Jeffrey Herndon, Ph.D.

Professor

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Political Science, Louisiana State University, 2003
• M.A., Political Science, Texas State University, 1993
• B.A., Political Science/History, Texas State University, 1989

Academic Positions

• Professor,East Texas A&M University, 2022-present
• Associate Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce(now East Texas A&M University), 2010-2022
• Assistant Professor, TAMUC(now ETAMU), 2006-2010
• Instructor, Louisiana State University, 2003-2006
• Instructor, Texas State University, 1993-1994
• Assistant Instructor, Texas State University, 1991-1993

Awards and Honors

• Honors Professor of the Year, Student Honors Council, TAMUC(now ETAMU), 2011-2012

Professional Organizations

• American Political Science Association
• Southwestern Political Science Association
• Southern Political Science Association

Selected Publications

• “The Reluctant Prince: Machiavelli, Michael Corleone, and the virtu of The Godfather,” paper prepared for presentation at the Southern Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2012.
• “Walter Lippmann and the Twenty-first Century,” presented at the Southern Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2011.
• Invited participant, “Liberty in Walter Lippmann's The Public Philosophy, Liberty Fund Socratic Seminar, Indianapolis, Indiana (forthcoming, August 2009).
• “The Politics of the Pedestal: George Washington as Symbol and
  Substance,” at the Southern Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8-10, 2009.

Featured Courses

PSCI 412 The Age of Ideology