Chris Edelson

Assistant Professor at American University School of Public Affairs

Schools

American University School of Public Affairs

Biography

American University School of Public Affairs

Adivitional Positions at AU

Fellow, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies

Degrees

B.A. Brandeis University J.D. Harvard Law School

Favorite Spot on Campus

A tie between the library, the gym, and Ward 101.

Book Currently Reading

How Democracies Die

Bio

Chris Edelson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government. His teaching and research interests focus on presidential national security power under the U.S. Constitution. His first book, Emergency Presidential Power: From the Drafting of the Constitution to the War on Terror, was published by the University of Wisconsin Press in fall 2013. His second book, Power Without Constraint: The Post 9/11 Presidency and National Security was published in spring 2016.

Teaching

Spring 2018

GOVT-226 Const, Pres Power, War on Terror: Const, Pres Power, War on Terr

SPA-489 Politics, Pol & Law Capstone

Fall 2018

GOVT-226 Const, Pres Power, War on Terror: Const, Pres Power, War on Terr

JLC-101 Introduction to Law

SPA-101 PPL Scholars Lab I

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