John E. Finn

John E. Finn is Professor of Government Emeritus at Wesleyan University. He received his B.A. in political science from Nasson College, a J.D. from Georgetown University, a Ph.D. in political science from Princeton University, and a degree in culinary arts from the French Culinary Institute.

Finn’s newest book, Fracturing the Founding: How the Alt-Right Corrupts the Constitution, will be available in February, 2019. Pre-orders here: Fracturing the Founding.

Finn is the author of three books on constitutional law: Peopling the Constitution (Kansas, 2014), coauthor, American Constitutional Law: Essays, Cases, and Comparative Notes, 4th ed. (coauthor, Rowman & Littlefield, 2018), and Constitutions in Crisis: Political Violence and the Rule of Law (Oxford, 1991).

Finn’s research and scholarly writing also extends to the study of food, recipes, and politics. His works include a scholarly cookbook on omelets, The Perfect Omelet (Countryman, 2017), and several essays and scholarly publications, including “The Perfect Recipe,” (2011) and “The Kitchen Voice as Confessional,” (2004) in Food, Culture & Society.

Finn is the recipient of five distinguished teaching awards at Wesleyan University and has fashioned two very successful courses on the Constitution for The Great Courses Company.