Paul Carrese, Ph.D.

Paul Carrese is the founding director of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. For nearly two decades he was a professor of political science at the United States Air Force Academy. He is author of “The Cloaking of Power: Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the Rise of Judicial Activism,” and co-editor of three other books – on George Washington, constitutionalism, and American grand strategy. His most recent book is “Democracy in Moderation: Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Sustainable Liberalism.” He has held fellowships at Harvard University; the University of Delhi (as a Fulbright fellow); and the James Madison Program, Politics Department, Princeton University.