Dr. Jason Jividen holds SVC’s Philip M. McKenna Chair in American and Western Political Thought. Since coming to SVC in 2010, Dr. Jividen has taught courses in the history of political philosophy, American political thought and institutions, and constitutional law. He is the recipient of the Quentin Schaut Faculty Award, the Boniface Wimmer Faculty Award, and teaching awards from SVC’s Student Government Association and the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. Dr. Jividen is also an honored visiting graduate faculty member in Ashland University’s Master's in American History and Government (MAHG) program and a frequent contributor and seminar leader for Teaching American History.org (tah.org).
Dr. Jividen has written on topics in ancient and modern political philosophy, the principles of the American Founding, Lincoln’s political thought, American Progressivism, and civic education. Among other articles and book chapters, his peer-reviewed publications include two books: Claiming Lincoln: Progressivism, Equality, and the Battle for Lincoln’s Legacy in Presidential Rhetoric (Northern Illinois University Press) and, with David Alvis, Statesmanship and Progressive Reform: An Assessment of Herbert Croly’s Abraham Lincoln (Palgrave Macmillan). Most recently, Jividen is the editor of the primary source reader, Populists and Progressives: Core Documents (Ashbrook Press).
Education
PhD, political science, Northern Illinois University
