Bradley J. Birzer is Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies and Professor of History at Hillsdale College. Author or editor of nine books, Birzer is currently writing a history of the Declaration of Independence for its 250th anniversary, as well as an intellectual biography of sociologist Robert Nisbet. He is the co-founder and senior editor of The Imaginative Conservative. He and his wife, Dedra, have seven kids, four cats, and one dog. They proudly divide their time between Michigan and South Dakota.