{"id":484,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/houseofcards\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:23","slug":"houseofcards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/houseofcards\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 House of Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WCSU professor\u2019s book shares the big screen<\/p>\n

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\u2018Presidential\u2019 selection: \u201cJames Madison\u201d by Dr. Kevin Gutzman<\/span>
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DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 Getting a book published is a great endeavor. Getting it into the right hands quite another. But getting a published book in the right hands on prime-time television is the coup de grace.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Kevin Gutzman<\/a>, a history professor at Western Connecticut State University<\/a>, is no stranger to earning acclaim for his work, but this time there are lights, camera and action. It seems that his book, \u201cJames Madison and the Making of America,<\/a>\u201d has a recurring role on the Netflix television series \u201cHouse of Cards<\/a>\u201d starring Kevin Spacey.<\/p>\n

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Spacey, now in the role of the U.S. President, appears quite interested in the book. As vice president in Season 1 of the show, Spacey, as Frank Underwood, walks around reading it and keeps it arm\u2019s length from his desk in full view of the camera.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople have offered various opinions about why my book was chosen,\u201d Gutzman said. \u201cOne is that Spacey plays a former leader of the U.S. House of Representatives who hopes to become U.S. President and James Madison fits that description, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gutzman has earned an international reputation as a constitutional scholar unafraid of challenging popular assumptions about the origins and evolution of America\u2019s founding document, and his biography of James Madison demands a fresh examination of the fourth president\u2019s role in the nation\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n

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The book offers a rich exploration of Madison\u2019s legacy, from his emergence as a young Virginian delegate leading the successful campaign for the commonwealth\u2019s landmark Statute for Religious Freedom to his lasting influence as Federalist Papers author, congressional leader and president in the shaping of the young nation\u2019s political institutions. <\/p>\n

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Gutzman, who holds a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law, earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia. He has master\u2019s degrees from both schools as well as a bachelor\u2019s degree in history from the University of Texas.<\/p>\n

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His teaching interests include the American Revolution, the Age of the Jefferson, Antebellum United States, Southern history and American Constitutional history. He is an expert in American history 1760-1877 with additional expertise in the Constitution and the South.<\/p>\n

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In addition to \u201cJames Madison,\u201d published in 2012, Gutzman is the co-author of \u201cWho Killed the Constitution? The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to Barak Obama,<\/a>\u201d \u201cVirginia\u2019s American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840<\/a>,\u201d and \u201cThe Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n

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A historical consultant for three documentary CDs with numerous published scholarly articles, Gutzman has appeared numerous times on C-SPAN, Fox News and CNN.<\/p>\n

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Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York. Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England\u2019s best small private universities.
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