Will R. Jordan, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Co-Director of the Center for America’s Founding Principles
In addition to teaching in Mercer’s political science department since 2003, Will R. Jordan, Ph.D., contributes to the Great Books program and is co-director of Mercer’s McDonald Center for America’s Founding Principles.
Education
- Ph.D., Political Science, Loyola University, Chicago
- B.A., Politics and Philosophy, Washington and Lee University
Speciality
Political theory
Professional Interests
Jordan teaches widely in the history of political thought, with special interests in the Scottish Enlightenment and the American Founding.
Recent Publications
- Editor, “Liking a Speckled Ax Best: Reexamining the Political Philosophy of Benjamin Franklin,” Mercer Press (2027). (Forthcoming)
- Editor, “Natural Man, Citizen, Philosopher: The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau,” Mercer Press (2025)
- Editor, “The Founding: Essential Documents,” Mercer Press (2023)
- Editor, “The Beginning of Liberalism: Reexamining the Political Philosophy of John Locke,” Mercer Press (2022)
- Editor, “’From Reflection and Choice’: The Political Philosophy of the Federalist Papers and the Ratification Debate,” Mercer Press (2020).
- Editor, “When in the Course of Human Events: 1776 at Home, Abroad, and in American Memory,” Mercer Press (2018).
- Editor, “Promise and Peril: Republics and Republicanism in the History of Political Philosophy,” Mercer Press (2017).
- Co-Editor, “The Most Sacred Freedom: Religious Liberty in the History of Philosophy and America’s Founding,” co-edited with Charlotte C.S. Thomas, Mercer Press (2016).
Contact Will R. Jordan, Ph.D.
478-301-2445
jordan_wr@mercer.edu
Office: Langdale Hall, Room 232