Richard Vanden Bosch is an instructor of U.S. history, teaching dual enrollment, college-prep, and AP African American Studies at Ripon High School, an adjunct instructor of U.S. history at Modesto Junior College, an adjunct university supervisor at California State University, Stanislaus, and an adjunct university supervisor at Teachers College of San Joaquin. He has been teaching for over 34 years and feels extremely blessed to do what he does. His specialties include early U.S. history, constitutionalism, and natural rights. He is also involved in leadership with College Board assessing APUSH exams. He received the Outstanding Young Educator of the Year for the State of California, the 2003 James Madison Memorial Senior Fellowship for California, and the 2015 Madison Memorial Foundation Congressional Fellowship. He resides in Modesto, CA.
