William B. Allen
Professor
Department of Political Science
Michigan State University

William B. Allen's Homepage provides information about his teaching, research and public service activities. Full-text versions of many of his speeches and publications are available.

William B. Allen 346 S. Kedzie Hall Department of Political Science Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1032 Office Phone: (517) 432-9967 Office Fax: (517) 432-1091 allenwi@msu.edu

• BACKGROUND

  • Brief Information

  • Resumé

  • Vita

• RECENT BOOKS

  • Habits of Mind: Fostering Access and Excellence in Higher Education (with Carol Allen, Transaction Publishers, 2003) (link to Transaction Publishers)

    • Links to Virginia reports referenced in Habits of Mind:
      • 1999 Virginia Plan for Higher Education: Advancing the System of Higher Education in Virginia [PDF file]
      • Virginia Performance Funding Model [PDF file]

      • Virginia Program Approval and Assessment [PDF file]

  • The Essential Antifederalist: Second Edition (with Gordon Lloyd, Rowman & Littlefield, 2002) (Link to Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

  • The Federalist Papers: A Commentary: The "Baton Rouge Lectures" (New York: Peter Lang, Inc., 2000) (Link to Peter Lang Publisher)

• RECENT PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

• “The Beauty of Common Sense” (Commencement Address, Hillsdale Academy, Hillsdale, MI, June 5, 2005) [PDF file]

• “Uncle Tom's Cabin Engages the Canon” (Panel Presentation, Association for Core Texts in the Curriculum, 11th Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 9, 2005) [PDF file]

• “Rethinking Uncle Tom: Wrong Turns in Black History” (Panel Presentation, Southwest Political Science Association, Annual Conference, New Orleans, March 25, 2005) [PDF file]

• “Radicals and Librarians: Finding Inspiration in Black History” (Black History Month Lecture, Kent State University, February 22, 2005) [PDF file]

• “Best Friends: The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution” (Constitution Day Celebration, New Hampshire Center for Constitutional Studies, Concord, NH, September 21, 2004) (published in Letter from Plymouth Rock, vol. 28, issue 1-2, Jan.-Apr. 2005) [PDF file]

• “Rethinking Uncle Tom: Wrong Turns in Black History” (Philadelphia Society Fall Regional Meeting - Black History and Conservative Principles, Philadelphia, PA, October 1-2, 2004)

• “George Washington: Saving the Revolution” (Lead-America “Junior War College,” Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA, July 4, 2004) [PDF file]

• “Know Thyself: The Role of Leadership, Judgment and Standards in Educational Assessment” (with Carol Allen; American Academy for Liberal Education - 2004 National Meeting, June 28, 2004) [PDF file]

• “Political Arithmetic: Social Science, Scientific Revolution, Political Founding” (Statistical Society of Canada, Université de Montréal, June 2, 2004) [PDF file]

• “The Power to Be Free” (Black History Festival, Peck Community Center, Fernandina Beach, FL, February 21, 2004) [Audiofile - WAV]

  • “The Power to Be Free” (Newspaper coverage, News Leader - Fernandina Beach, FL - February 25, 2004) [PDF file]

• Statement before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives (September 9, 2003) [PDF file]

• "Know Thyself--Proficient Humanity the End, Continuous Assessment the Means" (with Carol Allen; International Conference on Assessing Quality in Higher Education, July 14, 2003) [PDF text]

• "The Laws of Science and the Rule of Law" (Conference on Statistics, Science and Public Policy, April 23-26, 2003) [PDF file]

• “Making Citizens” (Conference on American Citizenship in the Age of Multicultural Immigration, March 21, 2003) [Audiofile - WAV]

• “Making Citizens” (March 21, 2003) [PDF file] [condensed version published in the Claremont Review of Books, vol. 3. no. 3, Summer 2003, p. 38-41.

• “Founding Habits” (Constitution Day Lecture, John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, September 17, 2002) [Link to Audiofile]

• “Founding Habits” (Constitution Day Lecture, John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, September 17, 2002) [PDF text]

• “Jesus Walked on Water -- George Washington Built on Land” (Conference on Urban Planning and the City of God, February 21, 2002) (Published in Faith-Based Not Bureaucracy-Bound: How Religious Institutions Can Fight Government Regulation edited by Ken Masugi, Claremont, CA: The Claremont Institute, 2004, pp. 33-42)[PDF text]

• TEACHING
  • Spring Semester 2008: PLS170 Introduction to Political Philosophy
  • Spring Semester 2008: PLS970 Research Seminar -- Political Thought
  • Spring Semester 2006: PLS170 Introduction to Political Philosophy
  • Spring Semester 2006: PLS470 Political Thought
  • Fall Semester 2005: PLS470 Political Thought
  • Spring Semester 2005: PLS470 Political Thought
  • Spring Semester 2005: PLS903 Policy Analysis Practicum
  • Spring Semester 2005: PLS993 Readings in Political Science
  • Fall Semester 2004: PLS100 Introduction to American National Government
  • Spring Semester 2004: PLS872 Modern Political Philosophy
  • Spring Semester 2004: PLS894 Field Experience Practicum
  • Spring Semester 2003: PLS170 Introduction to Political Philosophy
  • Spring Semester 2002: MC377/PLS377 Culture, Politics and Postcolonialism
  • Fall Semester 2001: PLS 371 Classical Political Philosophy

   

• RESEARCH
  • Articles
  • Book Reviews
  • Chapters in Books
  • Dramas
  • Essays & Miscellaneous Writings
  • Monographs
  • Presentations, Speeches and Lectures
  • Reports
  • Translations

   

• PUBLIC SERVICE
  • Presentations

   

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