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Steven P. Brown is a Professor and Morris Savage Endowed Chair in the Department of Political Science at Auburn University's College of Liberal Arts. Since 1998, he has taught American constitutional law, religion and politics, law and society, and American government.
- PhD, University of Virginia (1998)
- MA, University of Virginia
- BA, Brigham Young University
His research focuses on American legal history and church and state issues, with publications spanning Supreme Court precedents and First Amendment interpretations. His 2020 book Alabama Justice received the McMillan Prize in Southern History, and his 2017 article won the Supreme Court Historical Society’s Hughes-Gossett Prize.
Recent publications demonstrate expertise in constitutional interpretation, judicial history, and religious freedom, covering topics from James Madison’s influence on the Court to modern church-state conflicts.
- Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Freedom of Expression Scholarship (2005)
- Auburn’s Leischuck Presidential Teaching Award (2023)
- Supreme Court Historical Society Prize (2017)
- Alabama Humanities Foundation grants
Brown directs Auburn's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute courses and trains election officials through The Election Center. His C.L.E.A.R. Thinking project received $2M+ in federal funding to develop civic reasoning skills in educators.
