Chase Porter, Ph.D.

American Constitutional Law
American Government
American Political Theory
Bill of Rights
Campaigns & Elections
Christianity and Citizenship
Classical Political Philosophy
Congress and the Presidency
Introduction to the Political Science Discipline
The Just Society (Honors)
Modern Political Philosophy
Political Parties/Interest Groups
Research Methods for Political Science
Senior Project

First Amendment Law
Judicial Politics
Modern Political Theory
Political Theology
Religion and Political Behavior

University of Alabama (2014-2018) - International Relations, Introduction to American Politics, Political Theory

Porter, Chase. "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Ass’n: When Is an Appropriation Not an Appropriation?" SCOTUS 2024: Major Decisions and Developments of the US Supreme Court, edited by Howard Schweber, Palgrave MacMillan, Cham, Switzerland, 2025, pp. 57-64.

Porter, Chase. Review of "Race and the Power of Sermons on American Politics." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 63:4 (2024): 1035-1036.

Porter, Chase. "Left Behind in the Past: The Impact of Eschatology on Political Alienation." CBU Arts and Letters Faculty Colloquium. November 29, 2023.

Porter, Chase. "Left Behind in the Past: The Impact of Eschatology on Political Alienation." Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. September 1, 2023.

McHorney, Chris and Chase Porter. "Religious Denominations and Social Capital." Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 31, 2023.

Porter, Chase. “Is There a Right to Abortion in the Constitution? .” The U.S. Constitution in Five Minutes, edited by Joseph L Smith and David E Klein, Equinox Publishing, Sheffield, UK, 2023, pp. 137–139.

Porter, Chase. "Leadership Lessons from the Arena: The Presidency of Richard Nixon." CBU Leadership Studies Doctoral Summer Residency. June 22, 2022.

McHorney, Chris and Chase Porter. "Religious Denominations and Social Capital." Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association. April 1, 2021.

Porter, Chase. "On Peyote and Pandemics: Free Exercise in the Age of COVID-19." CBU Constitution Day Program. September 17, 2020.

Porter, Chase. "Left Behind in the Past: The Impact of Eschatology on Political Alienation." Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association. April 10, 2020.

Porter, Chase. "The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Trump." Annual Meeting of the Religious Research Association. October 26, 2019.

Porter, Chase. "God and the -isms: How Theological Worldview Shapes Political Philosophy." Global Leadership Development Institute. July 24, 2019.

Millard, Matt and Chase Porter. "Testing the Hard Case: The Psychological Roots of Reactive Devaluation and the Iranian Nuclear Deal." Journal of Political Science 46 (2018): 127-156.

Porter, Chase. "An Introduction to the '-isms', Or, How to (Intelligently) Discuss Politics on Social Media." Foundations of Our Nation: A Constitution Series. Corona Public Library. October 11, 2018.

Porter, Chase. "Measuring Doctrinal Utilization in the Circuit Courts with Text Analysis." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting & Exhibition. August 30-September 2, 2018.

Fellowship Church, Beaumont, CA

Children's Church Teacher (2021 - Present)

Core Course Teacher:
2025 - Christian Theology (Assurance and Perserverance); Complete Stewardship (The Stewardship of Time and Rest)
2024 - Christian Theology (Made in the Image of God; The Doctrine of Sin; Prayer; Heaven and Hell)
2023 - The Whole Bible for the Whole Church (How to Read Biblical Narratives; How to Interpret the Prophets; Obadiah, Jonah, Micah; Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah; 2
Corinthians; Jude and Revelation)
Fall 2022 - Southern Baptist Polity; Christian Classics: The Cost of Discipleship
Spring 2022 - Christianity and Political Engagement
Fall 2021 - Christian Classics: City of God
Fall 2020 - Christian Classics: The Pilgrim's Progress
Spring 2020 - Christian Classics: The Pilgrim's Progress
Fall 2019 - Christian Classics: Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion

Good Friday Meditation:
2022 - Washed by the Savior

Men's Book Study Teacher:
Summer 2024 - 27 Servants of Sovereign Joy by John Piper
Summer 2022 - The Lord's Prayer by Kevin DeYoung
Summer 2021 - Habits of Grace by David Mathis

Men's Forum Table Leader (Fall 2023, Spring 2025)

Men's Forum Teacher:
Spring 2025 - Discipline of Church

Small Group Leader (2021 - Present)

Vacation Bible School Volunteer

Youth Ministry Guest Teacher:
2024 - An Introduction to Christianity and Political Engagement; How to Be a Better Sibling; You Don't Know It All
2023 - Got (Spiritual) Milk?; Silence and Solitude....For the Purpose of Godliness from "Spiritual Disciplines from the Christian Life" by Donald Whitney
2022 - Two Questions about Sin and Grace
2021 - Who is Your God? The Parable of the Rich Young Ruler

"And one of the elders said to me, 'Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.' And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain...." - Revelation 5:4-5

“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.” - C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

"Moreover, even perfectly sincere Christian believers can be heard to argue that Christian students ought to be exposed to the dominant secular world-views of our time so that they can live in the society that those views have created and bear witness to it. There is some merit in this argument, and there is no doubt that a Christian witness is sorely needed on secular campuses, but where will the driving force for that witness come from if there is nowhere that it can develop? The case for having Christian institutions of higher learning is not weakened by the fact that we live in a pluralistic and secular society. On the contrary, it may be stronger than ever and vital if Christian voices are ever going to make themselves heard in the modern world.” - Gerald Bray, "The Challenge to the Mind in Christian Higher Education Today" in Thinking Christianly