Center for the Teaching of
America's Western Foundations
The Center for the Teaching of America’s Western Foundations exists to supplement Mercer University’s excellent liberal arts program with a redoubled commitment to the foundational texts and ideas which have shaped Western Civilization and the American political order. This focus on the core texts of the Western tradition helps to revitalize a cross-centuries dialogue about citizenship, human rights, and political, economic, and religious freedom, thereby deepening the moral imagination and fostering civic and cultural literacy.
The Center’s programming includes an annual lecture series, high school teacher workshops, post-doctoral teaching fellowships, and undergraduate research fellowships. All programming is designed to enhance Mercer’s longstanding role as a distinctive home of liberal learning, a place where serious students come to live the life of the mind and emerge more thoughtful and engaged citizens.
Center Faculty:
Will R. Jordan Matthew Oberrieder
Associate Professor Assistant Professor
Political Science Philosophy
Director, Great Books Program Center Co-Director
Center Co-Director
Susan Malone
Associate Professor
Education
Center Co-Director
Scott Beaulier Sarah Gardner
Assistant Professor Chair and Associate Professor
Economics History
John Hintermaier Tom Huber
Assistant Professor Professor of Biology
History
Mark Jones Achim Kopp
Professor of Law Chair and Associate Professor
Foreign Languages
J. Thomas Scott Deneen Senasi
Professor Assistant Professor
History English
Beth Stewart Charlotte Thomas
Chair and Professor Chair and Professor
Art Philosophy
Bryan Whitfield
Assistant Professor
Christianity
Center Undergraduate Fellows:
To Be Announced