John Dinan

John Dinan's research focuses on state constitutions and federalism. He is the author of several books, including The American State Constitutional Tradition (University Press of Kansas) and State Constitutional Politics: Governing by Amendment in the American States (University of Chicago Press), and he writes an annual review of state constitutional amendments for The Book of the States. He is editor of Publius: The Journal of Federalism and received his PhD from the University of Virginia.