John Dinan

Jack Miller Center Summer Institute Faculty
Professor of Politics & International Affairs, Wake Forest University

John Dinan is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Politics & International Affairs at Wake Forest University. His research focuses on state constitutionalism, federalism, and American political development. He is the author of several books, including State Constitutional Politics: Governing by Amendment in the American States and The American State Constitutional Tradition. He is a former editor of Publius: The Journal of Federalism and a past chair of the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations Section of the American Political Science Association. He received his PhD from the University of Virginia.

Research interests:
Federalism
State Constitutionalism
State Politics
American Political Development

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