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October 11, 2016
Prof. Marvin Overby on Democratic Party Loyalty Among African American Voters
As part of our ongoing relationship with Newsy, Prof. Marvin Overby sat down with Eugene Daniels to discuss the history underlying African American voters’ loyalty to the Democratic Party.
August 31, 2016
Introducing Professor Jay Sexton, Kinder Institute Endowed Chair in Constitutional Democracy
It’s with great pleasure that we officially announce that Professor Jay Sexton has joined the Kinder Institute as our first Chair in Constitutional Democracy. Formerly of Oxford University, where he served as a lecturer, tutorial fellow, and director of the Rothermere American Institute, Prof. Sexton is the author of The Monroe Doctrine: Empire and Nation […]
July 14, 2016
On the Revival of University of Missouri Press and "Lloyd Gaines and the Fight to End Segregation"
Click here to read Emma Pettit’s wonderful account in the Chronicle of Higher Ed of how the University of Missouri Press bounced back after nearly being shuttered four years ago and the role that books such as Lloyd Gaines and the Fight to End Segregation, the first title in the Press’ Studies in Constitutional Democracy series developed […]
June 9, 2016
Professor Jeff Pasley Named Finalist for George Washington Book Prize
Professor Jeffrey L. Pasley, Associate Director of the Kinder Institute, discusses his most recent book, The First Presidential Contest: 1796 and the Founding of American Democracy, a finalist for the 2014 George Washington Book Prize.
March 7, 2016
Prof. Marvin Overby on the Senate’s Obligation to Vote on a Supreme Court Nominee
In one of the first installments of the Kinder Institute’s ongoing collaboration with Newsy, Political Science Professor and Institute core faculty member Marvin Overby sat down with journalists at the video news service to discuss a pair of questions regarding the current vacancy in the U.S. Supreme Court. The first video segment, “Could a Senate Recess […]
March 7, 2016
Prof. Marvin Overby on Recess Appointments to the Supreme Court
In one of the first installments of the Kinder Institute’s ongoing collaboration with Newsy, Political Science Professor and Institute core faculty member Marvin Overby sat down with journalists at the video news service, to discuss a pair of questions regarding the current vacancy in the U.S. Supreme Court. The first video segment, “Could a Senate Recess […]