Kevin Burns, Ph.D.

Kevin J. Burns an associate professor in the Department of Politics and Government. His teaching and research focuses on American constitutionalism and political thought. He earned his BA from the University of Dallas and his MA and PhD from Baylor University.

Courses Taught:

POLS 4550 — Political Parties and Elections

POLS 3850 — American Political Thought

POLS 3500 — American Congress

POLS 2750 — Public Policy Analysis

POLS 1800 — Principles of American Government

POLS 1100 — Fundamentals of Politics

Representative Publications:

William Howard Taft’s Constitutional Progressivism. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2021.

Congressional Deliberation: Major Debates, Speeches, and Writings, 1776-2023, co-edited with Jordan T. Cash. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company, 2024.

“Republican Manners, Monarchic Vigor: The Federalist Defense of Pardon Power.” American Political Thought: A Journal of Ideas, Institutions, and Culture 11, no. 2 (Spring 2022): 209-231.

“Turgot, Adams, and the Federalist—Anti-Federalist Debate.” Co-authored with Timothy W. Burns. In American Citizenship and Constitutionalism in Principle and Practice, edited by Steven F. Pittz and Joseph Postell, 158-186. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2022.

“Testing Holmes: Judicial Tests and Legal Pragmatism in Holmes’ Free Speech Opinions.” Constitutional Studies 5 (2019): 81-106.