E-mail: Vincent.McGuire@colorado.edu

Education:
Ph. D. University of Colorado, Boulder. December, 1995.

                Areas of Interest: Congress; American Founding; American Political Thought and Culture

M.A. New York University, New York, NY October, 1982

B.A. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, May, 1979

Dissertation:

"Republicanism at the American Founding: Virtue, Community and Liberalism in the Revolutionary Constitutions of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania"

Dissertation Committee: Calvin C. Jillson-Chair, Lawrence C. Dodd, Horst Mewes, Michael Strine, Fred Anderson.
 
 

Conference Participation and Papers:

"Reconciling Liberalism and Republicanism: The Political Theory of John Calvin and its Institutional Effects on Revolutionary America." Paper presented at the Annual conference of the Southwest Political Science Association, New Orleans, La., 17- 20, 1993.

"An Empirical Example of a Republican Constitution: Pennsylvania, 1776-1790" under review, Polity.

"Institutionalization in the Continental Congress: The Problem of Evaluating Classical v Modern Legislatures" under review, Congress and the Presidency
 

Teaching:

American Political Thought

The United States Congress

The American Presidency

Introduction to the American Government

Survey of Western Political Thought

Congress and the Presidency
 

Professional Service:

American Political Science Review: Book Review of The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic by Lance Banning (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1995.) APSR, December, 1996.
 

Research Interests:

"A Theory of Congressional Change Based on the Bifurcation Surrounding the American Founding."

     This book length project assesses the fundamental bifurcation of the American political mind arising out of the American founding. The principles arising from this era are then applied to an analysis of the developmental character of the U. S. Congress, deriving a theory of change.

"Dissonance in the Constitution: Separation of Powers and Mixed Government in the U. S. Constitution"

     This paper attempts to delineate the essential theories of separation of powers and mixed government, applying these understandings to the popular and academic understandings of the Constitution.
 

Academic Positions:

Present:
    Instructor:
       Farrand Academic Program;
       Honors Department;
       Department of Continuing Education

Classes:
Introduction to the American Government—Department of Political Science &
Department of Continuing Education Fall, 1993–Fall, Spring to Present
Honors Department: Fall 1998

American Political Thought—Department of Political Science: Summer, 1994,
Department of Continuing Education: Summer 1996, 1997, summer 1999.

The American Presidency—Department of Continuing Education: Summer, 1995, Fall, 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 1998.

The U.S. Congress—Department of Continuing Education Summer, 1997, Fall 1997, Fall 1998

Survey of Western Political Thought—Department of Political Science: Spring, 1996, Summer 1998

Congress and the Presidency— Honors Department: Spring 1999

Post-Doctoral Appointment: University of Colorado, Spring, 1996.

Research Assistant: Professor Michael Strine, Fall 1993.

Lecturer: Department of Political Science, Colorado

    Legislation and Legislatures— Summer, 1992; Summer, 1993

American Political Thought— Fall, Spring, 1993-95

The American Executive— Summer, 1994

Research Assistant: Professor Lawrence C. Dodd, Center for the Study of American Politics; 1989-90.

Teaching Assistant: Department of Politics, Colorado

Introduction to American Government—

Professor Walt Stone: Spring 1992, Spring 1993

Professor Calvin Jillson: Fall, 1992

Adjunct Professor— St. John's University, Jamaica, NY

American National Government— Fall, 1983; Spring, 1984
 

Academic Honors and Awards:

University of Colorado: University-wide Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, 1995

University of Colorado: Dean's Small Grant Award, 1993

National Endowment for the Humanities, Seminar Fellowship– "Republicanism at the Founding" University of Redlands, CA Summer 1987.

University of Colorado, Mortar Board Honor Society–President, 1978-9

University of Colorado, Pi Sigma Alpha- National Political Science Honor Society, 1978-9
 

Professional Associations:

American Political Science Association, including

Foundations of Political Theory subgroup,

Political Science and History subgroup

Legislative Studies subgroup
 

Departmental Service:

President of Graduate Student organization- Graduates in Political Science, 1992, 1993.

American Politics Search Committee (Public Law), University of Colorado, 1993-1994.

Program Review Process, Departmental Review, University of Colorado, 1994-1995.