Kody Cooper

Associate Professor, Institute of American Civics

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Kody W. Cooper is an associate professor at the Institute of American Civics.  His teaching and research focus on political theory, American political thought, religion and politics, jurisprudence, and constitutional law, with particular interest in natural law philosophy.  He is the author of two books and numerous articles, book reviews, and popular essays.  After graduating summa cum laude from Kansas State University, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin.  Previously, he has been a Visiting Scholar at Wolfson College, Cambridge University, held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Missouri and Princeton University, was a Visiting Fellow with the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, and was an associate professor of political science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Specialties

Political Theory, American Political Thoughts, Religion and Politics, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional Law

Education

B.A., Political Science and Spanish, Kansas State University

Visiting Scholar, Cambridge University

M.A., Department of Government, The University of Texas, Austin

Ph.D., Department of Government, The University of Texas, Austin