Charles Kesler | American Political Realignments and American Politics Today

Charles Kesler is the Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College and a senior fellow of the Claremont Institute. He is editor of the Claremont Review of Books, instructor for the Claremont Institute’s Publius Fellows and Lincoln Fellows Programs and host of the Claremont video series “The American Mind.” In addition, he is a recipient of the 2018 Bradley Prize, which honors those who have been influential in American debate and scholarly work. Kesler has authored I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism and edited several books, including the nation’s best-selling edition of The Federalist Papers. Kesler earned his bachelor’s degree in social studies and his master’s and doctorate degrees in government from Harvard University.

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