The Bill of Rights Institute partners with university scholars on teacher seminars, student programs, and the development of instructional materials. Our scholar partners come from over 300 private and public universities across the country, and specialize in the fields of American history, political science, and constitutional law.
Featured Scholars of the month
Robert Allison, Ph.D.
Professor of American History,
Suffolk University
Dr. Robert J. Allison teaches American history, Constitutional History, Cultural Contact in World History, and the History of Boston at Suffolk University. He is the author of The Crescent Obscured: The United States and the Muslim World1776-1815, A Short History of Boston, and Stephen Decatur: American Naval Hero, 1779-1820. He has edited several books, including the award-winning American Eras series. He is on the board of overseers of the USS CONSTITUTION Museum, the board of directors of the Bostonian Society, and is clerk to the proposed "Commonwealth Museum." He has delivered public lectures and has presented papers at conferences in the United States, Wales, and Turkey. Dr. Allison is an elected life member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts and a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society. His current projects include a short history of Cape Cod, and a very short introduction to the American Revolution.
Stuart Leibiger, Ph.D.
Professor of History,
La Salle University
Dr. Leibiger received his Ph.D. in 1995 from the University of North Carolina, where he specialized in Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early National America. His book, Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic, was published in 1999 by the University Press of Virginia. He has also written articles about Jefferson, Madison, and Washington for prominent historical journals and has been an historical consultant for The Learning Channel and for Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Dr. Leibiger has also worked for two major editing projects, The Papers of George Washington and The Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
Dr. David Marion, PhD
Professor of Political Science,
Hampden-Sydney College
Professor Marion is the Elliott Professor of Political Science at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. Dr. Marion's research and teaching bridge the fields of constitutional law and American political thought. His recent writings include an article, "The State of the Canon in Constitutional Law: Lessons from the Jurisprudence of John Marshall," (The Bill of Rights Journal, Spring 2001 - William and Mary Law School) and book The Jurisprudence of Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.: The Law and Politics of Libertarian Dignity. Dr. Marion serves as Educational Consultant on Constitutional History for Montpelier, James Madison's home and is a member of the Bill of Rights Institute's Academic Advisory Council. Dr. Marion received his Ph.D. from Northern Illinois University, his M.A. from the University of New Hampshire, and his B.A. from St. Anselm's College. He is also the Director of the Samuel V. Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest at Hampden-Sydney College.