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David Tubbs
Associate Professor of Politics
Dates at King's: 2005 - present
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Office: 330 Fifth Ave.
Phone: (212) 659 7200 ext: 3131
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Professor David Tubbs earned his PhD. in politics at Princeton University, concentrating in political philosophy, constitutional law, and Russian studies. After receiving his doctorate in 2001, he spent academic year 2002-03 teaching in the History Faculty of Irkutsk State University in Irkutsk, Russia. From October 2003 to December 2004, he was the W.H. Brady Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He began teaching at King’s in August 2005. |
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In his scholarship, Professor Tubbs writes about contemporary politics, constitutional law, and current debates in public policy. His book, Freedom’s Orphans, was published by Princeton University Press in 2007 and was favorably reviewed in the Claremont Review of Books, The Weekly Standard, and the Harvard Law Review, among other journals. His shorter essays and book reviews have appeared in publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Academic Questions, the American Spectator, and the New Criterion.
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Through academic year 2011-12, Professor Tubbs has taught five different courses at King’s: Constitutional Law; Public Policy; Statesmanship; Enlightenment and Liberal Democracy; and Civil Rights. He also regularly advises students working on their senior theses. In Spring 2010, he received the “Faculty of the Year Award for Academic Excellence,” given annually by students at the college.
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Professor Tubbs has a special interest in the politics of post-communist Europe, including the former Soviet Union. In the last decade, he has lectured in Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. In July 2012, he will be lecturing in Przemysl, Poland, on the subject of “Aristocracies and Human Rights.”
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Degree |
School Attended |
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| B.A. Political Science |
Pennsylvania State University |
1987 |
| M.A. Politics |
Princeton University |
1992 |
| Ph.D. Politics |
Princeton University |
2001 |
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