Jeremy D. Bailey

Jeremy D. Bailey is the Sanders Chair in Law and Liberty and Director of the Institute for American Constitutional Heritage at the University of Oklahoma. He holds a Ph.D. from Boston College (winner of the APSA's E. E. Schattschneider Prize) and a bachelor’s from Rhodes College. His research focuses on early American political thought, constitutional controversies over executive power, and the intellectual history of presidential authority.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree, Rhodes College
• Ph.D. in Political Science, Boston College (2004)

Research Interests:

• Political thought of the early U.S. republic
• Constitutional debates over executive power
• Presidential representation theory
• Jeffersonian and Madisonian political philosophy

Awards:

• 2004 E. E. Schattschneider Prize for Best Dissertation in American Politics
• 2014 'Outstanding Academic Title' for The Contested Removal Power

Key Contributions:

• Director of the Institute for American Constitutional Heritage
• Editor of the American Political Thought book series
• Author of 4 major books including Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power and James Madison and Constitutional Imperfection

Professional Roles:

• Holds the prestigious Sanders Chair in Law and Liberty
• Teaches in Constitutional Studies program
• Active scholar with over 30 published articles and book reviews