David earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Lipscomb University and his Juris Doctorate and Master of Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University. David went on to earn his Ph.D. in American Politics from the University of Tennessee. David is also a licensed attorney in the state of Tennessee. David has served as a Lecturer of Political […]
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 […]
Andrew E. Busch is Associate Director of the Institute of American Civics. His teaching and research focuses on American political institutions, elections, and public policy. He has authored, co-authored, or edited two dozen books on these topics, most recently Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers (University Press of Kansas, 2024) and […]
Priscilla H. M. Zotti is a visiting professor at the Institute of American Civics. Zotti is the former Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the United States Naval Academy, where she was a Professor of Political Science teaching classes in constitutional law, federalism, criminal justice, and civil rights and civil […]
Frankie Weaver is the Educational Outreach Programs Manager at the Institute of American Civics (IAC) housed at the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs. She is also the TN Civics Academy Program Director for the IAC. The Academy is a premier annual collaborative conference for K – 12 government, history, […]
Simeon Burns received his PhD from Louisiana State University in 2023 with a dissertation titled The Republics of Plato: A Dramatic Interpretation of the Early Cities in Plato’s Republic. His research is in the history of political thought and his dissertation was a commentary of Books II-III of Plato’s Republic. He’s taught courses in American […]