Lee Trepanier joined Assumption University as dean of the D’Amour College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in July 2024. Previously, he served as the Chair of the Political Science Department at Samford University in Alabama and at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan. Trepanier served as director of several civic education programs for high school teachers and students, pre-law advisor for college students, and is editor of Bloomsbury Academic’s Politics, Literature, and Film book series. Trepanier is a Political Scientist and teaches political philosophy, constitutional law, and American Politics. His research is in Eric Voegelin; Politics and Literature; Religion and Politics; Democracy and Education; and Teaching and Learning Political Science.
Degrees
- Ph.D., Political Science, Louisiana State University, 2001
- M.A., Political Science, Louisiana State University, 2000
- B.A., Political Science and English, Marquette University, 1995
Courses Taught
- American Politics: American Government, American Presidency, Education and Democracy, Politics and Gender, Religion and Politics, State and Local Government
- Political Theory: American Political Thought, Christian Statesmanship and Politics, Classical Political Thought, Contemporary Political Thought, Democracy: Origins and Challenges, Feminist Political Thought, Introduction to Political Thought, Modern Political Thought; Politics, Literature, and Film; Political Ideologies
- World Politics: British Politics, Comparative Politics, East Asian Politics, European Politics, Russian and Eastern European Politics, World Politics
- Law: American Civil Rights and Liberties, American Constitutional Law, Exploring the Legal Profession
- Others: Cultural Perspectives, Honors, Independent Study, Internships, Introduction to Political Science, Research Design, Senior Thesis
Selected Book Publications
- Canadian Conservative Political Thought, co-editor with Richard Avramenko(Routledge, 2023)
- Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters: Reflections of Political Theory from Antiquity to the Age of COVID, editor(Routledge, 2022)
- Eric Voegelin’s Asian Political Thought, editor (Lexington, 2020)
- The College Lecture Today: An Interdisciplinary Defense, editor (Lexington, 2019)
- Eric Voegelin’s Political Thought in the 21st Century, co-editor with Scott Robinson and David Whitney (Lexington, 2019)
- The Socratic Method Today, editor (Routledge, 2017)
- A Political Companion to Philip Roth, co-editor with Claudia Franziska Brühwiler (Kentucky, 2017)
- Why the Humanities Matter Today, editor (Lexington, 2017)
- Political Science: Concepts, Methods, and Topics, author (Kendall Hunt, 2016)
- A Political Companion to Saul Bellow, co-editor with Gloria L. Cronin (Kentucky, 2013)
- Dostoevsky’s Political Thought, co-editor with Richard Avramenko (Lexington, 2013)
- Mormonism and the Making of American Culture, co-author with Lynita K. Newswander (Baylor University, 2012)
- Teaching in an Age of Ideology, co-editor with John von Heyking (Lexington, 2012)
- Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Globalization, co-editor with Khalil M. Habib (Kentucky, 2011)
- Eric Voegelin and the Continental Tradition, co-editor with Steven F. McGuire (Missouri, 2011)
- Political Symbols in Russian History, author (Lexington, 2007)