Dr. Kevin M. Pybas

Biography

Dr. Kevin Pybas is associate professor of political science. He also serves as the pre-law advisor at Missouri State University. His research interests focus on issues of law and religion. His work has appeared in Justice System Journal (co-authored), Perspectives on Political Science, Valparaiso University Law Review, Cumberland Law Review, University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, Texas Review of Law & Politics, and a forthcoming chapter in Disestablishment and Religious Dissent: Church-State Relations in the New American States, 1776-1833 (2019).

He is also a contributor to the Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties, and contributed a chapter to Faith, Morality and Civil Society. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Liberty Fund.

Pybas was MSU’s Provost Fellow for Public Affairs during the 2016-2017 academic year.

Details

Education

• PhD, University of Georgia
• JD, The University of Tulsa
• BS, Oklahoma State University

Teaching

• American Democracy and Citizenship
• Constitutional Law I: Powers and Restraints
• Constitutional Law II: Liberties and Rights
• The U.S. Constitution and Equality

Research and professional interests

• Church-state law
• Constitutional law
• American political thought
• Modern and contemporary liberal political thought
• Religion and politics

Awards and honors

• Faculty Advisor Award of Excellence, Professional Fraternity Association, 2012-2013
• Outstanding Student Organization Advisor, Missouri State University, 2010-2011
• Outstanding Pre-Law Faculty Advisor, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International, 2009-2010

Areas of Expertise

Media Appearances