Ph.D., Political Theory, Catholic University of America, 2012
M.A., Political Theory, Catholic University of America, 2009
A.B., Government, Georgetown University, 2007
Experience
2019-Present, Director, Center for Christian Faith and Culture, Malone University
2017-Present, Associate Professor of Political Science, Malone University
2017-2019, Associate Director, Center for Christian Faith and Culture, Malone University
2012-2017, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Malone University
Recent Scholarly Work
Charles Norris Cochrane, Augustine and the Problem of Power: The Essays and Lectures of Charles Norris Cochrane. Edited by David Beer (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2017)
“Voegelin’s Debt to Augustine: The Mortgage of the City of God.” Forthcoming in 2017 in Anamnesis: A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place and Things Divine.”
Clyde Wilcox, Linda M. Merolla, and David Beer, “Saving Marriage by Banning Marriage: The Christian Right Finds a New Issue in 2004.” In The Values Campaign?: The Christian Right and the 2004 Elections. Edited by John C. Green, Mark J. Rozell and Clyde Wilcox. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006. Pp. 56-78.
Teaching Assignments
Introduction to American Politics
Political Philosophy
American Constitutional Law
American Political Thought
The President and Congress
War, Peace, and Revolution in the Christian Tradition
Political Theology
Internship
Political Science Senior Seminar
Central Questions in Philosophy
Criminal Procedure and Human Dignity
Contact Info
David Beer
Chair, Department of History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences; Associate Professor of Political Science; Director of the Center for Christian Faith and Culture
Education