Vincent Phillip Muñoz

Rank

Regular Faculty - Associate Professor

Title

Tocqueville Associate Professor of Religion & Public Life

Field(s)

Constitutional Law and Politics
Political Theory

Education

B.A., Claremont McKenna College (1993)
M.A., Boston College (1995)
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School (2001)

Research and Teaching Interests

American Political Thought
American Constitutional Law
Early Modern Political Theory
Church & State

Advising Specialties

Vincent Phillip Muñoz is the Tocqueville Associate Professor of Religion & Public Life in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.

Biography

Vincent Phillip Muñoz is the Tocqueville Associate Professor of Religion & Public Life in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.

Dr. Muñoz writes and teaches across the fields of constitutional law, American politics, and political philosophy. His recent research has focused on the theme of religious liberty and the American Constitution. His first book, God and the Founders: Madison, Washington, and Jefferson was by Cambridge University Press in 2009.

Dr. Muñoz is currently completing a second book, which is on the original meaning of the Constitution's Religion Clauses. Articles from that project have appeared in Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. Dr. Muñoz has also published articles in American Political Science Review, The Review of Politics, The Wall Street Journal, and The Claremont Review of Books. His media appearances include commentary on Voice of America Radio, Fox News Channel, and Turkish Public Television. He has testified before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on the matter of "Hostility to Religious Expression in the Public Square."

Office Hours

Wednesdays 3:00pm-5:00pm & Thursdays 2:15pm-3:15pm

Contact Information

Office: 447 Decio
Phone: 574-631-0489
Fax: 574-631-4405
Email: vmunoz@nd.edu

Mailing Address

Department of Political Science
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Website(s)

http://tocqueville.nd.edu/textpages/tocquevilleprofessor.html