David Azerrad is an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington, D.C. His research and writing focuses on classical liberalism, conservative political thought and identity politics. Prior to joining Hillsdale, Azerrad was the Director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at The Heritage Foundation. He has taught previously at American University and the University of Dallas. A native of Montreal, Azerrad received his B.A. from Concordia University, his M.A. from Carleton University and his Ph.D. in politics from the University of Dallas.
Recent Publications
“Revitalizing the Right,” The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 24, no. 1 (2023), 3-8.
“Race and the Conservative Conscience,” in Up from Conservatism, ed. Arthur Milikh (Encounter Books, 2023), 58-68.
“What Conservatives Could Learn from Paleoconservatives,” in Paleoconservatism: New Voices for an Old Tradition, ed. Paul Gottfried (Lexington Books, 2023), 17-26.
“Imagine All the People of Color,” in Who Rules? Sovereignty, Nationalism, and the Fate of Freedom in the Twenty-First Century, ed. Roger Kimball (Encounter Books, 2020), 68-80.
“The Two Ways: Egypt and Israel in the Torah,” Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy 33, no. 1 (2005), 3-18.
Courses Taught
Van Andel Graduate School of Government
- Political Thought and Literature II
- American Progressivism and Liberalism
- Tocqueville
- Rousseau’s Political Teaching
- Obama’s Progressive Leadership
- Tyranny
Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program
- Contemporary American Political Thought (Liberalism and Its Discontents)
- National Security Studies