Griffith, Leonard “Homer”
Finchum, Teresa
Finchum, Teresa
Burns, Simeon
Burns, Simeon
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 […]
Lyons, William
Lyons, William
Professor Lyons is the Associate Director for Community Outreach of the Institute of American Civics. He retired from the University of Tennessee in December 2011. He most recently worked as Deputy to the Mayor for the City of Knoxville before returning to the University as the Associate Director for Community Outreach. During his long career […]
Dunn, Joshua
Dunn, Joshua
Joshua Dunn serves as Executive Director of the Institute of American Civics at the Howard H. Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs. His research and teaching focus on constitutional law and history, education policy, federalism, and freedom of speech and religion. His books include Complex Justice: The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins (University of […]
Barron, Tiffany
Barron, Tiffany
Tiffany Barron is an assistant professor in the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs’ Institute of American Civics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She received her Ph.D. in politics at Princeton University in 2023. Her research interests are at the intersection of international relations, comparative politics, and political theory. […]