Joshua Bowman
Holland, MI
Linkedin.com/in/bowmanjosh2009
PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Hope College
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
2022 – 2023
Heidelberg University
Assistant Professor of Political Science
2018-2022
Louisiana State University
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Eric Voegelin Institute
2016-2018
EDUCATION
Ph.D – Politics (2016)
Catholic Univ. of America
Dissertation: “Arcadian Exile: The Imaginative Tension in Henry David Thoreau’s Political Thought”
Master of Arts – Politics (2011)
Catholic Univ. of America
Bachelor of Arts – Political Science (2008)
Lee University
PUBLICATIONS
Book
Imagination and Environmental Political Thought: The Aftermath of Thoreau (Lexington Books, 2018)
Articles
2020 “Introduction to Leadership and the History of Political Thought: A
Symposium.” in The Political Science Reviewer , Vol. 44, No. 2
2021 “Russell Kirk and Redemptive Conservation.” in The Political Science Reviewer, Vol. 45, No. 2
Book Reviews
2013 “Feature Review: How to Think Seriously About the Planet.”
Perspectives on Political Science.” Vol. 42, No. 1-2 (April).
2015 “Review of American Georgics: Writings on Farming, Culture, and the Land.”
Anamnesis Journal. Issue No. 4
2019 Book Note for Litigating Religions: An Essay on Human Rights, Courts and
Beliefs in Religious Studies Review. Vol. 45, No. 3 (Sept 2019) p. 395.
2020 Book Note for Great Christian Jurists in American History in
Religious Studies Review , Vol. 46, No. 1 (Mar, 2020)
2020 “Review of Religion in the Public Square.” VoegelinView.com (Jun 28th)
2020 “Review of God Against the Revolution.” VoegelinView.com (Dec 28th)
2021 “Review of Did America Have a Christian Founding?” VoegelinView.com
(June 10th)
2023 “The Death and Life of Jane Jacobs’s Hometown” The University Bookman
(February 5)
2023 “The Ciceronian Middle Ages” Pietas Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 2023)
2023 “Big Isn’t Beautiful Either” Law & Liberty (June 28)
Web-Based Publications
2013 “Cavanaugh and the Question of the State” ANAMNESISJournal.com
(August 12th)
2017 “The Narnian Option: A review of C.S. Lewis on Politics and the Natural Law”
ANAMNESISJournal.com, (April 29th).
2018 “Friendship and ‘Filthy Politics’ in Plato and Aristotle, VoegelinView.com
(November 5th)
2019 “Can independent Christian Study Centers Restore the Soul of Higher Education?” on www.jamesgmartin.center (October 9th)
2020 “Moral Imagination in a Post-Constitutional Age.” Law & Liberty (July 15th)
INVITED TALKS
- 2021 “Hunting, Fishing, & N. American Wildlife Management” (Waynesburg Univ.)
- 2016 “Imagination, Religion and Environmental Politics” (Waynesburg Univ.)
- 2017 “The Environmental Imagination and Politics” (James Madison Univ.)
- 2017 “Imagination and Political Environmentalism” (Malone Univ.)
- 2018 “The Liturgy of Liberty” (Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal)
- 2020 “The People as Canvas and the State as Artist” (Waynesburg Univ)
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Conferences Organized
2014-2018, 2022-2023 Conference Director for Ciceronian Society Annual Meeting
Papers Presented
2019 “Irving Babbitt, Imagination and Political Research Methodology,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
2018 “The Liturgy of Liberty,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
2017 “John Muir, Imagination and the Politics of Preservation,” Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting
2016 “Ideologies and Evocations: A Voegelinian Critique of Quentin Skinner’s Approach to the History of Political Thought,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
2016 “Imagination and Environmental Politics,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting
2012 “Arcadian Exiles: Recovering Romanticism for Environmental Political Theory,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
2011 “Infinite Arcadia: Berry, Babbitt and Historical Environmentalism,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
Discussant
2016-2019 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
2013-2019 Henry Institute, Symposium on Religion and Politics
2011, 2017 Northeast Political Science Association
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
- 2018-Present VoegelinView.com Associate Editor
- 2018-2021 Christians in Political Science Communications Director
- 2013-2018 ANAMNESIS Journal Managing Editor
TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
Last Semester Offered
Hope College
Visiting Assistant Professor
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- Introduction to American Politics Spring 2023
- Contemporary Political Thought Fall 2022
- Modern Political Thought Spring 2023
Heidelberg University
Assistant Professor
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- American Government Fall 2021
- Constitutional Law: Powers and Structure Fall 2021
- Parties, Interest Groups and Elections Fall 2018
- Research Methods Fall 2021
- Art, Imagination and Politics Fall 2019
- The American Presidency Fall 2020
- History & Political Science Senior Capstone Fall 2021
- Environmental Law and Politics Spring 2021
- The Supreme Court and Judicial Process Spring 2021
- Introduction to Politics and Government Spring 2022
- Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties Spring 2022
- Political Culture and Behavior Spring 2020
- Intro to Political Philosophy Spring 2022
- U.S. Congress Spring 2022
Louisiana State University
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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- The American Presidency Spring 2018
- Art, Imagination and Politics Spring 2017
St. Clair County Community College
Adjunct Instructor
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- Introduction to Political Science Fall 2014
The Catholic University of America
Teaching Assistant (Dept. of Media Studies)
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- Art of the Interview Spring 2013
- Introduction to Media Studies Fall 2012
- Critical Approaches to Media Studies Spring 2012
- Media and History Spring 2012
- Media and Rhetoric Fall 2011
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
Heidelberg University
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2020 – Present Faculty Advisor, Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society
- 2020 – Present Faculty Advisor, Cru Campus Ministry
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2020 – Present Faculty Marshall
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2019 – 2022 Member, Heidelberg Univ. Institutional Review Board
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2019 – Present Heidelberg Univ. Legal Studies Advisor
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2020 – Present Organizer of Annual Faculty Research Conference
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2019 – 2020 Member, Heidelberg Univ. Task Force for Online Edu. Policy
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2019-2020 Member, Hiring committee for Univ. Director of Assessment and Effectiveness
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2019 – 2022 Assigned to comprehensively re-structure the political science
major and legal studies/pre-law programs, including changes to
course offerings, learning objectives, and the internship
opportunities in Washington, DC and Ohio.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- 2015 Salvatori Fellowship Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- 2011 Weaver Fellowship Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- 2009 Half-Tuition Scholarship Catholic University of America
- 2008 Discipline Award for Political Science Lee University
- 2006 F&A Walker Scholarship Lee University
- 2006 Semester in Europe Lee University
- 2004 Dean’s Scholarship Lee University
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Kolbe-A Index Results
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