Roots of American Order
2026 Roots of American Order Summer Certificate Seminar
In this one-week intensive summer seminar hosted on the Malibu campus, targeting 75-100 top undergraduate students, the School of Public Policy's goal is to assemble a diverse cohort of students from both public and private universities to learn about the American Founding through the distinctive lens of the “Roots of American Order” course. This tailored seminar will not only teach students about the major contributing factors to the nation’s exceptional founding, but also how those factors continue to influence current policy debates.
2026 Roots of American Order Faculty Seminar
In this three-day summer seminar hosted on our Washington, DC campus, we are seeking 20-25 junior faculty, teaching faculty, or full-time lecturers (five years of teaching experience or less, non-tenured) to introduce them to the “Roots of American Order” course so they can teach a variation of it on their own campuses. This tailored seminar will provide a pedagogical transfer of the “Roots” course, focusing on the major contributing factors to the nation’s founding, but also how those factors continue to influence current discussions on public policy.