W.B. Allen
W. B. Allen is Professor of Political Science, with teaching and research interests in: political philosophy, American government, and jurisprudence. He has recently served in the Department as Interim Director, Program in Public Policy and Administration and currently chairs the University Working Group for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education. He is also a Fulbright Senior Fellow.
In previous appointments Prof. Allen served as Director, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (1998-99); Dean and Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State University (1993 - 1998); Professor of Government, Harvey Mudd College, 1972-94; Chairman, United States Commission on Civil Rights (1988 - 1989) and Member (1987-1992); and Member, National Council on the Humanities (1984-1987).
His recent publications include the manuscript currently under review, Jesus Walked Water: George Washington Built on Land; "Political Arithmetic: Social Science, Scientific Revolution, Political Innovation," in Statistics Science and Public Policy. IX. Government, Science and Politics, Queens University, 2005; "That all Tragedy is Local: Book 18 of Spirit of the Laws," Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, 31:2:2004; "The Laws of Science and the Rule of Law," Statistics, Science and Public Policy, VIII: Science, Ethics and the Law, Queen's University, 2004; Habits of Mind: Fostering Excellence and Access in Higher Education, with Carol M. Allen, Transaction Publishers, Inc., 2003; and "Making Citizens," Claremont Review of Books, III:3:2003.
Additional notable publications are: George Washington: A Collection, editor and Introduction (Indianapolis: Liberty Press, 1988) 3d printing, 2003; The Essential Antifederalist: Second Edition, with Gordon Lloyd (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002); The Federalist Papers: A Commentary: The "Baton Rouge Lectures." A full-length commentary, plus an analytical legal index. New York: Peter Lang, Inc., 2000; "Morals, Crimes, Responsibility, Science," Proceedings, Statistics, Science and Public Policy. VI: Science and Responsibility, Queen's University, 2002); "Machiavelli and Modernity: The Strength of Justice; Thoughts on Machiavelli's Prince," in Machiavelli's Prince, New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1997; "The Truth About Citizenship: An Outline," Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 4, No. 2, Summer 1996; "E Pluribus Unum: Sentieri Verso L'Unita," in Etnie, Culture e Unita dell'Europa, Milan, Italy: FrancoAngeli s.r.l., 1992, Proceedings, International Symposium on "Il Nuovo Pluralismo," Treviso, Italy, November, 1989; "Egalite et Droit dans le Monde Actuel," in Ethique et droit Ά l'age démocratique, Caen, France: Centre de Philosophie Politique et Juridique, 1990:18, translated as "Equality and Right in the Contemporary World," The Good Society: A PEGS Journal, vol. 9 no. 1, 1999, pp. 84-89; "L'Ethique de Montesquieu: Principe de la fondation de la démocratie américaine," PRIX MONTESQUIEU, Academie Montesquieu, Actes, 2, 95-128, 1986; "Theory and Practice in the Founding of the Republic," Interpretation, iv: 2 (1974).
Prof Allen has been recognized as an LlD (honoris causa), Averett College, 1998 and Pepperdine University 1988; by the Templeton Honor Roll for excellence in liberal education, 1997; with the Prix Montesquieu, 1986; as a Member, Académie de Montesquieu, 1984; a Kellogg National Fellow, 1984-87; and a Fulbright Advanced Teaching Fellow, 1970-71.
