Dr. Robert D. Stacey is Associate Professor in Regent University’s Robertson School of Government.  Among other academic and administrative duties, he teaches the School’s cornerstone course, Christian Foundations of Government, as well as various courses in public policy, strategic intelligence, and political theory.  His current research focuses on the inherent tension between liberty and security and how these two vital interests can be balanced in an age of modern terrorism.

Prior to joining the Regent University faculty, Dr. Stacey served as Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Government at Patrick Henry College where he taught the college’s flagship course, Freedom’s Foundations.  He has also taught at Lee University and the University of Richmond, among other appointments.

Dr. Stacey took his B.A. (cum laude) in Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania in 1991 and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Government at the University of Virginia, completing in 1998. He and his wife, Sherry, have three children and currently reside in Winchester, Virginia.