Carol McNamara
Carol McNamara is the senior director of the Center for Constitutional Design at the ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Prior to that, she served as the founding associate director for public programs for the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. Between 2013 and 2017, she worked as the founding director with Olene Walker, a former governor of Utah, to build the Olene Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service at Weber State University in Utah. Her research focuses on politics and literature, ancient political thought, and the American presidency. Her publications include articles on the thought of Tom Wolfe, Shakespeare's politics, and Xenophon's Socrates, as well as edited volumes on "The Obama Presidency in the Constitutional Order" and "Citizenship and Civic Leadership in America."
Her academic expertise includes classical political thought, Shakespeare's politics, the Socratic education in Xenophon, Tom Wolfe, and the American presidency.
- Ph.D. Political Science, Boston College
- B.A. Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada
Research focuses on politics and literature, ancient political thought, and the American presidency. Publications include articles on the thought of Tom Wolfe, Shakespeare's Politics, and Xenophon's Socrates, as well as an edited volume on The Obama Presidency in the Constitutional Order.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 494 | Special Topics |
| CEL 394 | Special Topics |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 484 | Internship |
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 394 | Special Topics |
| CEL 484 | Internship |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 484 | Internship |
| CEL 484 | Internship |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 484 | Internship |
| CEL 394 | Special Topics |
| CEL 394 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 484 | Internship |
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 394 | Special Topics |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 484 | Internship |
| CEL 484 | Internship |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEL 484 | Internship |
| CEL 394 | Special Topics |
| CEL 494 | Special Topics |
| CEL 494 | Special Topics |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CEL 484 | Internship |
| CEL 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEL 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CEL 494 | Special Topics |
| CEL 394 | Special Topics |
McNamara is the editor of the Center for Constitutional Design Substack newsletter "Constitutional Conversations."