GHEA21 Faculty

Simon Gilhooley

Simon Gilhooley specializes in American politics and political thought. His research addresses issues of constitutionality and authority within the American polity. His book The Antebellum Origins of the Modern US Constitution: Slavery and the Spirit of the American Founding explores the development of the idea of the Constitution as representative of a historical spirit and the emergence of this idea within the historical context of antebellum slavery. Professor Gilhooley’s research has been supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Library Company of Philadelphia, and McNeil Center for Early American Studies, among others. He teaches courses on contemporary American politics, American political history, American political thought, and constitutional practice. Before coming to Bard, he taught at Ithaca College.