Jack Fruchtman

Jack Fruchtman, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program in Law and American Civilization, has taught at Towson University since 1978. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He has published seven book-length studies on many eighteenth-century figures and constitutional issues and edited or annotated another five. His most recent book is American Constitutional History: A Brief Introduction, published in 2016. He is currently working on a study of the conspiracy trial of Aaron Burr, former vice president of the United States, who killed Alexander Hamilton in duel in 1804. He is a seasonal resident of Aquinnah.