Liberals represent a large majority of American faculty, especially in the social sciences and humanities. Does minority status affect the work of conservative scholars or the academy as a whole? In Passing on the Right, Dunn and Shields explore the actual experiences of conservative academics, examining how they navigate their sometimes hostile professional worlds.

• Introduction


• Part I: The Politics of Conservative Professors


• Chapter 1: The Conservative Minority


• Chapter 2: The Republican Party and its Discontents


• Part II: Life In the Progressive University


• Chapter 3: The Bias Debate


• Chapter 4: Closeted Conservatives


• Chapter 5: Open Conservatism and its Challenges


• Chapter 6: The Limits of Liberalism


• Part III: Should We Care?


• Chapter 7: The Consequences of a Progressive Professoriate


• Epilogue: Affirmative Action for Conservatives?

Jon A. Shields is Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Claremont McKenna College.
Joshua M. Dunn Sr. is Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Government and the Individual at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.