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Biography

R. Bruce Anderson is the Dr. Sarah D. and L. Kirk McKay, Jr. Endowed Chair in American History, Government, and Civics and Miller Distinguished Professor of Political Science at ´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨ in Lakeland, Florida, where he teaches the American core curriculum is director of the Pre-Law program, and has developed multiple programs in civic education for both higher education and K-12 curriculum, including developing, authoring and editing the text "Exploring the Constitution", a non-partisan/ non-ideological classroom text on constitutional mechanics. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Rice University. He is also a Columnist for the Lakeland Ledger/USA Today Network and Political Consultant and on-air Commentator for WLKF Radio of Hall Communications. He is a contributor, for the last three editions, to The New Politics of the Old South (edited by Charles Bullock III and Mark J. Rozell), and has published essays and scholarly articles on many disparate subjects, including state legislative politics; the political life of Strom Thurmond and the Dixiecrats; the concept of justice in Immanuel Kant (with Sarah Massey); and KGB/GRU and CIA surveillance tradecraft and techniques. His work has also appeared in The American Review of Politics, The American Politics Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, The Civic Arts Review and others, as well as more "mainstream" print media outlets. His most recent book is Policy Making and Southern Distinctiveness (Routledge, 2021). Dr. Anderson has 2 children, both of whom attended Florida Southern: Kai Matthias, who lives in Lakeland; and Katharina Judith, who lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her spouse and two children of her own.

Education

• Ph.D., Political Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1997
• M.A., Political Science