Dr. Justin Dyer

Biography

Justin Dyer is a Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also serves as the inaugural dean of the School of Civic Leadership. His scholarly work focuses on American political thought, jurisprudence, constitutionalism, and the perennial philosophical tradition of natural law. He is the author and editor of eight books and numerous articles, essays, and book reviews. His notable publications include 'Classical Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding', 'C.S. Lewis and the Politics of Natural Law', and 'Slavery, Abortion, and the Politics of Constitutional Meaning'. Dyer also co-edited a two-volume constitutional law casebook used in leading universities across the country. Prior to his role at UT Austin, he was a professor of political science at the University of Missouri and served as the founding director of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, a center for the study of American political thought and history. Dyer completed his M.A. and Ph.D. in Government at the University of Texas at Austin after attending the University of Oklahoma on a wrestling scholarship.

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