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Assistant Professor
Phillip Muñoz - Political Philosophy, American Constitutional Law

Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School

Dr. Vincent Phillip Muñoz writes and teaches across the fields of constitutional law, American politics, and political philosophy. His recent research has focused on the theme of religious liberty and the American Constitution. His first book, God and the Founders: Madison, Washington, and Jefferson on Religious Liberty will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2009.

Dr. Muñoz is currently completing a second book, which is on the original meaning of the Constitution’s Religion Clauses. Articles from that project have appeared in Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. Dr. Muñoz has also published articles in American Political Science Review, The Review of Politics, The Wall Street Journal, and The Claremont Review of Books. His media appearances include commentary on National Public Radio, Voice of America Radio, and Fox News Channel. In 2004 he testified before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on the matter of "Hostility to Religious Expression in the Public Square."

Dr. Muñoz is currently the William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life at the James Madison Program at Princeton University while on leave from Tufts University, where he is Assistant Professor of Political Science.

Dr. Muñoz earned a Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate School, a MA from Boston College and a BA from Claremont McKenna College.


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