Christopher Burkett is Associate Professor of Political Science and director of the Ashbrook Scholar Program for undergraduate students at Ashland University. He teaches courses in the Master of Arts in American History and Government program on the American Founding, Western films and novels, and American Foreign Policy. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ashland University, and received his M.A. in Politics from the University of Dallas and his Ph.D. from the Institute of Philosophic Studies, also at the University of Dallas.  He joined the History and Political Science department at Ashland University in 2005, has been selected by students as Outstanding Faculty of the Year, and won the Edward and Louaine Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award in 2011.