Ken I. Kersch

Ken Kersch is a highly-regarded scholar of American law, American political and constitutional development, and American political thought. He has won multiple awards for his work, including American Political Science Association's Edward S. Corwin Award, the J. David Greenstone Prize from APSA's politics and history section, the C. Herman Pritchett Award from APSA’s law and courts section, and the Hughes-Gossett Award from the Supreme Court Historical Society.

Kersch was born and grew up near the Great South Bay in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York. He received his B.A. from Williams College, his J.D. from Northwestern University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in government from Cornell University.

Kersch is professor of political science at Boston College.