Greg Forster, Ph.D.
One American Square #2420
Indianapolis, In. 46282
(317) 681-0745
Education
Yale University, Ph.D. in political science, May 2002
Committee: Steven Smith, Chair; Norma Thompson; Jennifer Pitts
Fields: Political Philosophy, Contemporary Theory, American Government
Honors: With Distinction (awarded to approximately one eighth of doctorates)
University of Virginia, B.A., May 1996
Majors: Political and Social Thought; Rhetoric and Communications Studies
Honors: Highest Distinction (equivalent to summa cum laude); Phi Beta Kappa
Positions Held
Senior Fellow and Director of Research
Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, April 2005 – Present
Senior Research Associate
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, August 2002 – April 2005
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Cities of God and Man: An Introduction to Christianity and Politics
Forthcoming from InterVarsity Press
“ ‘Men Being Partial to Themselves’: Human Selfishness in Locke’s Two Treatises”
With Kim Ian Parker, forthcoming in Religion and Politics
“Apples to Apples: An Evaluation of Charter Schools Serving General Populations”
With Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters
Education Working Paper Archive, April 4, 2006
John Locke’s Politics of Moral Consensus
Cambridge University Press, 2005
“Testing High Stakes Tests: Can We Believe the Results of Accountability Tests?”
With Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters
Teachers College Record, Vol. 106, No. 6 (June 2004), p. 1124-1144
“Divine Law and Human Law in Hobbes’s Leviathan”
History of Political Thought, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Summer 2003), p. 189-217
Other Academic Publications
“Disruptive Behavior: An Empirical Evaluation of School Misconduct and Market Accountability”
With Matthew Carr, Friedman Foundation, June 2007
“Freedom from Racial Barriers: The Empirical Evidence on Vouchers and Segregation”
Friedman Foundation, September 2006
“Segregation Levels in Milwaukee Public Schools and the Milwaukee Voucher Program”
Friedman Foundation, August 2006
“Segregation Levels in Cleveland Public Schools and the Cleveland Voucher Program”
Friedman Foundation, August 2006
“Check the Facts: Donkey in Disguise”
Education Next, Summer 2006
“ ‘Just a Stupid Policeman’: Bond and the Rule of Law”
In James Bond and Philosophy, ed. James B. South, Open Court, 2006
“Florida’s Opinion on K-12 Public Education Spending”
Friedman Foundation, James Madison Institute, and Collis Center, January 24, 2006
Education Myths
With Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters, Rowman & Littlefield, 2005
“Using School Choice: Analyzing How Parents Access Educational Freedom”
Friedman Foundation, October 2005
“The Teachability Index: Can Disadvantaged Students Learn?”
With Jay P. Greene, Manhattan Institute, September 2004
“A Glorious Revolution: Restoring Locke’s Relevance”
Essay reviewing three books in Political Theory, October 2004
“Sex, Drugs, and Delinquency in Urban and Suburban Public Schools”
With Jay P. Greene, Manhattan Institute, January 2004
“Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the United States”
With Jay P. Greene, Manhattan Institute, September 2003
“Apples to Apples: An Evaluation of Charter Schools Serving General Student Populations”
With Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters, Manhattan Institute, July 2003
“Vouchers for Special Education Students: An Evaluation of Florida’s McKay
Scholarship Program”
With Jay P. Greene, Manhattan Institute, June 2003
“Testing High Stakes Tests: Can We Believe the Results of Accountability Tests?”
With Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters, Manhattan Institute, February 2003
“Effects of Funding Incentives on Special Education Enrollment”
With Jay P. Greene, Manhattan Institute, December 2002
Other Academic Publications (continued)
“Rising to the Challenge: The Effect of School Choice on Public Schools in Milwaukee
and San Antonio”
With Jay P. Greene, Manhattan Institute, October 2002
“Faith And Plato: ‘You’re Nothing! Disgusting, Murderous Bitch!’ ”
In Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy, ed. James B. South, Open Court, 2003
Selected Non-Academic Publications
“The Embarrassing Good News on College Access”
Chronicle of Higher Education, March 10, 2006
“College Diversity: Fix the Pipeline First”
With Jay P. Greene, Washington Post, January 7, 2004
“Cooking the Graduation Numbers”
With Jay P. Greene, Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2003
“Throwing Money at Education”
With Marcus A. Winters, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 2003
Conferences
Presentation on empirical research examining school voucher programs
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Madrid conference, 2007
“Racial Segregation in Public and Private Schools: a Nationwide Empirical Evaluation”
American Political Science Association, 2006
“ ‘Men Being Partial to Themselves’: Human Selfishness in Locke’s Two Treatises”
With Kim Ian Parker, American Political Science Association, 2006
“ ‘’Tis Reasonable to Think the Cause Is Natural’: Human History and Natural Law in Locke’s Two Treatises”
American Political Science Association, 2005
“ ‘Manifestly for the Good of the People’: Elections and Democratic Legitimacy in Locke’s Two Treatises”
With Glenn Moots, American Political Science Association, 2005
“Reinventing the Bible: Religion and Violence in Hobbes”
American Political Science Association, 2002
“The Appeal to Heaven: Morality and Violence in Hobbes and Locke”
Northeastern Political Science Association, 2001
Testimony Presented
Espinoza v. State of Arizona, expert witness deposition, September 11, 2007
Texas Senate Education Committee, March 29, 2007
Georgia House Education Subcommittee on School Choice, February 28, 2007
Kansas Joint Committee on Children’s Issues, September 27, 2006
Missouri House Urban Affairs Committee, March 13, 2006
Missouri Senate Education Committee, February 21, 2006
Ohio Senate Education Committee, January 1, 2006
Ohio House Education Committee, January 1, 2006
Kansas Board of Education, December 13, 2005
Kansas Senate Education Committee, March 10, 2005
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Introduction to American Government
Montgomery College, Summer 2002
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Political Philosophy, Writing Intensive Section
Prof. Steven Smith, Spring 2000
Teaching Assistant, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Prof. Rogers Smith, Fall 1999
Teaching Assistant, The American Presidency
Prof. Stephen Skowronek, Spring 1999
Teaching Assistant, Moral Foundations of Politics
Prof. Ian Shapiro, Fall 1998
Graduate Courses
Political Philosophy: Proseminar in Political Philosophy; Kant’s Critique of Judgment; European Thought in the Era of Romanticism; Athens and Sparta in Political Thought; Science and Society: Politics in the 17th and 18th Centuries (audited)
American Politics: American Government; Theories of Foreign Policy Making; The New American State; Public Opinion; Patterns of Congressional Policy Making
Methodology: Scope and Methods of Political Science; Quantitative Methods; Research and Writing; Dissertation Prospectus Seminar
Other: Shakespeare and Originality; European Politics
Languages
Ancient Greek: Beginning Greek, Intermediate Greek, Greek Prose, Plato’s Phaedo
German: Intermediate German