Charles R. Kesler
Charles R. Kesler (born 1956) is professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University. He is editor of the "Claremont Review of Books", and the author of several books. Early life. Kesler graduated from Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in Social studies (1978), followed by a Ph.D in Government (1985). Career. Kesler is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and the graduate faculty at Claremont Graduate University. He is a senior fellow of Claremont Institute, and teaches at their Publius Fellows Program, a summer institute. Additionally , he is the editor of the "Claremont Review of Books," a quarterly political magazine. He was the director of Henry Salvatori Center at Claremont McKenna College from 1989 to 2008. Kesler was a member of the Trump administration's 18-member 1776 Commission, which released a report on January 18, 2021 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) that called for "patriotic education."