Dr. Kirstin Birkhaug
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Kirstin Birkhaug teaches Introduction to American Politics, State and Local Government, and all upper-level political theory courses, including American Political and Social Thought, Ancient and Medieval Political Thought, Modern Political Thought, and Contemporary Political Thought. Dr. Birkhaug is also a member of the Emmaus Scholars faculty and the faculty advisor for the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Leadership Fellows Program at Hope College. She joined the Department of Political Science in 2023.
She studies early American political thought, with a focus on the contributions of women. Her recent projects have examined topics including citizenship, liberty, constitutionalism, and the views of historical figures including Phillis Wheatley, Mercy Otis Warren, John Adams and Alexis de Tocqueville. She is the book reviews editor of the Journal of Religion, Culture & Democracy.