Robert G. Kaufman, a political scientist specializing in American foreign policy, has been named the 2017-18 Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the fifth person to hold the position. Kaufman, the Robert and Katheryn Dockson Professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, is scheduled to teach two courses per semester in fall 2017 and spring 2018. Additionally, he will be encouraged to foster discussion by hosting public events in the campus community and perhaps around the state.