Tim Meinke, who holds a Ph.D. in government and politics from the University of Maryland, is a political science professor at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia. His teaching and research interests include state and local politics, public policy, political philosophy, and First Amendment issues. Meinke was selected as a Wye Fellow in 2005 and has been awarded the 2013-14 Shirley E. Rosser Award for Excellence in Teaching. He also teaches an annual class on American politics which uses First Amendment issues as the case study for the semester’s coverage of public policy.
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