Daniel Dreisbach Professor Justice, Law & Criminology
- Degrees
- J.D., University of Virginia
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D.Phil., Oxford University
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B.A., University of South Carolina - Bio
- Professor Dreisbach earned a doctor of philosophy degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia. His principal research interests include American constitutional law and history, First Amendment law, church-state relations, and criminal procedure. He has authored or edited ten books and numerous articles in scholarly journals. Among the courses he teaches are Introduction to Law, American Legal Culture, Issues in Civil Justice, Law and Religion, and the Constitution and Criminal Procedure. Professor Dreisbach is a past recipient of American University’s highest faculty award: Scholar/Teacher of the Year.
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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JLC-225 American Legal Culture
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JLC-225 American Legal Culture
Spring 2025
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JLC-225 American Legal Culture
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JLC-343 Issues in Civil Justice
AU Experts
Area of Expertise
Constitutional law: church and state, free speech; religion and society; the religious right; criminal procedure; American legal culture
Additional Information
Daniel Dreisbach's principal research interests include American constitutional law and history, First Amendment law, church-state relations, and criminal procedure. He has authored or edited ten books and numerous articles in scholarly journals. Among the courses he teaches are Law and Religion, American Legal Culture, the Constitution and Criminal Procedure, Issues in Civil Justice, and Civil Justice Systems and the Constitution. He is coeditor of The Sacred Rights of Conscience (Liberty Fund, 2009) and The Forgotten Founders on Religion and Public Life (University of Notre Dame Press, 2009), and is author of Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State (New York University Press, 2002). He is the author of Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers (Oxford University Press, 2017).
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.