Full Name
Adam Seagrave
Organizational Affiliation
Arizona State University, FAIR, Ashbrook's Teaching American History
Speaker Bio
Adam Seagrave is Director of the Teaching American History programs at the Ashbrook Center, a tenured Associate Professor of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, and a curriculum consultant with Fair For All. He received his PhD in political theory from the University of Notre Dame and a BA in Great Books from Thomas Aquinas College (CA), where he transferred after leaving the U.S. Naval Academy at the top of his class.
He is co-author (with Stephanie Shonekan) of Race and the American Story (Oxford University Press, 2024) and co-founder of an educational project of the same name begun at the University of Missouri in 2017. His first book, The Foundations of Natural Morality: On the Compatibility of Natural Rights and the Natural Law, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2014. He has also published Liberty and Equality: The American Conversation (University Press of Kansas, 2015) and The Accessible Federalist (Hackett Publishing Co., 2017).
Dr. Seagrave served on the Executive and Steering Committees, and co-chaired the Political Science Task Force, for the Educating for American Democracy project from 2019-2021. He was awarded the American Legion National Education Award in 2021 for his achievements in K-12 civics education. He also spent seven years as the inaugural Managing Editor of the academic journal American Political Thought and five years as the inaugural Associate Director of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University.
He is co-author (with Stephanie Shonekan) of Race and the American Story (Oxford University Press, 2024) and co-founder of an educational project of the same name begun at the University of Missouri in 2017. His first book, The Foundations of Natural Morality: On the Compatibility of Natural Rights and the Natural Law, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2014. He has also published Liberty and Equality: The American Conversation (University Press of Kansas, 2015) and The Accessible Federalist (Hackett Publishing Co., 2017).
Dr. Seagrave served on the Executive and Steering Committees, and co-chaired the Political Science Task Force, for the Educating for American Democracy project from 2019-2021. He was awarded the American Legion National Education Award in 2021 for his achievements in K-12 civics education. He also spent seven years as the inaugural Managing Editor of the academic journal American Political Thought and five years as the inaugural Associate Director of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University.
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