David Corey is Director of Baylor in Washington, D.C. He is also Professor of Political Philosophy in the Honors College at Baylor University and an affiliated faculty member in the departments of Political Science and Philosophy. He is the author of dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters, as well as two books, The Just War Tradition (with J. Daryl Charles, ISI Books, 2012) and The Sophists in Plato’s Dialogues (SUNY Press, 2015). He is currently working on a book about how Americans understand the meaning of politics and why politics should not be viewed as a species of war. Dr. Corey was educated at Oberlin College and Conservatory, where he earned degrees in classical languages and music performance. He earned his MA and PhD at Louisiana State University, home of the Eric Voegelin Institute. He studied Law for a year at Old College, Edinburgh and held a D.A.A.D. scholarship for a year’s study at the University of Heidelberg. Dr. Corey is a devoted teacher. He received Baylor’s Outstanding Teaching Award in 2008 and again in 2018, and has twice been named Faculty Member of the Year by Baylor's Student Government.