Aaron Kushner

Peer Reviewed Publications

"Conservative Progressivism? Michael Cunniff, Federalism, and the Founding of Arizona," (with Sean Beienburg), Forthcoming at American Political Thought. 

"Citizenship and the Good Life: Cherokee and American Regimes in Conflict," (with Stephen Clouse), Forthcoming at Political Science Reviewer. 

“The Imposition of Freedom: Tribal Citizenship and the Case of the Cherokee Freedmen,” inAmerican Citizenship and Constitutionalism in Principle and Practice, Eds. Steven Pittz and Joseph Postell. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (2022). 

“Cherokee Political Thought and the Development of Tribal Citizenship”Studies in American Political Development, 35, no. 1 (2021): 1-15.

“Caso McGirt v Oklahoma: el Cumplimiento de los Tratados Indígenas y los Titulos Colectivos a la Tierra” (with Katherine Becerra Valdivia) Revista de Derecho Universidad de Concepción, 89, no. 249 (2021): 397-408.

Public Commentary

"Removing 'by blood': Context and Politics in the Cherokee Supreme Court's Decision to Alter the Constitution"           Starting Points Journal (5, April, 2021)

"Who gets Cherokee citizenship has long been a struggle between the tribe and the US government"            The Conversation (25, March, 2021)

“Holding the Government to its Word: McGirt v. Oklahoma and Tribal Sovereignty”             Starting Points Journal  (15, July, 2020)

“Parasites: Montesquieu on the End of Civic Virtue in a Republic”             PopMatters  (29, Apr, 2020)

“Republicanism—A Going Concern”             Starting Points Journal  (3, Sep, 2019)

“No, Term Limits Won’t #DrainTheSwamp. We did the Research.” (with Jordan Butcher)             The Monkey Cage  (8, May, 2018)