award at Ashland University.

Dr. Gregory McBrayer received his M.A. from the University of Georgia and his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. Prior to coming to Ashland, he was an assistant professor at Morehead State University, a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University, and a visiting assistant professor at Gettysburg College. He has published articles in Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy and Kentron: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Antique, as well as reviews in Interpretation, The Journal for Hellenic Studies, The American Journal of Islamic Social Science, and Political Science Quarterly. He is author (with Mary Nichols and Denise Schaeffer) of Plato’s Euthydemus (Focus, 2011) and is the editor of Xenophon: The Shorter Writings (Cornell, 2018).

Dr. Jeffrey Sikkenga earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.  At Ashland, Dr. Sikkenga teaches courses in political thought, the American Founding, and constitutional law. He has published articles and reviews in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, Political Theory, History of Political Thought, Journal of Politics, Political Science Quarterly, and the Journal of Markets and Morality. He co-edited History of American Political Thought (Lexington Press, 2003), edited Transforming American Welfare (1999), and co-wrote The Free Person and the Free Economy (2002).

Dr. Jason Stevens received his B.A. from Ashland University where he graduated as a member of the Ashbrook Scholar Program. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Dallas.  At Ashland, where he has taught since 2011, he teaches courses on American History, the American Founding, political philosophy, Abraham Lincoln, and Constitutional Law.

Dr. John Moser received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois-Champaign. he teaches courses on modern European, American, and East Asian history. He has published numerous works on subjects ranging from comic books to Japanese foreign policy. He is the author of four books including The Global Great Depression and the Coming of World War II. He was the recipient of Ashland University's Taylor Teaching Award in 2016.

Dr. Cara Rogers Stevens received her M.A. from the University of Texas at Dallas and her Ph.D. from Rice University. Her dissertation, under revision for future publication, examines the ways in which Thomas Jefferson’s book, Notes on the State of Virginia, influenced debates over race and slavery. Her other areas of interest include the Atlantic World, 19th century intellectual history, and World history. At Ashland, she teaches courses on American history from the colonial era until the Civil War, the Age of Enlightenment, and Thomas Jefferson.

Dr. Robert Wyllie received an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He teaches courses in political economy, history, and political science. Prior to coming to Ashland, he taught political economy at Holy Cross College. He has published articles in Constellations, Perspectives on Political Science, Polis, Res Philosophica, TELOS, and other scholarly journals.

Dr. Joseph Griffith received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Baylor University. He received his undergraduate degree from Ashland University and was an Ashbrook Scholar. Prior to returning to Ashland, he taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology and The King's College (NYC). He studies the right of parents to direct their children's education and the role of the state in forming educated citizens. His teaching interests include American political thought, Constitutional Law, political philosophy, and politics and literature.

Dr. Adam Carrington holds a PhD in Political Science from Baylor University and a BA in Politics and Religion from Ashland University, where he was an Ashbrook Scholar. He teaches courses on U.S. political institutions and the intersection of faith and political thought. He publishes primarily on matters of American political institutions, especially the judiciary. His scholarly publications have appeared in American Political Thought, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and American Journal of Legal History. His book on the jurisprudence of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Field was published in 2017 by Lexington Books.

Dr. Nick Johnson received his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Akron. His areas of expertise include synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, phosphazene chemistry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, imidazole, and n-heterocyclic carbene chemistry He has published several papers on topics ranging from medicinal application of imidazolium salts and metal NHC complexes to fundamental investigations of phosphazenes.

Dr. Perry Corbin received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has completed post-doctoral work at the University of Virginia. He has taught at Ashland University since 2001 where he teaches courses on general chemistry, molecular architecture, and organic chemistry. He conducts research with students in the chemical synthesis of polymers with potential biomedical applications. He was the recipient of the AU 2011-2012 Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2013-2014 Academic Mentor Award.

Professor Anne Strouth received her M.S. in Human Services with a Specialization in Criminal Justice from Capella University. She is a graduate of the State Highway Patrol Academy and the OPOTA Basic Police Academy. She has been teaching criminal justice for 25 years in OPOTA Basic Peace Office Academies and universities and has served as a police officer for over 30 years. She is a former board member of the Ohio Police Juvenile Officer's Association and is a member of the Pioneer Vocational School Advisory Committee.

Dr. Diane Bonfiglio received her M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. At Ashland, she chairs the Department of Sychology as well as the Department of Addictions Counseling, Prevention and Human Services, the Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology, and the Department of Social Work and Family Studies. Her research interests include stress and coping, psychological factors in organ transplantation, clinical psychology, and health behavior changes.

Dr. Christopher Chartier received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Miami University. He has taught at Ashland University since 2013, and he is the Founder and Director of the Psychological Science Accelerator. He has published research in journals such as Science, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. His research interests include tacit coordination and pro-social behavior. He is currently studying how shared knowledge of group member traits influences the ease and efficiency with which small groups align their decisions and behaviors for maximal collective benefit.

Dr. Mitchell Metzger received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Kent State University. He has taught at Ashland University since 2003 and has been teaching for over 25 years. He has published more than 25 peer-reviewed journal articles and made more than 40 conference presentations. His research is focused on cognitive processes - primarily memory function, attention, and face recognition.