David joined the Bill of Rights Institute as president in 2013 and has worked for twenty years at the intersection of civic engagement and education reform. Having taught courses in American politics and public policy in the history and political science departments of Boston College and Hillsdale College, he was also founding director of a national civic education program for high school teachers at Hillsdale College, as well as the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Studies, in Washington, D.C. David has designed online educational programs used by more than half a million participants and is a nationally-recognized proponent of civic education that engages the hearts and minds of students. Author of Humility: An Unlikely Biography of America’s Greatest Virtue (HarperCollins, 2013), David has written for the Wall Street Journal and Fast Company, among many other publications. He earned his Ph.D. in political science from Boston College, where he received fellowships from the Pew, Earhart, and Bradley Foundations. Contact David at dbobb@billofrightsinstitute.org

Accomplished scholar, author, and educator Tony Williams brings his considerable knowledge of the ideas and documents of the American Founding to writing history and civics curricula for the Institute. He manages scholar relations and is the host of BRI Scholar Talks. Before joining the Institute in 2014, Tony taught at the middle and high school level for fifteen years. He is the author of six books on early American history, including most recently, with Stephen F. Knott, Washington & Hamilton: The Alliance That Forged America and Hamilton: An American Biography. Tony earned a B.A. in history from Syracuse University and an M.A. in U.S. History from Ohio State University. He is a frequent contributor to several blogs and speaks across the country on history and civics. Contact Tony at twilliams@billofrightsinstitute.org