Ken Masugi

Ken Masugi has been teaching for AAP since 2009. After writing his dissertation on Aristotle completed at the New School of Social Research, he has published over a dozen books on American political thought and politics, including four within the last year and a half. He is currently writing a book on the meaning of equality in American politics.

Dr. Masugi spent ten years serving in the federal government as a special assistant for Chairmen of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and as a speechwriter for Cabinet officers. Dr. Masugi has taught at a wide range of universities, including the U.S. Air Force Academy, the Ashbrook Center of Ashland University, James Madison College of Michigan State University, and Princeton. He is the proud recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Award from AAP.

Dr. Masugi is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and serves on the editorial boards of two political science journals. He holds his B.A., with honors, from Claremont McKenna College and his Ph.D. from The New School for Social Research.