John Trayhan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences

Academic Background

  • Ph.D.   Our Lady of the Lake University, 2003

  • Other   (MPA) Southwest Texas State University (Texas State University), San Marcos, Texas, Public Administration (General Public Administration), 1987

  • B.S.   Southwest Texas State University (Texas State University), San Marcos, Texas, Economics (Political Science), 1984

Professional Memberships

  • Texas City Management Association (TCMA)

  • International City Management Association (ICMA)

Intellectual Contributions

Articles in Refereed Journals

Trayhan, John. (2018). Review: Common Sense and Legal Judgement. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.55 (9),

Trayhan, John. (2018). Review: Who Speaks for the Poor?. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.55 (8),

Trayhan, John. (2017). Review: Ideology in the Supreme Court. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.55 (2),

Trayhan, John. (2017). Review: The Contract Clause: a Constitutional History. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.54 (8),

Trayhan, John. (2016). Review: Exemptions: Necessary, Justified, or Misguided. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.54 (2),

Trayhan, John. (2016). Review: The Grasping Hand, Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.53 (6),

Trayhan, John. (2015). Review: The State of Parties, the Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.52 (7),

Trayhan, John. (2015). Review: Ideas with Consequences: the Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.52 (12),

Trayhan, John. (2014). Review: What Good is Grand Strategy?. Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.52 (2),