History and Government Faculty Presentations
Presentations from 2023
Front Line Labors and Home Front Politics: The Civil War Experiences of Junior and Field Officers' Wives, Stanley Schwartz
Presentations from 2022
Legitimately Concerned: Framing of First Amendment Issues in U.S. Supreme Court Majority Opinions, Deborah M. Groen
Forging a Civil War Officer Corps: US Volunteer and Regular Junior Officers' Interactions, 1861 to 1863, Stanley Schwartz
Personalities, Skills, and Politics: Federal Regular and Volunteer Officers' Interactions During the Civil War, Stanley Schwartz
Presentations from 2021
Out of Order? Change and Continuity in the U.S. Supreme Court Nomination and Confirmation Process, Deborah M. Groen
Survival of the Fittest? A Consideration of Variation in First Amendment Frame Landscapes, Deborah M. Groen
From Battlefields to Memories: Toward a Civil War Era in the United States’ Foreign Relations, Stanley Schwartz
Resisting Military Revolution: Veterans, the United States Army, and the Gilded Age Battle Over Civil War Memory, Stanley Schwartz
Presentations from 2020
A Patchwork of Settlements: Mapping Pennsylvania Settler Colonialism, Stanley Schwartz
Presentations from 2018
Police and Community Relations for Christians, Patrick Oliver
Presentations from 2017
Explaining Why Secession is Difficult in Well-established Democracies: Theoretical Lessons, Glen M.E. Duerr
President Trump Needs a Foreign BFF, Glen M.E. Duerr
Secessionism and NATO: The Theoretical and Practical Implications of Independence Movements in the North Atlantic, Glen M.E. Duerr
The Development of Firearms and Their Battlefield Applications, Justin D. Lyons
Winston S. Churchill and the Pillars of Civilization, Justin D. Lyons
Winston S. Churchill on Technology and the Causes of War, Justin D. Lyons
Winston S. Churchill, the Great War, and Its Aftermath, Justin D. Lyons
George Washington: Man of Principle and Integrity, Kevin F. Sims
Presentations from 2016
Exceptionalism versus Globalization, Glen M.E. Duerr
Its Not Easy Being Green: Party Competition in Denmark and How it Shapes the Salience of Environmental Issues, Glen M.E. Duerr
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves, Justin D. Lyons
Hiring for the 21st Century Law Enforcement Officer: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies for Success, Patrick Oliver
U.S. Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Service Office and Police Executive Research Forum Focus Group, Patrick Oliver
The 2016 Presidential Election, David L. Rich
God and Politics: In Whom Do I Trust?, Kevin F. Sims
The Protestant Roots of the Secularization of Knowledge in American Higher Education, Richard P. Tison
Protecting and Preserving Our Principles: The Supreme Court and Your School, Robert Vaughn
Presentations from 2015
Revolution and the Political Transformation of Isaac Backus, Robert J. Clark
Citizenship, Migration, and State Policies in Western Europe, Glen M.E. Duerr
Secessionism and the Arctic: Subnational Disputes Affecting Arctic Sovereignty Claims, Glen M.E. Duerr
Secessionist Aspirations at the Ballot Box: Unofficial Independence Referendums in Veneto and Catalonia, Glen M.E. Duerr
Chastity and Civil Freedom: Women's Political Wit in Rousseau's Letters to Geneva, Emily K. Ferkaluk
Motherhood in “Utopia”: The Drama Between Nature and Convention, Emily K. Ferkaluk
Alexander the Great and Hernán Cortés: Ambiguous Legacies of Leadership, Justin D. Lyons
Recruitment, Selection, and Retention of Law Enforcement Officers, Patrick Oliver
Recruitment, Selection, and Retention of Law Enforcement Officers, Patrick Oliver
Gun Control in the United States, David L. Rich
The Ohio Heartbeat Bill, David L. Rich
Training Initiative at Cedarville University, David L. Rich
The State and Local Governments' War on Heroin, David L. Rich and Mike DeWine
History and Leadership, Kevin F. Sims
Legal Issues Facing Private, Religious Educational Institutions, Robert Vaughn
Presentations from 2014
Civic Integration or Ethnic Segregation? Models of Ethnic and Civic Nationalism in Club and International Football/Soccer, Glen M.E. Duerr
Alexis de Tocqueville's Defense Against Political Religion, Emily K. Ferkaluk
