Jerry Weinberger, Ph.D.
Dr. Jerry Weinberger is a professor emeritus of political science and university distinguished professor at Michigan State University. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Benjamin Franklin Unmasked: On the Unity of His Moral, Religious, and Political Thought. From 1997-2001 he was chair of the Department of Political Science. He received his B.A. from The University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He won the Michigan State University Teacher-Scholar Award, has won fellowships from the Earhart Foundation and the Institute for Educational Affairs, and has twice been a senior research fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is the director of the LeFrak Forum and co-director of the Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy.