Full Name
John Pinheiro
Job Title
Director Of Research / Diretor de Pesquisa
Company
Acton Institute
Speaker Bio
John Pinheiro (English)

John C. Pinheiro, PhD, is Director of Research at the Acton Institute, where he leads the research department of fellows and affiliate scholars, oversees the Journal of Markets and Morality and advises its executive editor, manages book publications, oversees academic grants and awards, and lectures nationally and internationally for Acton on topics such as the American founding.

Prior to joining Acton, he was professor of history at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from 2004-2022. At Aquinas Dr. Pinheiro founded the college's popular Semester-in-Rome and Catholic Studies programs, chaired the history and philosophy departments, served on the college’s strategic leadership team, and directed general education. Previous to Aquinas, Dr. Pinheiro was assistant editor of the Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia, where he co-edited Volume 12 of the Presidential Series of the Papers of George Washington (Virginia, 2005). In 2005 he and his fellow editors presented Volume 12 to President George W. Bush in the Oval Office and was a group recipient of the National Humanities Medal with the Papers of George Washington project.

Dr. Pinheiro holds a PhD in history from the University of Tennessee, degrees in history and religious studies from California State University, and he studied Italian at Universitá per Stranieri di Perugia. He was an elected member of the Lilly Fellows Program National Network Board from 2014-2018 and currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Ferris State University Economics Program, the editorial board of the Journal of Markets and Morality, and as consulting editor on James K. Polk for the American President resource at the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs.

His publications include academic and popular articles on the early American republic, American religious history, and the Catholic Church in outlets such as the Journal of the Early Republic, Fides et Historia, Law & Liberty, Public Discourse, Imaginative Conservative, University Bookman, National Review and Educatio Catholica. He lectures widely and has appeared on National Public Radio, Mars Hill Audio, "Talking History" on Newstalk-Dublin, Radio Free Korea, and CSPAN. Dr. Pinheiro's books include the award-winning Missionaries of Republicanism: A Religious History of the Mexican-American War (Oxford, 2014) and Manifest Ambition: James K. Polk and Civil-Military Relations during the Mexican War (Praeger, 2007). In 2019 he published The American Experiment in Ordered Liberty for the Acton Institute. His current book project is, Beyond Burke: George Washington and the Origins of American Conservatism.

John Pinheiro (Português)

John C. Pinheiro, Ph.D., é Diretor de Pesquisa do Acton Institute, onde lidera o departamento de pesquisa composto por fellows e acadêmicos afiliados, supervisiona o Journal of Markets and Morality e assessora seu editor executivo, gerencia publicações de livros, coordena bolsas e prêmios acadêmicos, além de ministrar palestras nos Estados Unidos e no exterior sobre temas como a fundação dos Estados Unidos.

Antes de integrar o Acton Institute, foi professor de História no Aquinas College, em Grand Rapids, Michigan, de 2004 a 2022. Durante seu tempo na instituição, o Dr. Pinheiro fundou os programas Semester-in-Rome e Catholic Studies, que se tornaram altamente populares, presidiu os departamentos de História e Filosofia, integrou a equipe de liderança estratégica da faculdade e foi diretor do núcleo de educação geral.

Anteriormente, atuou como editor assistente do projeto Papers of George Washington, na University of Virginia, onde foi coeditor do Volume 12 da Presidential Series dessa coleção (Virginia, 2005). Em 2005, ele e sua equipe apresentaram pessoalmente o Volume 12 ao presidente George W. Bush, no Salão Oval, e receberam coletivamente a Medalha Nacional de Humanidades pelo trabalho realizado no projeto.

Dr. Pinheiro é doutor em História pela University of Tennessee e possui graduação em História e Estudos Religiosos pela California State University, além de ter estudado italiano na Università per Stranieri di Perugia, na Itália.

Foi membro eleito do conselho nacional da Lilly Fellows Program National Network de 2014 a 2018 e atualmente integra o Conselho Consultivo do Programa de Economia da Ferris State University, o conselho editorial do Journal of Markets and Morality e atua como editor consultor sobre James K. Polk para a plataforma American President do Miller Center of Public Affairs, da University of Virginia.

Seus trabalhos incluem artigos acadêmicos e ensaios em veículos especializados e de ampla circulação sobre a república americana nascente, a história religiosa dos Estados Unidos e a Igreja Católica, com publicações em: Journal of the Early Republic, Fides et Historia, Law & Liberty, Public Discourse, Imaginative Conservative, University Bookman, National Review e Educatio Catholica.

Conferencista ativo, já participou de programas como National Public Radio, Mars Hill Audio, Talking History (Newstalk Dublin), Radio Free Korea e C-SPAN.

Entre seus livros, destacam-se:
• Missionaries of Republicanism: A Religious History of the Mexican-American War (Oxford, 2014) — premiado;
• Manifest Ambition: James K. Polk and Civil-Military Relations during the Mexican War (Praeger, 2007);
• The American Experiment in Ordered Liberty (Acton Institute, 2019).

Atualmente, trabalha em seu novo livro: Beyond Burke: George Washington and the Origins of American Conservatism (Para Além de Burke: George Washington e as Origens do Conservadorismo Americano).
John Pinheiro