Paul Carrese
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951 S. Cady Mall Social Sciences, 107E PO Box 870602 Tempe, AZ 85281-0602
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Mail code: 0602Campus: Tempe
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Paul Carrese is Director of the Center for American Civics (summer 2025 - ), and professor in the School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, serving as its founding director 2016 to 2023. Formerly he was a professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy, co-founding its honors program blending liberal arts and leadership education. He teaches and publishes on the American founding, American constitutional and political thought, civic education, and American grand strategy. His forthcoming book is Teaching America: Reflective Patriotism in Schools, College, and Culture (Cambridge, 2026). He has held fellowships at Oxford (Rhodes Scholar); Harvard; University of Delhi (Fulbright); and the James Madison Program, Princeton. He served on the advisory board of the Program on Public Discourse at UNC Chapel Hill; co-led a national study, Educating for American Democracy, on history and civics in K-12 schools with partners from Harvard, Tufts, and iCivics (2021); is a fellow of the Civitas Institute, UT Austin; and serves on the Academic Council of the Jack Miller Center for America’s Founding Principles and History and on the Civic Education Committee of the American Political Science Association. He is a Senior Fellow with the Jack Miller Center, and in 2025 was a Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
- Ph.D. Political Science, Boston College 1998
- M. Stud. Theology, Oxford University, Pembroke College, U.K. 1993
- M.A. (Oxon.) Politics and Philosophy, Oxford University, Pembroke College, U.K. 1991
- B.A. Political Science, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 1989
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 475 | Statesmanship & Am Strategy |
| CEL 390 | Lead Life of Meaning:Librl Lrn |
| CEL 390 | Lead Life of Meaning:Librl Lrn |
| CEL 200 | Great Debates in Amer Politics |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 200 | Great Debates in Amer Politics |
| CEL 390 | Lead Life of Meaning:Librl Lrn |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 390 | Lead Life of Meaning:Librl Lrn |
| CEL 390 | Lead Life of Meaning:Librl Lrn |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 475 | Statesmanship & Am Strategy |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 394 | Special Topics |
| CEL 394 | Special Topics |
| CEL 394 | Special Topics |
| CEL 394 | Special Topics |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 592 | Research |
| CEL 590 | Reading and Conference |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 485 | Capstone |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 494 | Special Topics |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 592 | Research |
| CEL 590 | Reading and Conference |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 475 | Statesmanship & Am Strategy |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 494 | Special Topics |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 592 | Research |
| CEL 590 | Reading and Conference |