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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.

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Recent Books By Faculty

  • IAC’s Busch’s “The Comeback” Details National Election 
  • From Schoolhouse to Courthouse book cover
    Joshua M. Dunn and Martin R. West, From Schoolhouse to Courthouse: The Judiciary’s Role in American Education, Brookings Institution Press, 2009
  • Complex Justice by Joshua Dunn book cover
    Joshua M. Dunn, Complex Justice: The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins, University of North Carolina Press, 2012
  • Divided We Stand Book Cover
    Andrew Busch and John Pitney, Divided We Stand: The 2020 Elections and American Politics, Rowan & Littlefield Publishers, 2021
  • The Rules and Politics of American Primaries
    Andrew E. Busch, The Rules and Politics of American Primaries, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019
  • Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers
    Andrew E. Busch, Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers, University Press of Kansas, 2024
  • The Judiciary by Joshua Dunn
    Joshua Dunn, The Judiciary: Core Documents, Ashbrook Press, 2022
  • Passing on the Right Book Cover
    Jon A. Shields and Joshua Dunn, Passing on the Right, Oxford University Press, 2016
  • Thomas Hobbes and Natural Law Book Cover
    Kody W. Cooper, Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law, Notre Dame Press, 2018
  • The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics
    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 June 23, 2025
  • Engagement Revisited: Progress Made and Lessons Learned from the US-China Strategic and Economic DialogueJune 17, 2024
  • A Renaissance of Civic Education and Civic Engagement in Higher Education in the Spirit of the American Founders and ConstitutionalismJune 17, 2024

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