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H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

Vice President for College Advancement

Professor of Political Science and Philosophy

www.drleecheek.com

Educational Background:

• Ph.D., The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1998.
• M.P.A., Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C., 1988.
• M.Div, Duke University, Durham, N.C. 1986 (with additional study, 1992-1994).
• B.A., Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C., 1983 (double major in history and political science).

Career Experience:

• Chair, Social and Behavioral Sciences Division; and Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Brewton-Parker College, Mt. Vernon, GA, June 2005-present.
• Associate Professor, Political Science, Lee University, Cleveland, TN, June 2000-May 2005.
• Interim Chair, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Assistant Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Brewton-Parker College, Mt. Vernon, GA, May-June 2000.
• Assistant Professor of Political Science, Brewton-Parker College, Mt. Vernon, GA, June 1997-June 2000.
• Political Science Instructor, Humanities Division, Rockingham Community College, Wentworth, NC, November 1996-May 1997
• Visiting Instructor, Department of Political Science and Public Affairs, Western Carolina University, Summer 1988.

Academic Interests:

• American Government
• Political Theory (Ancient, Medieval, Modern, and Contemporary)
• Congress and the Presidency
• American Political Thought
• Public Administration
• Religion and Politics
• Public Budgeting

Courses Taught at BPC (see www.drleecheek.com for a complete listing):

• American Government
• Congress and the Legislative Process
• Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
• American Political Thought
• Logic

Publications (see www.drleecheek.com for a complete listing):

• Republicanism and Liberty in American Political Thought.  Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2008 (with Carey M. Roberts and Sean R. Busick).
• The Development of Modern Political Theory.  South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine’s Press, 2008 (with Richard Bishirjian).

• Francis Graham Wilson and the American Political Mind.  Dover, Delaware:  IntercollegiateStudies Institute, 2008 [part of the “Modern Thinkers” series]  (http://www.isibooks.org/news/modthink.html).
• Calhoun, John C.  A Disquisition on Government.  South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine’s Press, 2007 (Edited and supplied critical introduction).
• Mallock, W. H. The Limits of Pure Democracy.  New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction/Rutgers, 2007 (Edited and supplied critical introduction).

• Calhoun and Popular Rule.  Paper edition.  Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, July 2004.
• Order and Legitimacy: The Spanish Political Mind.  New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction/Rutgers, July 2004 (edited with M. Susan Power, Kathy B. Cheek, and Thomas Metallo).
• Calhoun: Selected Writings and Speeches.  Washington, D.C.: Regnery Books, 2003.
• Calhoun and Popular Rule: The Political Theory of the Disquisition and Discourse.  Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, June 2001. (http://www.umsystem.edu/upress/fall2004/cheek.htm)
• Political Philosophy and Cultural Renewal.  New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction/Rutgers, 2001 (edited with M. Susan Power and Kathy B. Cheek).

Conference Papers and Participation:

• Over sixty papers presented, panels chaired, et al., at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, the Southern Political Science Association, the Georgia Political Science Association, the Society of Early Americanists, Georgia Philological Society, the North Carolina Political Science Association, and other professional societies from 1986 until the present.  A complete list is available upon request.

Journal and Manuscript Referee:

• Political Science Quarterly, Journal of Social History, Fides et Historia, the University of Missouri Press; Book reviewer, Choice (five reviews per year); and Editorial Advisory Board, Humanitas and The University Bookman.

Invited Lecturer and Commentator:

• Public Broadcasting Service (“History Detectives,” July 2006), Clemson University, University of Louisville, University of South Carolina, Hamilton College, Concordia University, Western Carolina University, St. George Tucker Society, Crawly Bible Institute, and N.C. Boys State Convention.