About Ted McAllister
Dr. Ted V. McAllister was the Edward L. Gaylord Chair and Professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine School of Public Policy from 1998 until his death in 2023. He was the author of Character in the American Experience: An Unruly People (with Bruce Frohnen); Coming Home: Reclaiming America’s Conservative Soul (also with Bruce Frohnen); Why Place Matters: Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America (with Bill McClay); Revolt Against Modernity: Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, and the Search for a Post-Liberal Order; and numerous book chapters and reviews. He received a PhDin American intellectual and cultural history from Vanderbilt University, an MA with a concentration in American intellectual history from Claremont Graduate School, and a BA in history from Oklahoma Christian College.