Bruce P. Frohnen

Bruce P. Frohnen holds the Ella and Ernest Fisher Chair at the Law School. Prior to joining ONU Law in 2008, he served as a Legislative Aide for a United States Senator, as a Visiting Scholar at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and as Secretary and Director of Program at the Earhart Foundation. He has held visiting posts as Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Jurisprudence at Colgate University and as Thomas Bahnson and Anne Bassett Stanley Professor of Ethics and Integrity at the Virginia Military Institute.

Professor Frohnen’s most recent book, Constitutional Morality and the Rise of Quasi-Law, co-authored with George W. Carey, was published in 2016 by Harvard University Press. He is the author of two other books, and editor or co-editor of eight. His co-edited volume American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia was the subject of a front page article in the New York Times. His two most recent volumes, The American Nation: Primary Sources and Rethinking Rights (edited with Kenneth Grasso) were named Outstanding Academic Titles by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. His articles have appeared in journals including the George Washington Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, and the American Journal of Jurisprudence. In 2015 he received the Fowler V. Harper Award for Excellence in Legal Scholarship.

Professor Frohnen teaches a variety of courses in public and commercial law. His research focuses on the development of constitutionalism, rights, and the rule of law. He holds a J.D. from Emory University Law School and a Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University.