He teaches a broad range of courses in American politics and political theory, and researches the social prerequisites of liberal democracy. He recently published book chapters and journal articles on the failure of the Arab Spring, the democracy deficit in the Middle East, and Alexis de Tocqueville’s democratic theory. He has held summer fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and the Jack Miller Center, and is presently working on Pope John Paul II's criticism of Marxism as a political ideology. Pidluzny holds a PhD in political science from Boston College.