Charles U. Zug
American Institutions and American Political Development
About Me
The unifying purpose of my research is to understand the different parts of the American constitutional system in light of the overall health of the American regime. I call this a diagnostic approach to the study of politics, which entails answering both normative and empirical questions: I study American institutions in historical context with a view to uncovering their purposes, and assessing their functionality in light of those purposes.
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I received my PhD in Government from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.
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Before coming to the University of Missouri, I taught at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs and Williams College.
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I am on the Executive Board of the American Political Thought APSA Section, and I am serving as a Division Chair for American Political Thought at the 2024 APSA Conference.
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I am also on the Executive Board of the Alumni Association of Saint George's School (Spokane, WA), where I graduated in 2011.
