About Murray Bessette

Murray Bessette, Ph.D. is the director of academic programs at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, where he leads its educational and scholarly activities. He is the editor of two books and author of numerous articles and book chapters. He is a past president of the Kentucky Political Science Association, Lincoln fellow of the Claremont Institute, academic fellow of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and co-director of the Bluegrass State Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence.