Matthew C. Moen

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of South Dakota

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Moen is retired as Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of South Dakota, the highest rank accorded by the SD Board of Regents. He is author of six books and dozens of articles, ranging from his early research on the Christian Right to state legislative term limits, and more recently, the nexus of liberal arts education, civility, and American democracy.

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Opportunity Knocks for Liberal Education

Commentary, January 2021

Publications

Interdisciplinarity: Its Role in a Discipline-Based Academy (edited with Lisa Anderson, Robert Axelrod, Robert Axelrod, Michael Brintnall, Matthew C. Moen, and Kristin Monroe). (Oxford University Press, 2014).

Discusses admin oversight within interdisciplinary best practices.

The Transformation of the Christian Right (University of Alabama Press, 2008).

Discusses the study of how political engagement changed the Christian Right as a social movement.

Changing Members: The Maine Legislature in the Era of Term Limits (with Kenneth Palmer and Richard Powell). (Lexington Books, 2005).

Examines the impact of term limits on the Maine Legislature, the first in the nation to have term limits actually take effect in both chambers.

The Christian Right and Congress (University of Alabama Press, 1992).

Examines how the Christian Right impacted Congress during the Reagan years.

The Contemporary Congress: A Bicameral Approach (with Gary Copeland). (Wadsworth/ International Thomson Publishing, 1999).

Discusses the theme of House/Senate differences.

The Religious Challenge to the State (edited with Lowell Gustafson). (Temple University Press, 1992).

Examines the transnational challenge of religion to the nation-state across the globe through case studies of about a dozen countries.