Charles R. Kesler (born 1956) is professor of Government at

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and

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. He is editor of the ''

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'', and the author of several books. He also serves on the Board of Trustees at

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Early life

Kesler graduated from

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, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in Social studies (1978), followed by a

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in Government (1985).

Career

Kesler is a professor of government at

and the graduate faculty at

. He is a senior fellow of the far-right Claremont Institute, and teaches at their Publius Fellows Program, a summer institute for promising young conservatives. Additionally, he is the editor of the ''

,'' a quarterly conservative magazine. He was the director of Henry Salvatori Center at Claremont McKenna College from 1989 to 2008. In 2023, he was appointed by Ron DeSantis to the

Board of Trustees. Kesler was a member of the Trump administration's 18-member

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, which released a report on January 18, 2021 ( Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) that called for "patriotic education."

Published Works

*''Saving the Revolution:The Federalist Papers and the American Founding'' (Free Press, 1987)(Editor only) *''Keeping the Tablets: Readings in American Conservatism'' (HarperCollins, 1988) (Served as Editor along with

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). *''The Federalist Papers'' (Signet Classics, 2003) (wrote the Introduction) *''I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism'' (Broadside, 2012) *''Crisis of the Two Constitutions: The Rise, Decline, and Recovery of American Greatness'' (Encounter Books, 2021)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kesler, Charles 1956 births Living people Harvard University alumni Claremont McKenna College faculty American book editors American political writers American male non-fiction writers