Examining Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions of Diversification Efforts at a Christian University, Christine K. Fulmer, Mark Caleb Smith, J. Michael Lopez, and Melanie Otis
Deserve Victory! The Statesmanship of Winston S. Churchill, Justin D. Lyons
Winston S. Churchill and the Pillars of Civilization, Justin D. Lyons
Distinctiveness, Thomas S. Mach
Do Roots Matter? Change at Three Religion-Born-Schools—Cedarville, Malone, and Oberlin—from the 19th to 21st Centuries, Thomas S. Mach
Roundtable: Revisiting the Historiography of Christian Higher Education: Case Studies, Thomas S. Mach
The History of Cedarville University: A Study in Continuity, Thomas S. Mach
Excellence in Management, Patrick Oliver
Recruitment, Selection, and Retention of Law Enforcement Officers, Patrick Oliver
Conference Presentation, David L. Rich
Freedom and the Law, David L. Rich, John E. Hart, Robert Vaughn, and J. J. Ventrella
Bereans at the Gate: Q & A, Mark Caleb Smith
Religious Freedom and the Constitution, Mark Caleb Smith
The Mid-Term Elections, Mark Caleb Smith
Political Science Workshop, Mark Caleb Smith, Jennifer Marshall, and Thomas Farr
Presentations from 2013
Evangelical Assessments of John Brown and the Raid on Harpers Ferry, Robert J. Clark
Analyzing the Arab Spring: Opportunities and Challenges for Regional Cooperation, Glen M.E. Duerr
Compounding the Policy Platform of Independence: Nationalist Party “Diffusion” in Quebec and Flanders, Glen M.E. Duerr
Domestic Ethnic Nationalism and Regional European Transnationalism: A Confluence of Impediments Opposing Turkey's EU Accession Bid, Glen M.E. Duerr
Domestic Ethnic Nationalism and Regional European Transnationalism: A Confluence of Impediments Opposing Turkey’s EU Accession Bid, Glen M.E. Duerr
Human Law and the Old Law in St. Thomas Aquinas' Treatise on Law, Emily K. Ferkaluk
Rousseau on History, Natural Virtue, and the Unity of Man and Citizen, Emily K. Ferkaluk
The History of Cedarville University: A Study in Continuity, Thomas S. Mach
Obama vs. Romney: A Rumble in the Recital Hall, Jewerl Maxwell and A. Strickland
Conference Presentation, David L. Rich
Police Administration from the Eyes of a City Manager, David L. Rich
Does Choosing a Christian College Mean Settling for a Second Rate Academic Experience?, Kevin F. Sims, Kyle T. Mack, Aleda M.H. Chen, and S. Wynn
Faith & Politics, Mark Caleb Smith
Keeping Our Contract with the Past One Family at a Time: Homeschooling, Civic Education, and Religion in America, Mark Caleb Smith
Politics as Witness, Mark Caleb Smith
Understanding Your Political Context, Mark Caleb Smith
What We Don’t Know is Killing Us, Mark Caleb Smith
Presentations from 2012
Friedrich Hayek and the Christian Worldview on Human Nature, Marc A. Clauson
Secession in Europe: Another Challenge for the EU, Glen M.E. Duerr
Governance, Frank L. Jenista
Of Kings and Captains: The Challenges of Comparative Historical Biography, Justin D. Lyons
A Heartbeat Away: The Strategic Importance of Paul Ryan & Joe Biden in the 2012 Election, Jewerl Maxwell and A. Travis
Change Management, Patrick Oliver
Entry Level Assessment Center: Predictions for Success as Law Enforcement Officers: A Pilot Study, Patrick Oliver and Michael W. Firmin
Conference Presentation, David L. Rich
The Role of a Local Church at Election Time, David L. Rich
Don’t Be a Zombie, Mark Caleb Smith
Faith & Politics, Mark Caleb Smith
Integrating Faith & Scripture, Mark Caleb Smith
Serpents & Doves: Faith & Politics, Mark Caleb Smith
Social Justice & Scripture, Mark Caleb Smith
Super Tuesday, Mark Caleb Smith
We Still Hold These Truths, Mark Caleb Smith and E. G. Tomlinson
Presentations from 2011
Belgium: One Year Without a Government, Glen M.E. Duerr
Quebec's New Push for Sovereignty: Increasing Civic Nationalism and New Parti Quebecois Strategies for the Next Provincial Election, Glen M.E. Duerr
The Battle for Belgium's Future: Lessons from Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union, Glen M.E. Duerr
The Business of the English Premier League, Glen M.E. Duerr
The End of Belgium and Canada? Examining Current Nationalist Sentiments in Flanders and Quebec, Glen M.E. Duerr
The Great Race to Independence: Stronger Secessionist Agitation in Quebec, Scotland, Flanders, and Catlonia, Glen M.E. Duerr
Theory of Political Fiction: Genre and Criticism, Emily K. Ferkaluk