James Patterson
Jack Miller Center Founding Civics Initiative Faculty
Associate Professor of Public Affairs in the Institute of American Civics,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
James M. Patterson is Associate Professor of Public Affairs in the Institute of American Civics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is also an affiliated fellow at the Center for Religion, Democracy, and Culture, Contributing Editor at Law & Liberty, and president of the Ciceronian Society.
Patterson has focused much of his research on topics concerning politics and religion and has had works published in journals such as American Political Thought, Perspectives on Political Science, Political Science Reviewer, and Journal of Church and State. He is also the author of Religion in the Public Square: Sheen, King, Falwell,and his next book, co-authored with Thomas Howe, examines the problems with postliberalism.
Dr. Patterson earned his B.A. in political science at the University of Houston and his M.A. and Ph.D. in politics at the University of Virginia.
Research interests:
Religion and politics
Political thought
Political and religious tradition
