Aaron Kushner
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Mail code: 0602Campus: Tempe
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After growing up in New Castle, Pennsylvania, Aaron Kushner attended Saint Vincent College, graduating in 2013 with a major in politics, and earned his doctorate in political science at the University of Missouri in 2019.
Kushner's teaching and research interests include Indigenous and American Political Development, Constitutional Law, and the Politics of Film. Before joining the School of Civic and Economic Thought & Leadership (SCETL), he taught courses at Northern Illinois University and Elgin Community College.
His role within SCETL is Co-Director of the Living Repository of the Arizona Constitution initiative.
He is currently working on two book projects. The first is a study of Indigenous political development entitled The Development of Citizenship in the Cherokee Nation, 1710-2023 and the second is an edited volume called A Hero in All of Us? Heroism and American Political Thought as Seen on TV, now under contract with Lexington Press.
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Missouri
M.A., Political Science, Northern Illinois University
B.A., Politics, Saint Vincent College
Peer Reviewed Publications
"Conservative Progressivism? Michael Cunniff, Federalism, and the Founding of Arizona," (with Sean Beienburg), Forthcoming at American Political Thought.
"Citizenship and the Good Life: Cherokee and American Regimes in Conflict," (with Stephen Clouse), Forthcoming at Political Science Reviewer.
“The Imposition of Freedom: Tribal Citizenship and the Case of the Cherokee Freedmen,” inAmerican Citizenship and Constitutionalism in Principle and Practice, Eds. Steven Pittz and Joseph Postell. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (2022).
“Cherokee Political Thought and the Development of Tribal Citizenship”Studies in American Political Development, 35, no. 1 (2021): 1-15.
“Caso McGirt v Oklahoma: el Cumplimiento de los Tratados Indígenas y los Titulos Colectivos a la Tierra” (with Katherine Becerra Valdivia) Revista de Derecho Universidad de Concepción, 89, no. 249 (2021): 397-408.
Public Commentary
"Removing 'by blood': Context and Politics in the Cherokee Supreme Court's Decision to Alter the Constitution" Starting Points Journal (5, April, 2021)
"Who gets Cherokee citizenship has long been a struggle between the tribe and the US government" The Conversation (25, March, 2021)
“Holding the Government to its Word: McGirt v. Oklahoma and Tribal Sovereignty” Starting Points Journal (15, July, 2020)
“Parasites: Montesquieu on the End of Civic Virtue in a Republic” PopMatters (29, Apr, 2020)
“Republicanism—A Going Concern” Starting Points Journal (3, Sep, 2019)
“No, Term Limits Won’t #DrainTheSwamp. We did the Research.” (with Jordan Butcher) The Monkey Cage (8, May, 2018)
Courses
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEL 100 | Great Ideas Politics & Ethics |
CEL 100 | Great Ideas Politics & Ethics |
CEL 200 | Great Debates in Amer Politics |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEL 494 | Special Topics |
CEL 200 | Great Debates in Amer Politics |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEL 200 | Great Debates in Amer Politics |
CEL 100 | Great Ideas Politics & Ethics |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEL 200 | Great Debates Amer Pol & Econ |
CEL 200 | Great Debates Amer Pol & Econ |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEL 200 | Great Debates Amer Pol & Econ |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEL 200 | Great Debates Amer Pol & Econ |
CEL 200 | Great Debates Amer Pol & Econ |