Tennessee Civics Survey
In conjunction with the Social Work Office of Research and Public Service (SWORPS) at the University of Tennessee, the Institute of American Civics conducted a statewide survey (The Tennessee Civic Survey) in April/May 2024 examining civic knowledge and participation by Tennesseans.
Recent Books By Faculty
- IAC’s Busch’s “The Comeback” Details National Election

- Joshua M. Dunn and Martin R. West, From Schoolhouse to Courthouse: The Judiciary’s Role in American Education, Brookings Institution Press, 2009

- Joshua M. Dunn, Complex Justice: The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins, University of North Carolina Press, 2012

- Andrew Busch and John Pitney, Divided We Stand: The 2020 Elections and American Politics, Rowan & Littlefield Publishers, 2021

- Andrew E. Busch, The Rules and Politics of American Primaries, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019

- Andrew E. Busch, Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers, University Press of Kansas, 2024

- Joshua Dunn, The Judiciary: Core Documents, Ashbrook Press, 2022

- Jon A. Shields and Joshua Dunn, Passing on the Right, Oxford University Press, 2016

- Kody W. Cooper, Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law, Notre Dame Press, 2018

- Kody Cooper and Justin Buckley Dyer, The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding, Cambridge University Press, 2022

Reports, Papers, & Articles
- Dunn co-authors new report, Experiential Civic Learning for American Democracy–A Portrait of the Field
- Engagement Revisited: Progress Made and Lessons Learned from the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
- A Renaissance of Civic Education and Civic Engagement in Higher Education in the Spirit of the American Founders and Constitutionalism